Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.
The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional employers, to provide a specialist secondary education for young people with a flair for science and engineering. It aims to help the region’s top students become as ‘work-ready’ as possible.
Here's the new squad ready to face the new season, on a new pitch.
Rob Baxter's new-look team open their campaign at newly-promoted London Welsh on Sunday before taking on the Leicester Tigers at home the following Saturday.
After a multi-million pound revamp, Sandy Park promises to be even bigger and better for those heading to the region’s premier sporting club this season.
And from as little as £330 for adults; £200 for students and £165 for children under-16, you can guarantee your place in certain sections of the South West Communications Stand – at a reduction...
Exeter Chiefs captain Dean Mumm will watch from the Kassam Stadium stands when his team’s new Aviva Premiership season kicks off against London Welsh on Sunday, but has faith in his young team-mates to begin with a bang.
The former Australia lock underwent surgery on his shoulder over the summer and is not fit enough to lead out the reigning LV= Cup holders this weekend.
It means a youthful looking side will be left to battle against the Aviva Premiership new boys. But, despite some of the squad’s younger players having displayed a rawness in pre-season training, the 30-...
Devon and Cornwall Police have been criticised in a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
The report, ‘Core Business: an inspection into crime prevention, police attendance and the use of police time’, examines all 43 police forces in England and Wales.
It looks at three principal aspects of day-to-day policing: the prevention of crime; how crime is investigated and offenders are brought to justice; and freeing up and using police time more efficiently (which includes the use of modern technology). The report merges three complementary inspections into a...
As the host venue for the Food and Drink Devon Awards 2014, Exeter Golf and Country Club is delighted to share the news that the shortlist has been announced.
The Food and Drink Devon Awards, which have been running for three years, exist to celebrate the culinary successes of the county. Dedicated entirely to Devon food and drink producers, retailers and hospitality businesses, the prestigious awards offer platinum, gold and silver accreditations for winners to display on their menus, marketing and packaging. The robust measures undertaken to find winners for the three categories...
Students at an Exeter school mourning the loss of one of its pupils have been offered grief counselling.
Emergency services were called to Topsham Road near Countess Wear at 3.10pm on Thursday 28 August, after a collision between Leo Gregory, from Exeter, and a skip lorry at the pedestrian crossing.
Leo sustained serious injuries and was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival.
The lorry driver was uninjured.
The road was closed for five hours while serious collision investigators carried out an...
Diabetes UK will run one of a national series of free educational events to provide expert advice and information for people recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in Exeter in October.
The ‘Living with Diabetes Day’ will be held at Exeter Racecourse on Wednesday, October 22. The events are being held at 80 locations across the UK and it is expected that 10,000 people with Type 2 diabetes will attend them over the next two years.
The one-day events are aimed at helping people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the last few years and to provide them with...
Migraines used to control 26-year-old Sarah McClement's life but that has changed thanks to a new gadget.
Sarah, a business consultant from Exeter, has suffered from migraines for 11 years - weekly attacks that could take up to two days to clear.
This month sees Migraine Awareness Week (September 7-13). Migraines affect one in seven adults in the UK (over 8m people) making it more prevalent than diabetes, epilepsy and asthma combined. In 2012-13 there were more than 19,000 emergency hospital admissions for migraine and headache disorders and a recent report estimated the...
The Exeter Chiefs’ Comedy Night on October 10th is a new event on the Sandy Park calendar and promises to be a rip-roaring evening of entertainment.
The hilarious line-up includes Jim Grant, a compere with ‘razor-sharp wit’, multi award-winning Julian Deane, who is currently performing his ‘first-rate material’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Ray Crawford, who has been described as the ‘funniest and most original Australian comedian ever’.
Tickets are on sale now at just £10 and doors will open at 7.30pm, with the first comedian taking to the stage at 8.30pm.
