YMCA Exeter Interns set themselves admirable challenge in first week

Four out of the six new YMCA Exeter Ten:10 Interns have signed up for the charities Great West Run team in the first week of them being in the city.

All four boys, who are not only giving a year of their lives to serve the charity through their time and effort, are also running the 13.1 mile route to help combat youth homelessness.

With less than a month to go now until race day, the boys have set themselves a high challenge, especially those ones who have no prior experience of long distance running! However, speaking on behalf of the group, Jack Baker believes that, ‘the...

Ashfords LLP introduce newly qualified Registered Trade Mark attorney

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:02am

Ashfords LLP Proud To Introduce Their Newly Qualified Registered Trade Mark Attorney

Ashfords LLP has strengthened their Intellectual Property offering following the recent qualification of Jenny Guild as a Trade Mark Attorney. Jenny has recently passed her Registered Trade Mark Attorney exams, making her a (soon to be) fully qualified Registered Trade Mark Attorney.

Jenny Guild, who grew up in the West Country before studying law and graduating from King's College London, joined Ashfords in 2011 as a paralegal. Having initially planned on becoming a solicitor, Jenny found...

Double awards hope for law firm

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:05am

A leading South West law firm has been shortlisted for two prestigious industry awards.

Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell has been shortlisted for the Modern Law Awards in the Law Firm of the Year and Client Care Initiative of the Year categories. The winners will be announced at an event in London on 15 October.

The Modern Law Awards were launched in 2013 to celebrate talent and success in entrepreneurship, market development, business management and best practice in modern legal services.

Stephens Scown also currently holds the...

Bike Shed Theatre needs your vote

Authored by PMM_2014
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 9:41am

Vote for The Bike Shed Theatre here to be your Most Welcoming Theatre of 2014: http://www.smoothradio.com/events/vote-for-your-favourite-theatre/

Nestled at the end of an alley in the heart of Exeter, you'll find the Bike Shed Theatre. With a 60 seat subterranean auditorium and adjacent vintage cocktail tavern, the venue has regular performances from some of the country's most exciting emerging companies.

Championing new work and innovation, the theatre has gained national acclaim for its shows, winning the UK Theatre's Most Welcoming Theatre award in 2013...

Everys welcomes animal welfare and countryside sports law specialist

Authored by Everys
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 9:23am

Everys Solicitors has welcomed animal welfare and countryside sports law specialist Jamie Foster to the firm.

Solicitor-Advocate Mr Foster is the UK’s leading legal expert in animal welfare and countryside sports defence cases while also specialising in trading standards, health & safety and environmental investigations, and regulation of the meat trade.

He joins Everys from Clarke Willmott to team up with the firm’s managing partner James Griffin to form a specialist agricultural, rural and countryside sports department that will be known as Foster & Griffin....

Police appeal after cyclist found dead

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man died in Axminster on Monday 22 September.

At 10.30am a male cyclist was found dead next to his bike in Castle Hill, Axminster.

The cyclist was has not been named but is thought to be a 77 year-old man local to the area.

The circumstances of his death are not believed to be suspicious but police are appealing for witnesses.

An ambulance was called and the road was closed while investigations took place at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference...

Maz O’Connor + support Harbottle & Jonas

Event Date: 
17/10/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Kingskerswell Parish Church

World Unlimited are very pleased to announce details for a Devon show for Maz O’Connor + support Harbottle & Jonas at Kingskerswell Parish Church on October 17th. Doors 7pm Described by Froots magazine as 'an enchanting debut album', her 'Upon a Stranger Shore' was released in the summer of 2012, just after Maz left university.

2013 brought a creative fellowship with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, funded by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a summer spent as the singer for the RSC's production of 'As You Like It' with music written by Laura Marling. Maz 's new album...

Exeter cyclo-cross event for young cyclists

Young cyclists have the opportunity to take part in a Go Ride Racing cyclo-cross event for beginners on Saturday (27 September).

The event at Mincinglake Valley Park in Exeter is an opportunity for young people aged from seven to 16 years old to get their first taste of one of the nation’s fastest growing cycling disciplines, cyclo-cross.

Cyclo-cross events are multi-lap races of a set course that includes obstacles, such as hurdles or sand pits, which mean riders need to dismount and run with their bike. The entry-level Go-Ride Racing event will be hosted by British...

Young artists showcase at A la Ronde

Event Date: 
09/10/2014 - 10:00am to 22/10/2014 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
A La Ronde, Exmouth

Work by art students from Exmouth Community College is being shown at A la Ronde, the sixteen-sided National Trust house near Exmouth from 9 to 22 October.

The work on display is a combination of AS and A Level studies which has culminated in these visually exciting ‘Final Outcomes’. Students researched their themes by visiting galleries, looking at the work of artists and producing a wide range of ideas and media experiments.

Head of Art and Design at Exmouth Community College, Jill Honour says: ‘I am very proud of the hard work and phenomenal efforts our students have...

Apple pressing

Event Date: 
05/10/2014 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Knapp Community Nature Reserve, Station Road, Sidmouth.

A pressing engagement at the Knapp!

There’s a nip in the air in the mornings, so it can only mean one thing.

The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is upon us – and it’s time for apple pressing at the Knapp Community Nature Reserve on Station Road in Sidmouth.

Come along on Sunday 4 October between 10am and 1pm to help the East Devon District Council Countryside team pick, chop and press the apples.

You can also bring some of your own apples along to press – remember to bring a container to take some juice away with you. This is a free event and...

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