Head coach Rob Baxter says he is encouraged by the way his Exeter Chiefs have reported back for pre-season training this week.
Just a handful of weeks after bringing the curtain down on the 2013/14 season - one which brought about a first piece of major silverware for the Devon club - the Chiefs regrouped on Monday for the start of their build-up to the new campaign.
Welcoming back a large nucleus of last season's LV= Cup winning squad, Baxter was also able to parade a selection of his new recruits with Ryan Caldwell, Tomas Francis, Mitch Lees and Thomas Waldrom in...
Exeter will be at the heart of the UK’s biggest free community music festival this July with four events taking place in the city as part of Our Big Gig.
With 170 community events scheduled across England and Scotland over 11-13 July, Our Big Gig will bring people from all backgrounds together to see local artists perform, meet their neighbours and even have a go at making music themselves.
As an Inspired by 2012 Olympic legacy event, all Our Big Gig events are organised by local organisations, free to attend and will feature over 2,000 volunteers helping to host gigs. With...
Seaton Jurassic, the new exciting visitor attraction for East Devon, has secured another huge funding boost with today’s announcement of the award of more than £620,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
This second stage award - £56,500 was given to the project in 2013 – will be used for interpretation inside the centre taking the visitor on a unique journey back in time to experience the story of evolution, wildlife and geology.
People of all ages will then find themselves ‘shrunk’ to the size of a creature inside a giant rockpool and enjoy marine life under the sea under...
The Exeter Lions Club are making it easier for people to return their NHS crutches, walking sticks and frames to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital when they are back on their feet. Their campaign – Let the Lions do the leg work – has seen thousands of pounds worth of NHS walking aid equipment safely returned by Lions volunteers since its launch in 2011. The charity volunteers have been collecting hospital crutches, walking sticks and frames from local GP surgeries and community hospitals in Exeter and East Devon (including Topsham, Tiverton, Starcross, Whimple, Ottery St Mary, and...
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
