Clarice Sampson celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday 23 June with a party for her family and friends at the Fisherman’s Cot, Bickleigh.
Clarice was born in Brixham, and was brought up on a farm. In the 1930s she was a trainee nurse at Brixham Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
She was married to her late husband Laurence for over 60 years. The couple lived at North Tawton for 25 years, then moved to Cheldon, near Chumleigh and then on to Crediton.
Clarice is now a resident at Kenwyn Residential Home in Crediton. She has a son, Michael, a daughter,...
Lesley Crawford has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Lesley has a background in social care and housing and served for five years as a consultant with the Audit Commission, inspecting local housing authorities and assessing the rigour of their own best value reviews.
She has a post graduate diploma in management and spent five years as a non-executive director and member of the audit and risk committee of A2Dominion Housing Association.
During three years with the Big Lottery Fund she was appointed a committee...
A collaborative business start up support project with links to Exeter has been ranked as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world.
SETsquared is a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which supports high tech start-up companies, providing student enterprise and enabling academics to maximise the impact of their research.
The ranking, published today by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, places SETsquared as one of the world’s leading three incubators, ahead of SCUT Science...
A new poll conducted by ICM Research out today finds 72% of young people questioned in the South West want more employers to offer them work experience. Furthermore, nearly half (44%) of those polled say they would like the chance to show a potential employer what they can do by doing work experience with them, rather than just selling their skills on an application form or CV.
Launched last year, Traineeships are providing that chance to young people by creating new opportunities for them to gain vital experience in the workplace. The programme provides them with the work...
You'll find a host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West, with masses of good quality vinyl records, CDs and much more to choose from.
Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1, and for the early birds, entry can be from 8am for a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around about 4pm.
More details: www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289
Devon Artist Network with Chagford-based Sponsor, Helpful Holidays is delighted to announce the winners of the Devon Open Studios “Emerging Artist Bursary Scheme”.
The Bursary is running for the fourth year and aims to nurture and encourage new talent to take the next steps in their career by helping to fund their participation in this prestigious annual open studios event. We are grateful to our key sponsor, Helpful Holidays, which has grown to become one of the UK’s leading holiday home agencies, for funding this initiative which will support five emerging artists living and...
Have a summer adventure at Knightshayes on the outskirts of Tiverton.
Families can try their hand at being Rangers for the day in the beautiful landscaped parkland and rugged woodland on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 July.
Get on your outdoor gear, garden gloves and sturdy shoes to help bash some brambles and clear some laurel. After a picnic lunch, the Knightshayes team will help you discover what lurks in their ponds (ticking off pond dipping in the list of the 50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾). Rangers will also be teaching the skills needed for green woodworking....
Police in Exeter are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man they want to speak to in connection with a serious assault at a nightclub in the city.
Officers are keen to trace the man pictured, wearing a maroon tTshirt, as he may be able to assist with their enquiries about the assault that happened at Club Rococo at around 2.10am on Saturday 21June.
An 18-year-old man was assaulted inside the club after a man became aggressive.
The victim suffered serious injuries after the man picked up a bottle and hit him over the head with it.
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is holding the East Devon Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair on Friday (27 June) at the Honiton Community College in association with the National Apprenticeship Service and Jobs Centre Plus.
The Jobs fair will help school leavers and job seekers find work and get careers advice to give young people the experience and skills they need to enter the workplace.
Over twenty different employers and training providers will be holding stands at the Jobs Fair hoping to fill vacancies and offer careers advice. Amongst the leading local businesses...
