Puzzled about depression? Come to a free open day at the University of Exeter Mood Disorders Centre. Researchers from the University of Exeter are inviting members of the public to visit the Mood Disorders Centre on Saturday 12 October between 10am – 4pm to find out about the latest depression treatments and research. Therapists, researchers, GPs and pharmacists, as well as with people who live with depression, will be on hand to answer questions and discuss ideas with visitors. Experts will demystify the claims of miracle cures including the recent headline that wine drinking can protect...
If you need inspiration for those ‘hard to buy for’ people in your life this Christmas, look no further than The Boniface Centre in Crediton on Saturday 26 October.
A Christmas shopping event, from 11am to 2pm, is being arranged by two local ladies, Jenny Wood and Sara Brockway.
Among the products available will be a range of hand-made jewellery and gifts, candles, locally made crafts, cards, homewares and much, much more. There will also be activities for the children to keep them occupied while you browse.
The event is free to enter and free parking is available...
University of Exeter researchers have had a high profile role in creating the world’s most comprehensive report on climate change.
A combined total of 12 researchers from the University and the Met Office were selected as lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I (WGI) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) – a greater number than from any other region.
The Summary for Policymakers was published on Friday 27 September 2013 and is the six yearly update on the state of the Earth’s climate, covering the physical science basis of climate change....
The Student Lock-In is set to return to Princesshay Shopping Centre for the third year running on Wednesday 2 October from 18.30-21.00. The shopping centre will be closed for exclusive use by students from Exeter and the surrounding area for one night only.
Over 30 shops and restaurants will be keeping their doors open while students indulge with brands such as Topshop/Topman, Superdry, Schuh, New Look and River Island. The DJ truck will be creating a party atmosphere for student shoppers and retailers involved.
Students will not only enjoy the benefit of exclusive...
A series of flood relief and engineering works will cause travel disruptions around the Christmas holiday period as part of the South Devon Link Road project. Residents of Kingskerswell and Newton Abbot, along with rail users, are being informed well in advance about the construction plans to enable them to make any arrangements if appropriate. Contractor Galliford Try is due to take possession of the railway at the accommodation bridge on Torquay Road, Newton Abbot, and Aller Orchard, Langford and Manor Drive, Kingskerswell between 25th and 29th December 2013 to undertake major...
The Chamber’s Exeter initiative for Science and Technology will be welcoming speakers from blur Group, Flybe and the University of Exeter’s Physics School at its October event on Wednesday 9 October at the Met Office.
Jon Hogg, head of platform at blur Group will be giving a presentation on business sense and how blur Group is using intelligence to transform services procurement. Global technology firm blur Group recently announced that it will be establishing its new ‘R&D Center’ and global headquarters in Exeter’s Science Park in November. The company announced they are...
The police helicopter was involved in the rescue of a mother and her two children who were lost in north Devon on Sunday night.
At about 7.20pm on Sunday (29 September), Devon and Cornwall Police received an emergency call from the mother who was described as "distraught" and "panicking". She was with her ten-year-old and three-year-old children and told police that she was lost on Braunton Burrows.
She had been walking since 6pm and her children were getting cold and upset.
Devon and Cornwall Police say that the woman had been trying to find her way back to her car...
This autumn, Exeter will host four new live performance experiences made, commissioned or produced by Kaleider. Taking place in public spaces throughout the city – from Exeter Central Library to the Guildhall – and all of them interruptive, and testing the boundaries of audience experience, the events offer something meaningful in everyday surroundings.
Kaleider makes the effort to continually ask the question ‘what can we do together that we couldn’t do apart? to that end artists, academics and scientists have been brought together to imagine new works that begin to look towards a...
Bringing care closer – East Devon Day Hospice Appeal: Help Hospiscare build a much-needed day hospice in the heart of East Devon
Are you a master baker, a champion knitter or a green-fingered gardener? Join us at one of our open events to find out how your hobbies and talents could fund a moment of care for patients with a terminal illness in the East Devon area.
Hospiscare is launching an appeal to raise £250,000 to complete and run a state-of-the-art day hospice in Honiton. Visiting a day hospice helps patients by providing advice, complementary therapies, activities and...
Bringing care closer – East Devon Day Hospice Appeal: Help Hospiscare build a much-needed day hospice in the heart of East Devon
Are you a master baker, a champion knitter or a green-fingered gardener? Join us at one of our open events to find out how your hobbies and talents could fund a moment of care for patients with a terminal illness in the East Devon area.
Hospiscare is launching an appeal to raise £250,000 to complete and run a state-of-the-art day hospice in Honiton. Visiting a day hospice helps patients by providing advice, complementary therapies, activities and...
