An Exeter School former pupil has won the prestigious Target Jobs Construction Engineering and Design Undergraduate of the Year Award 2014.
2010 leaver Brittany Harris, who is studying Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, was presented with the award by Sir Trevor McDonald OBE at a ceremony in Canary Wharf, London last week.
She wins an international summer work placement and will spend three months with Laing O'Rourke in Hong Kong, before returning to university for her final year.
Brittany is vice president of EWB (Engineers Without Borders) Bristol and...
Rob Baxter believes he will see a response from his Exeter Chiefs players when they return to Aviva Premiership action this Sunday against visiting Harlequins (2pm).
A fortnight has passed since the Devon club suffered a record 55-12 top flight defeat to Sale Sharks at Sandy Park - and the Exeter head coach wants to see some pride restored within the ranks with a passionate display in the club's penultimate league game of the season.
He said: “It’s about focusing back on ourselves, not getting distracted and realising that the week’s preparation and everything we do is...
Sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Holly Morwenna from Kenton has been given the big thumbs up yet again by judges of TeenStar.
Along with other impressive acts, Holly will be performing at the area finals of the UK’s only teen singing competition at Ferneham Hall, Fareham, Hampshire on Saturday 10 May.
Holly Morwenna is a familiar face on the Exeter music scene having recently performed at the prestigious Exeter Food Festival, Powderham Garden Festival, Gemfest and several other charity gigs and festivals in the South West. She supported Adam Isaac for the Together in...
Reg and Margaret Nott celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on 30 April.
Eighty-nine year old Reg and Margaret, 84, were married at St Mary’s Church in Morchard Bishop and farmed at East Worlington until 1990 when they moved to Crediton.
Reg is a keen gardener and grows flowers and vegetables.
Both love quiz programmes, their favourite being Countdown. Their Countdown-themed anniversary cake even had the word “anniversary” on it with the letters jumbled up, just like the TV quiz.
Reg and Margaret said when they met it was love at first sight, although it...
A guided walk around Exeter Higher Cemetery for anyone interested in its bird life. Meet near the chapel and bring binoculars if you have a pair. The charge for Friends of Higher Cemetery members is £1-50, visitors £3 and accompanied children, under 16yrs, £1. For enquiries please contact the Friends of Higher Cemetery on fohcexeter@gmail.com
The Dartmoor cuckoos which were tagged and tracked last year on the long journey to their African wintering grounds are now heading home.
The Dartmoor cuckoo project which began with the tagging of four Dartmoor birds last year is still waiting for the two birds who survived the arduous migration to Africa to make it back to our shores.
In 2013 Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), in partnership with Devon Birds, took part in a ground-breaking national satellite tagging project run by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to learn about the migration of Dartmoor's...
Devon’s ‘newest school’ - covering Exeter and the whole of south Devon – has appointed its first Principal in advance of opening in September 2015.
The University of Exeter-backed South Devon University Technical College (UTC) will offer a new way of learning for up to 600 young people aged 14 to 18, recruiting from Exeter as well as Teignbridge, Torbay, , Plymouth and the South Hams.
Ian Crews, age 51, currently Vice-Principal of Bodmin College Academy in Cornwall, will take up the post on 1st September 2014 following two successful careers in education and engineering....
Leading UK law firm, Ashfords LLP, are pleased to announce they will be the Match Ball Sponsors for the Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins match on Sunday (4 May), with kick-off at 2pm.
As well as being the Match Ball Sponsors, Ashfords are also delighted to be sponsoring the following players:
• Henry Slade • Rob Coote • Sam Blanchett • Justin Blanchett
The Chiefs need a victory to maintain their position for a European play-off spot, with this match also being the last appearance of Hoani Tui who, after five years with Exeter, will be leaving for Lyon at the end of the...
The election of the new Bishop of Exeter was confirmed in a special service at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday night.
The Right Reverend Robert Atwell’s election as the 71st Bishop of Exeter was confirmed in a service led by the Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The confirmation of election service bestows the legal title as Bishop of Exeter to Bishop Robert, although he will not start his public ministry until he has met the Queen and taken an oath of allegiance.
He will be installed in a special service in Exeter Cathedral in July, but intends to...
Last Friday, guests enjoyed a great event hosted by Kirk Hills, at the 11th Exeter Food Festival – and even the sun made an appearance!
The highlight of the event involved an omelette challenge, similar to that on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen. Celebrity Chef and organiser of the festival, Michael Caines, demonstrated how it should be done and even ‘slowed down’ for his audience to set his time – at 26 seconds - still the fastest of the evening!
For the challenge itself, eight contestants took part: Sarah Chamberlain (Kirk Hills) – 38 seconds Damian Cook (Stratton Creber) – 39...
