Albow have been awarded a £125,000 grant from the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts to research and develop This Is On, an app that seeks to revolutionise how we discover, share, and exchange value around live events.
In collaboration with three technology partners and two academic institutions Albow will develop the new mobile and desktop app over one year.
Production on This Is On began in August this year, and the team are now inviting a limited number of users to join for private beta testing – they will have an exclusive first look at the app, and be able to contribute...
Devon and Cornwall Police have tasered a teenage boy with special learning needs at Chelfham Senior School in Bere Alston, near Tavistock.
Police were called to the school grounds around 9pm on December 1 after an alleged assault on a teacher involving three teenage boys.
Two 14-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy were involved in the incident.Devon and Cornwall police have confirmed that a taser was used in their arrest
The boys will appear in Plymouth Magistrates court on December 20 to face a joint charge of affray.
A Marble Deity of Lord Shiva has finally arrived at the RD&E after a journey that took more than two years, many hours of craftsmanship and a four thousand mile trip from Jaipur.
The Deity’s presence was requested by members of the local Hindu community, who felt it would be helpful for staff and patients at the hospital. Lead Chaplain, Dr Simon Harrison, said: “At the time, we did not expect things to take quite so long, but were finally able to host a service of welcome on 14 October 14 (Murti Sthapna Puja) led by Panditjee Anirudh Bhatt, a priest from Bristol.”
The Rheumatology team at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has had a run of award successes, both winning and being shortlisted for prestigious honours.
At the British Society for Rheumatology awards, the Early Synovitis Clinic won the Best Practice Award. The Biologics Clinic was also a finalist in the British Society for Rheumatology awards.
The British Society for Rheumatology’s Best Practice Awards highlight ground-breaking and innovative practice in NHS rheumatology services. Finalists were shortlisted following nominations by regional chairs, service...
If you normally find yourself making and breaking a number of New Year’s resolutions in the first couple of weeks of January,here’s one which will be both easy and highly enjoyable to keep. Book yourself on to a new 'Essentials' course at Manna from Devon Cooking School and fine tune your existing cooking skills whilst learning new and improved techniques.
Whether you have an existing passion for cooking or just want to try something new in 2014, the Essentials courses could be for you.
The half day courses( 10am-1.30pm) are run by Holly and David Jones, who both have...
Time is of the essence, as the deadline for the WESC Foundation's ‘Win a Mercedes-Benz A-Class’ is almost upon us. For just £2 a ticket, you could be in with the chance of driving off with this beautiful car worth in the region of £20,000, including 12 months’ Road Fund Licence, number plates, first registration fee and fuel.
The competition, which has formed part of WESC's 175th Birthday Celebrations, is due to close on 24 December 2013. The prize – a brand new Mercedes-Benz A-Class – has been generously donated by Mercedes-Benz of Exeter in order to raise vital funds for the...
Economic overview: Iain Armstrong, director of equity research, comments: “The Chancellor has under promised and over delivered – a great trick if one can pull it off. He has had help from higher tax receipts and lower unemployment and better export performance – but he did start from an even lower base than understood in 2010. The recession was actually as deep as 7.2% in 2008/09 – the deepest in the developed world. And now he has an £11 billion surplus but has certainly not given it away – this was a disciplined budget. So he could make his budget surplus 2 years ahead of 2020 as...
Don't make any plans for the weekend until you've checked out our guide to what's on in and around Exeter:
THEATRE
The Recruiting Officer Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre Kiss the prettiest wenches, and you are sure of 'listing the lustiest fellows. The dashing Captain Plume has arrived in Shrewsbury to enlist the local men into the King's army using every trick in the book. He's also got his eye on the heiress Sylvia – but will he and the other men realise that the women are doing some recruiting of their own? Heavens! 7.30pm daily, matinee at 2.30pm on Saturday....
Grab a bargain. Lots of inexpensive gift ideas - hand made jewellery; ornaments; bags; chocolates; toiletries; cakes. Good quality second hand toys and children's clothes and much more
Exwick Village Hall, Station Road by the park across the river from St Davids Station.
Devon's Luke Friend once again found himself in the bottom two of last night's X Factor - but is on his way to the final.
Luke faced a tough sing-off against boy band Rough Copy choosing to perform Keane's Somewhere Only We Know, which was recently covered by Lily Allen and made famous by the new John Lewis Chistmas advert.
Commenting on both performances, judge Gary Barlow said: "It was an emotional sing off. I think you both did well. You've done amazingly well to get this far."
