Communities across Devon from Tavistock to Tiverton, Bideford to Budleigh and from Ashcombe to Avonwick are being invited to apply for a free street party licence to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen Consort.
The Coronation takes place on the morning of Saturday 6 May at Westminster Abbey, and on Sunday 7 May Coronation Big Lunches will bring communities together with a special Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle.
And throughout the weekend of festivities hundreds of events, ranging from traditional street parties and lunches...
A major boost of £1.76million will fund research designed to stop antibiotics failing, to help mitigate the rising threat of antibiotic resistance.
Professor Stefano Pagliara, at the University of Exeter, has received the award to advance his work on controlling the processes and biological mechanisms that cause antibiotics to fail, and can mean infectious diseases become life-threatening.
The money comes from the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grants, designed to help excellent scientists, who have 7 to 12 years’ experience after their PhDs, to pursue their...
Rockefeller Productions have announced the principle cast for their musical stage adaptation of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh , which runs at Exeter Northcott Theatre between 22 – 23 August.
The UK and Ireland premiere will begin performances at London’s Riverside Studios (Hammersmith) from 17 March, with an official opening on 26 March. The show will then tour the UK and Ireland until September 2023. Tickets for Riverside Studios and the UK & Ireland Tour are now on sale.
Sharing the role of Winnie the Pooh in London will be the previously announced Jake Bazel (who...
A PACK of pawfect pups charmed visitors at Specsavers Exeter as part of a week-long series of celebrations.
The store was marking 20 years of audiology care, with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People playing a key role in the party-like proceedings.
The charity trains dogs to alert deaf people to important and life-saving sounds they would otherwise miss, and its members were keen to give demonstrations to store staff and customers.
As part of the store’s celebrations, staff organised a fundraising raffle in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, with a hamper and other...
A public consultation has been launched on ambitious proposals to enable and encourage more people to walk and cycle in Exeter.
People are being invited to have their say on the draft Exeter Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) which puts forward proposals for new walking and cycling routes as well as recommending improvements to the existing network in the Exeter area.
The plan has been developed by Devon County Council in partnership with Exeter City Council and is made up of 22 cycle routes and five city centre walking routes. It identifies gaps in...
Devon and Cornwall Police is failing to adequately protect people from sexual and violent crimes, according the national police watchdog.
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) says the force is inadequate in a third of the nine areas of policing it looked into.
Last October, HMICFRS increased monitoring of the force because of its poor performance dealing with crimes involving sex, violence and anti-social behaviour.
The latest report comes just weeks after Devon and...
On 23 February, Lymphoma Action will be holding a virtual Live your Life workshop for anyone in the Devon and Exeter area who has been affected by lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
Lymphoma Action’s Live your Life workshops have been developed to support people who have come to the end of their treatment for lymphoma, or who are being monitored by their healthcare team as their lymphoma doesn’t need treatment straight away (also known as ‘active monitoring’ or ‘watch and wait’.) These unique and interactive workshops are led by someone with a personal experience of lymphoma, and...
Campaigners gathered in Crediton yesterday with one simple message, “nobody should die in poverty”.
The group were collecting signatures for a petition from the UK’s leading end of life charity, Marie Curie.
It calls on the UK Government to give people with a terminal illness their State Pension, no matter their age.
Marie Curie says that a 90,000 people die in poverty every year. Most at risk are people of working age, who are almost twice as likely to fall into poverty at the end of their lives than those of pension age.
Exeter’s Volunteer Fayre is set to return on Thursday, 23 March and promises to be bigger and better than ever!
The fayre, which takes place at Exeter Cathedral, is predicated to attract more than 50 exhibitors and up to 400 visitors - double the number compared to last year.
It will bring together voluntary groups, charities and not-for-profit organisations all of which are looking to recruit new volunteers.
Entry to the Fayre is free and visitors will have the chance to find out more about the organisations exhibiting and the volunteering opportunities on...
A Devon community group has called on the county’s residents to back its quest to win top prize in a nationwide competition – and with it £5,000.
Punk Against Poverty CIC is one of 12 finalists from around the UK going before a public vote in the Selco Community Heroes competition, which attracted nearly 2,000 entries.
Leading builders merchants Selco Builders Warehouse – which has a branch in Exeter on Filmer Way - has organised the competition, designed to support charities and community groups during the financial turmoil.
