Exeter Leukaemia Fund is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Richard Lee as a Trustee of the charity.
Richard who lives in Exeter has been a wonderful friend and supporter of ELF for over 25 years. Dr Lee, until his retirement in 2010 was a Consultant Haematologist at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital for over 25 years. In the latter part of his career, Richard also ran clinics at North Devon District Hospital.
During his time at Exeter he was at the forefront of haematological developments at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, seeing the service grow,...
Firefighters and the government are still no closer to reaching an agreement on pensions after strike action earlier today. The strike ended at 8am this morning (4 November) and was the third strike action taken by the Fire Brigades Union. The FBU has claimed that the Fire Minister Brandon Lewis has worsened the deal ahead of a strike last Friday night (1 November). The dispute is primarily focused on the issues surrounding the health of firefighters over 50 who could lose their job and some of their pensions over fitness concerns. So far the government and employers have not drawn up any...
The chance to balance and relax your body will see people flocking to Hospiscare’s flagship store in Exeter this week to attend a reflexology event.
The event will run from 11am to 3pm on Friday, November 8 and will give people the chance to try out the complimentary therapy for just £5.
A team of qualified therapists will be on hand to give 15 minute taster sessions at the event, working on reflex points in the feet to balance and relax.
The event has been organised by Hospiscare Sales Assistant Claire Richards, who is also a practicing reflexologist.
An emergency meeting is being held in Fention this evening reacting to a ‘super inquiry’ where developers are appealing previously rejected planning applications. The Developers Wainhomes, Strategic Land Partnership and Feniton Park Ltd are appealing decisions on a total of 235 new houses. This is on top of the 50 homes currently under construction by Wainhomes following a appeal on a previously rejected planning proposal. Independent county Councillor for Ottery St. Mary Rural, Claire wright has backed the residents opposing the developments. She said: “Feniton is without doubt, the most...
The Gilbert Stephens Young Professional’s Network raised a glass to celebrate the group’s 3rd birthday at Pebblebed Vineyards premises in Clyst St George, just outside Exeter.
Since its inception in 2010, the group has grown to over 170 members made up from a variety of businesses in Exeter and attendees enjoyed an evening of networking and wine tasting and a talk from Pebblebed’s owner, Geoff Bowen.
Isabel Bertram, one of the founders of the group, comments: “We have been overwhelmed by the support shown for the group from...
2013 has been a year of reunions. Some have resulted in reincarnations of former musical glory and some have been completely disastrous resurrections of pop music’s better-off dead. ITV’s reality sensation ‘The Big Reunion’ has paved the way for boy bands and girl groups from the 1990s to step back into the limelight for one last helping of fame and fortune.
On Thursday night Blue stopped off at the Plymouth Pavilions to perform to a sell-out crowd of their fans from the glory days alongside support acts Keedle and Loick Essien, as they travel around the country on their UK Tour....
Members of Newton St Cyres Young Farmers Club have been busy in the last few weeks with a fun filled programme of events. The members have listened to interesting talks from Tom Lee and Alice Giles (of Bow YFC) ,about their recent trip to Amsterdam with the Devon YFC Travel Programme. At the following meeting, Richard Gibson of BBC2 ‘Toughest Place to be a farmer’ gave an inspiring talk on his time in Kenya. Tom Lee and Georgina Davie joined members from across the county at River Dart Country Park for the Devon YFC officer training weekend, where they took to the high ropes and other team...
