Lunchtime lecture: Saving the Seaton Down hoard for Devon

Event Date: 
21/01/2015 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery

Tom Cadbury, RAMM’s Curator of Antiquities. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led to the...

Lunchtime lecture: Discovering the Seaton Down hoard

Event Date: 
14/01/2015 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Find out about the 5th largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain Find out about the 5th largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain

Bill Horner, Historic Environment Manager and County Archaeologist, Devon County Council. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led...

Mumm demands response from Chiefs

Skipper Dean Mumm says it’s only right that the Exeter Chiefs put pressure on themselves ahead of Saturday’s Aviva Premiership encounter with Gloucester at Sandy Park (4.30pm).

Saturday’s 31-14 loss at local rivals Bath meant it was successive defeats for Rob Baxter’s side over the festive period - and Mumm knows it won’t get any easier for him and his team-mates with the Cherry & Whites next on the agenda.

That said, a return to home comforts will be most welcome for the Devon club, who back in September claimed one of their seven league victories this season when they...

New Year’s Day racing at Exeter Racecourse

Exeter Racecourse looks set to share in jump racing’s success story with pre-sales for its traditional New Year’s Day meeting ahead of its last January 1 fixture in 2012.

Both Premier and Grandstand & Paddock tickets have seen strong pre-sales. There has also been a recent swathe of abandonments due to frosty conditions, and with temperatures set to rise in time for Thursday’s fixture the racecourse is expecting an exceptional turnout.

Spokesman Jade Walters said: “Racing on Haldon Hill is such a tradition in Devon that nowadays everyone seems to head up the hill to...

Mammoth New Year's Eve 2015

Event Date: 
31/12/2014 - 10:30pm
Venue: 
Mama Stone's, Mary Arches Street, Exeter

Mama Stone's all night party features favorites Mammoth.

Either fancy dress (it’s a jungle theme this year) or for those of you that prefer the traditional approach, Black tie is fine. Either way dress to impress. Entry before 10.30pm.

Bacon sandwiches available through the night.

Tickets £10.

Call 01392 848485 to book.

Charity shop returns £1,000 found in donated boots

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 12:59pm

A Hospiscare charity shop manager saved Christmas for a Topsham family after finding nearly £1,000 in notes stuffed in a donated pair of men’s boots.

The £980 was still in wads with bands around them after an elderly man had collected them from the bank to give to his family at Christmas.

He stored the money in the boots then forgot and donated them to the local Topsham Hospiscare shop.

Jackie Hulin, shop manager said: “A gentleman brought in two bags, one of clothes and another with boots and he gift aided them.

"I put them to one side and it was only when...

Shotgun Theatre present Rent at Exeter Phoenix

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 12:33pm

From the 19-22 January the Exeter Phoenix will be hosting an exciting new production of the musical Rent, produced and performed by the University of Exeter’s Shotgun Theatre Company.

Set in early 1990s Manhattan, Rent tracks the trials and tribulations of several struggling artists living in the island’s East Village. The musical’s narrator is film-maker Mark Cohen who, along with musician Roger Davis, can’t drum up the outstanding rent for their old friend and landlord Benny. Mark and Roger’s story is intertwined with those of their friends and love interests, as well as all the...

Have you seen stolen Ford Cortina?

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 12:00pm

Police are appealing to the public to look out for a distinctive Ford Cortina stolen from Topsham over Christmas.

The fern green Mk3 Ford Cortina was left parked near to St Matthew’s Hall in Fore Street around 7.30pm on 23 December.

The owner returned around 2pm on Christmas Eve to find the car missing.

Now police are urging the public to keep an eye out for the car and report any sightings to them.

The car, valued at £1,000, is described as having patchy paintwork and the interior is in poor condition. It carries the registration number YTA 700K.

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GPs should be more open in discussing cancer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 10:48am

GPs should consider a more overt discussion with patients when referring them for further investigation of symptoms which may indicate cancer, according to a paper published in the British Journal of General Practice.

In an NIHR-funded study, researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Durham and Exeter conducted interviews with patients being referred for possible lung and colorectal cancer.

They found that patients were rarely involved in the decision to be referred for investigation and that reasons for referral tended to be couched in non-specific terms...

I am backing the BID: Ray Frame

Authored by Exeter BID
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 10:44am

As the Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) reaches the next stage in its campaign, those involved in the BID are beginning to explore options with other businesses within the city centre with a view to design, plan, manage and deliver a Business Plan that reflects their business priorities to take the city centre forward for the next five years.

Ray Frame, store manager at Wilkos is one of the faces of Exeter BID who are supporting the scheme

1. How do you feel about the Exeter BID?

City and town centres have, over the years, lost their position in the...

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