Jamie Courtney, 24, from Exeter joined more than 200 officer cadets in a prestigious graduation ceremony at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Passing out from Sandhurst marks the completion of 44 weeks of intensive military and academic training for the cadets, combined with adventurous training and sporting challenges.
As part of the ceremony, all the commissioning officer cadets took part in the Sovereign's Parade in front of Her Majesty’s representative, Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie. The parade is a key milestone for every Army officer and has been run at the end of...
Marks and Spencer has confirmed that their toy ranges will be gender neutral from Spring 2014.
The store announced their decision on twitter yesterday afternoon following criticism over their separate toy ranges for male and female children.
Shoppers accused the store of “casual sexism” for its “Boy’s Stuff” and “Little Miss Arty” ranges.
The criticism started when twitter user Jane Merrick complained over the branding of a Marble Run game she had planned to buy for her daughter was heavily branded as “Boy’s Stuff”.
East Devon District Council has announced a further Christmas parking concession to help town centre businesses in the final few days of the run-up to Christmas.
With effect from Wednesday 18 December and up to Christmas Day, there will be daily repeats of the successful ‘Small Business Saturday’ offer that applied on Saturday 7 December 2013. This means motorists can park all day (from 10am) for a maximum daily charge of just £2.
Councillor Iain Chubb, Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “We estimate that on Small Business Saturday an additional 400 customers were...
On Thursday 12 December, Exeter School’s Sixth Form girls played a charity football match to raise money for the school’s charities with the Lower Sixth beating the Upper Sixth 2-0. Since mid-November, pupils, parents and teachers have raised an astonishing £4,700 through cake sales, mufti days, Movember and collections at the schools’ Advent service and carol concert. Every year, Exeter School pupils from both the Junior and Senior school help select a number of local and internationalcharities for whom they raise funds and awareness. This year’s charities are Children In Need, Shelterbox...
It was a good weekend for Exeter’s Badminton Performance Centre (EPC), with players out in full force for the Devon Bronze tournament held at the University of Exeter’s Sports Park on 14-15 December.
Under 11s girls Charlotte Freer and Learna Herkes both performed well; Freer finishing second in her group, before an ankle injury ended Herkes’ blistering form just one match short of the final.
Meanwhile Exeter’s Lloyd Skinner, Alex Moir, Callum Cheung all took their rightful place in the semi-finals of the U15 boys singles event, alongside Welsh National player Oliver...
Exeter based singer and songwriter Charlotte Ward, has joined local campaigning beauty therapists the Skin Angels, on their crusade to educate young people about looking after their skin.
Charlotte, who is 15 and has made it through to the national finals for the UK Open Mic competition, has become an ambassador for Skin Angels and will be working with the team to promote year round protection against the sun as well as talking to young people about techniques to help overcome common skin conditions such as acne.
Charlotte will performing outside Purity Boutique Spa,...
A project to transform the outside of Exeter Central Station is almost complete.
Improvements at Exeter Central Station's forecourt should be finished by Christmas.
The £660,000 enhancement has been funded by Devon County Council, Exeter City Council and Network Rail, to encourage walking and cycling to the station.
The area outside the station has been developed to be used for seating and a cycle hub, which is proposed to include secure bike storage, bike hire, maintenance and repair facilities
The upgraded layout also includes a new bus shelter, taxi...
The International peace light, lit from the eternal flame at the nativity grotto in Bethlehem, will arrive at Exeter Cathedral next Monday (23 December). It will be received by Canon Ian Morter at the lunchtime carol service at 1pm after travelling from Newton Abbot on the Devon stretch of its journey. The Peace Light, direct from Christ’s Grotto, will be bringing its annual glow of Christmas magic to communities all round the UK and the rest of the world. All of this is organised by Scouts in over fifty countries and is now in its 27th year of bringing the light of Peace across the globe...
The RSPCA are urging the public to consider the dangers that can affect their pets come Christmas time.
One of these dangers, which may surprise the public, is giving your pet scraps from your Christmas dinner.
Owners believe by sharing their Christmas dinner they are giving their beloved animal a ‘treat’, when in fact the ingredients can cause them severe health problems.
Angela Grigg, manager at Putney Animal Hospital in London said: “We had 15 cases on Boxing day as a result of people giving their dogs their own Christmas dinner with turkey and stuffing.”...
