Thousands of St John’s Gospels – replicas of the gospel given to all troops as they were sent off to fight in the First World War – are to be given to Devon’s school children as part of centenary commemorations.
The Gospel, complete with some hymns and paintings, was designed to fit in soldier’s top pocket, and to provide comfort and hope in the trenches.
Some 43 million were given away during the war by SGM LIfewords and it has produced the replica gospel to mark this year’s anniversary. In partnership with the mission project Hope 2014, 11,000 copies have been given to...
The 2014 UK Mobile & App Design Awards were recently held at BOXPARK Shoreditch on Wednesday 18 June, as part of London Technology Week 2014.
The UK App Design Awards were created to honour the hard work of designers from across all sectors and industries and featured an impressive 160 entrants for 30 award categories. This is the inaugural year for this Awards evening, which has been well-received by the industry for recognising the increasingly important relationship and exchange of ideas between clients and their designers.
Dining in the Dark, a gourmet fundraising event launched to raise both awareness of visual impairment and vital funds for WESC Foundation – the South West’s specialist centre for visual impairment – is being hosted once again by the Salutation Inn, Topsham, on 11, 12 and 13 November.
The hugely successful inaugural Dining in the Dark event took place on 1 May and was the first of its kind in the region. An intrepid group of diners, including Cllr Rachel Lyons who was Lord Mayor of Exeter at the time, enjoyed a mouthwatering three-course menu specially created by Chef Director of...
Paignton Zoo keepers Dave Rich and Lorraine Miller are going to New Zealand to start a new life together – along with a zoo full of animals.
The couple will be taking their experience and training to New Zealand, where they have both been offered jobs at Orana Wildlife Park, near Christchurch. And their experience of working with gorillas means that they could be part of an historic move to bring these charismatic great apes to New Zealand for the first time.
How has this come about? Dave: “We’ve learned a lot and done a lot at Paignton Zoo and both reached senior keeper...
Exeter Daily reader Robert Sterry captured this stunning image for us of Princess Anne inspecting the troops at yesterday's Armed Forces Day.
The city was packed with servicemen and women, past and present along with hundreds of onlookers.
As part of the city’s annual celebrations of the work of the Armed Forces, almost 800 servicemen and women from all branches of the armed forces marched through the city centre with Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence taking the salute at the Guildhall.
Thousands flocked to Ottery for the second Food and Families Festival. The town centre was packed with people determined to make the most of the festival and they were rewarded with unending blue skies and culinary delights.
“We were blessed with an exceptionally sunny June day,” said Ruud Jansen Venneboer, one of the festival organisers.
“People came in their droves to celebrate all that is good about the region, and we were delighted to welcome so many first-time visitors to the town.”
Mill Street market was abuzz with stalls offering a wide variety of local...
Gateway Assessors are volunteers who conduct the first interview with the client.
They identify the client's issues, decide the next best step for the client (whether internal or external referral) and collect information which might be used to lobby local and government policy to improve the lives of our clients.
If you have six to eight hours a week spare for at least six months and enjoy working with people, they would love to hear from you.
You can apply online at www.exetercab.org.uk/volunteer and you will then be invited to an open afternoon.
Buying into the excitement over companies’ Initial Public Offerings may not be a golden ticket, warns wealth manager Brewin Dolphin.
Research from the group shows that, of the seven companies that debuted on the UK stock market in the last twelve months, four are currently trading below their flotation price and only two have left investors sitting on significant gains.
“The hype surrounding the Royal Mail float may encourage people to think that buying shares when a company floats is a sure-fire way to make money,” warned Tim Walker, Divisional Director and Head of Office...
