Schools, youth groups and families across the South West are invited to mark Shrove Tuesday by raising funds for vulnerable children and young people with a pancake-themed challenge. Action for Children is holding its first national Great Pancake Challenge this year – and the charity wants children aged 7-11 years old from across the South West to join the fun by holding sponsored flips, stacking tall towers, decorating, or creating their own unusual pancake activities. Brigitte Gater, UK West Director of Children's Services at Action for Children, said: “Every child who takes part in this...
In Exeter City FC’s recent Northampton match day programme an article appeared called 'Remembering the Football Battalion'.
This described the formation of the Battalion, made up of footballers, which included 10 players from Clapton Orient (now Leyton Orient) including Nolan Evans who had previously played 70 League and Cup appearances for Exeter City between 1910 and 1912.
The Battalion fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and Nolan was injured during this at Delville Wood. Three Orient players were killed.
Leading South West legal specialist The Family Law Company has recently launched the first in a series of videos explaining aspects of family law in a straightforward way.
The short animation, produced by Exeter video specialist Bitpod, is entitled ‘How to get divorced in three simple steps’ and aims to help those who know little or nothing of the divorce process.
Marketing Manager, Kirsten Clarke said: “Obtaining a divorce is often quite simple, but it can seem overwhelming to start with, particularly when someone is going through an emotional time.
The success of a police pilot project in Torquay where doormen at licensed premises breathalysed suspected drunks could see the scheme implemented across Devon and Cornwall.
#RU2drunk was piloted in 23 of Torquay’s key nightspots during December to see if it helped reduce alcohol fuelled incidents and it resulted in a 39 per cent drop in violent crime.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg, who funded the pilot, has described the results as ‘startling’.
There is support from all sides for #RU2drunk to become business as usual in Torquay and its success makes it...
As the weather continues to be cold, wet and wintery, RGB Building Supplies is urging the local community to ensure that their boiler is fully maintained so that their heating and hot water systems are working to their optimum.
To enable customers to find out more information about the importance of maintaining a boiler, and how the correct boiler can help to cut energy costs, they are holding a free event on Thursday 12th February between 12.30pm and 4.30pm at their Exeter branch.
Experts from Grant UK, one of the country’s leading heating experts, will be on hand to talk...
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has received the approval for Government funding to implement a new electronic health record (EHR) which is fit for the future.
As the NHS faces the challenges of increased demand and increasingly complex health needs of the population, the EHR will help improve the way medics work and transform the way they care for patients across Devon.
Work is already underway on the Smartcare programme within the Trust which is set to radically change the way we work.
The Smartcare programme, which includes the introduction of the new...
Exeter-based Absolute PR and Marketing has kick-started the year with a new national housebuilder client, Redrow.
With a strong portfolio of property experience already under its belt, Absolute PR and Marketing has been appointed to provide strategic PR and marketing consultancy for Redrow Homes West Country division.
Account director, Rachael Whitson comments: “We have come on board with Redrow at a really exciting time and we are delighted to be supporting such a well-respected brand. Redrow has recently launched their West Country division as part of their strategy to...
Do you know your bra size? You might think so, but a recent study of 10,000 women by Triumph found that 76% per cent of women are wearing the wrong bra size.
Local Triumph tailoress Jane Prescott, who works at the Exeter store, is on a mission to help women living locally find their correct bra size and to provide advice on lingerie and personal fittings.
Jane, 46, has been living in Exeter for almost 10 years and has been working at the Triumph lingerie store for three years. With her vast amount of retail experience as well as access to 129 years of lingerie insight,...
School children from Newtown Primary School in Exeter will be launching a new poster they have designed to promote travel on the Avocet Line, the branch line which links Exeter and Exmouth.
Courtesy of First Great Western, the children were taken on a familiarisation trip from Polsloe Bridge station to Exmouth by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and members of the Avocet Line Rail Users Group (ALRUG) last summer.
They drew sketches of everything they saw on the trip and learnt about the history of the railway and how it shaped Exmouth. Back in class, the sketches...
Exeter University Theatre Company (EUTCo) are proud to announce their production of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Dale Wasserman’s stunning stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel. This modern American classic follows the inmates of an Oregon psychiatric hospital under the sinister watch of Nurse Ratched, who are disrupted by the arrival of troublemaker Randle Patrick McMurphy. As the play unfolds the inmates, under McMurphy’s leadership, continue to test Nurse Ratched’s authoritarian control. Tensions rise as McMurphy’s antics become progressively more ambitious, screening the...
