Grange Jaguar and Aston Martin Exeter supported the 38th Exeter Golf & Country Club Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament with car displays and a prestigious prize for any golfer achieving a hole in one.
The annual Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament held on Sunday 7th September 2014, was to raise money for local charity, Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF). As the Golf Captain’s Charity of the Year, ELF benefited from this year’s successful Pro Am which sees professional golfers team up with amateurs from across the region to take on 180 of the South West’s top players. This year’s event welcomed...
Princesshay is set to celebrate the start of term with their annual Student Lock-In.
The popular event returns to Princesshay on Wednesday 1 October from 6.30pm-9pm and will be the fourth event of its kind in Exeter.
Princesshay will remain open ‘after hours’ for an exclusive, one night only shopping event to welcome the new and returning students to Exeter.
Over 35 retailers together with the restaurants will be keeping their doors open while students indulge with brands such as Topshop/Topman, Superdry, schuh, New Look and River Island. A Total Students DJ truck...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park invites all Military Service Personnel to visit and enjoy the South West’s multi award winning family attraction completely free this weekend on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September 2014.
Those serving within the Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy or Army, can enjoy free admission with any full paying guest. Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park will also be donating £1 to the Help for Heroes charity for every Military Service Personnel that visits the Park over the weekend.
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has organised this...
As the Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) reaches the next stage in its campaign, a brand new website is being launched that is a one stop shop for news, case studies and information about the proposed BID for Exeter.
The website will also play host to the BID business plan which will show businesses in the BID area what the proposed initiative’s funds could be spent on.
The website will play a key part to the campaign, ensuring voters and others in the BID area will be able to obtain all the information needed to make an informed vote early in 2015.
YMCA Exeter opens its door and invites you in Have you ever wondered what happens behind the closed doors of a housing project for homeless young people? If so, you get the chance to see first hand as YMCA Exeter opens its door to the local community on Thursday 2nd October.
Based on Exeter’s St David’s Hill, yet working across Devon in areas including South Molton, Exmouth and of course Exeter, the YMCA provides a wide range of services for disadvantaged people, particularly young people. As well as supported accommodation for young, homeless people, they also run up to ten Job...
A leading professor from the University of Exeter has secured a significant international award, in recognition of his pioneering research.
Professor Nick Stone was bestowed with the inaugural Raman Award for the most Innovative Technological Development, at the recent International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy held in Jena, Germany.
As well as the award, Professor Stone, who specialises in Biomedical Imaging and Biosensing, also received a 2,000 Euro prize.
Professor Stone was presented with the award for his work in developing novel in vivo diagnostic tools...
People with Learning Disabilities in Newton Abbot are helping a charity for the homeless by growing vegetables for them in their allotment.
Users of Devon County Council’s Fulfilling Lives Service (based at The Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot), have been running their own allotment in Kingsteignton for two years.
The group started up the plot from scratch, which includes raised beds for wheelchair users, an accessible potting shed, and a small sensory garden.
At the allotment, they have integrated with all the other allotment holders and shared ideas and...
Representatives of Exeter City Council and Devon County Council will get together next week to look at how best to tackle weeds in the city next year.
Devon County Council is responsible for the upkeep of highways in the city, including the treatment of weeds.
Earlier this year the City Council agreed that it could do this work – the spraying of highways weeds – on their behalf, if they agreed to cover the associated cost.
Unfortunately, Devon County Council was unable to commit to a budget for the works at that time and as a result the weed spraying didn’t proceed...
It's a term Rob Baxter insists he will use a lot this season, but the Exeter Chiefs head coach says "enjoyment" is very much part and parcel of his side's long-term make-up.
Devon's finest return to Aviva Premiership action tomorrow night at Gloucester determined to get back on track immediately following their narrow loss at home to Leicester Tigers last Saturday.
In a performance which Baxter described post-match as somewhat "frustrating" - the Chiefs leader knows not a lot needs tinkering with to ensure his side can get over the finishing line against the division's top...
