On Sunday (20 July) Westpoint Exeter will be invaded by a whole host of the South West’s best Roller Derby teams for the final of the SW:UK Roller Derby League.
The full-contact, predominantly female sport played on quad roller skates is among the fastest growing sports in the UK and has taken off particularly in the South West. If you two are fond of skating and planning to buy a new pair of roller skates then WowSkates can be a great consideration to choose from. The Ice skates by WowSkates would be a must to have for all those who are fond of ice skating.
Nationally motorcycles, mopeds and scooters make up around 2% of all traffic on the road and yet riders are proportionately over-represented in the collision casualty statistics, contributing to over 20%.
Richard Pryce, Roads Policing Unit Inspector, said: “It is important to understand that in this police area this small percentage of road users accounts on average for about 30% of collisions resulting in death or serious injury, significantly above the national figure. It’s a stark indication of how vulnerable motorcycle riders are.”
Figures, released in The Sunday Times this weekend, show that the number one reason for primary-school-aged children being admitted to hospital is to have multiple teeth taken out.
Provisional figures for the period 2013-14 show that 25,812 children from that age group have been admitted to hospital to have multiple tooth extractions, up from 22,574 three years previously.
Kathryn Harley, former dean of the faculty of dental surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, said: "We have children who require all 20 of their baby teeth to be extracted. It beggars belief that...
Passed away peacefully in her sleep. On 11th July 2014 aged 91.
Wife of the late Michael and aunty nan of Anne, Charles & Robert.
A much travelled lady has reached the end of her journey in this life.
Funeral service Monday 28 July at Exeter Crematorium, 3.15pm, St Paul’s Chapel. Please wear bright dress.
Family flowers only, donations for The Devon Air Ambulance by retiring collection or c/o M Sillifant & Sons, Funeral Directors, 19-20 Holloway Street, Exeter. EX2 4JD or online at www.sillifantandsons.co.uk
A brand new comedy club is opening in Exeter 's Lemon Grove on Friday 17 October.
Five top comedians from the national stand-up circuit will be on stage at Exeter's Comedy Grove, the newest comedy club to the city, bringing down the best acts on the national stand-up circuit, with many who have appeared on shows such as Live at the Apollo and Russel Howard's Good News.
Tickets are only £10 for a evening of fun, fun, fun... so why not come along for a great night out with top quality comedy with the bar open throughout.
NFU Mutual, the UK’s leading rural insurer, is urging crime-fighters to enter the Country Crime Fighters Awards 2014 to help crack down on crime in rural areas of the UK.
With only a few weeks left to enter, people are reminded to visit www.nfumutual.co.uk/crimefighters and tell the insurer in 300 words or less why they or their community group deserve to win an award and how they have helped to reduce crime in their local area.
Entries close on Monday 11 August.
NFU Mutual is expected to release its latest rural crime statistics this summer. Last year, the insurer...
Young adults report being offered a chlamydia test has a positive impact on their subsequent healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour, according to a new Public Health England (PHE) report out this week.
After testing for chlamydia, 62% of respondents to an anonymous web survey reported they were more likely to use condoms with a new partner and 66% reported they were more likely to test for chlamydia again.
Nine out of 10 respondents to the PHE web survey received sexual health advice alongside their last chlamydia test. Young adults with higher numbers of sexual partners...
Renowned choral ensemble The Rodolfus Choir are travelling to Devon this week to give a special concert to support Exeter Cathedral.
The group, directed by Ralph Allwood MBE, are all young singers who have completed the Eton Choral Course (founded by Allwood 1980).
With a sound hailed as 'unspeakably beautiful' by Gramophone magazine, the choir has established itself firmly over a period of thirty years as one of the leading young choirs in the United Kingdom.
The concert takes place at Exeter Cathedral on Thursday 17 July at 7.30pm and will include Herbert Howell’s...
This year sees a new direction and an exciting programme for Devon Opera with performances at Dartington Hall, Sidholme in Sidmouth, Aeolian Court, Chudleigh, Bovey Castle and The Arundell Arms, Lifton.
Devon Opera's long relationship with Ugbrooke Park will be celebrated with two nights featuring critically acclaimed soprano Laure Meloy, who has sung with the Metropolitan in New York, at Covent Garden and with English Opera.
Devon Opera (formerly known as New Devon Opera) has developed its repertoire and rather than doing one annual complete opera it is offering more...
