The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) have worked alongside farmers in a unique experiment in which badgers were monitored by surveillance cameras.
Following the Badger cull debate, the AHVLA have installed surveillance cameras on 75 farms in the South West. Their footage offers an alternative to those who are all for culling of badgers to go ahead.
Badgers can carry the Bovine TB disease, and can also pass it on to cattle, making them unfavourable amongst the farming industry. However, the surveillance footage recovered by the AHVLA shows that some...
Police are appealing for witnesses after an assault took place in Polsoe Road, Exeter. The victim was sat in his car, when he was approached by a man, who attacked him. The 26-year-old man, who is local to Exeter, received cuts to his neck and wrist. The incident took place outside Henry’s Bar at around 2.40pm on Monday 15 July. Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident or who has any information to please call police on 101 quoting DE/13/6515.
The summer holidays are upon us and many parents have yet to find their children a suitable holiday club to attend while they are working.
With such a vast range of clubs all over Exeter and the surrounding area it’s no wonder parents and children alike find it a hard job choosing the perfect one; that’s why we’ve made it simpler for you. Below there are some of our favourite holiday clubs, each located in Exeter with a synopsis and in categories so that you don’t have to wade through websites until your eyes hurt because this is the only website you’ll need. However, many may be...
Today a handful of students kindly gave up a day of their summer holidays by taking part in the 700th anniversary walk, which covers routes once walked by original Exeter College Students.
Students from the college’s Reach Academy for gifted and talented students join the University of Oxford’s Exeter College Rector, Frances Cairncross on the celebratory walk.
Exeter College, Oxford, was founded in 1314 by Walter de Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter, and its early students came mainly from Devon and Cornwall. As Bishop of Exeter, Walter de Stapeldon contributed liberally to...
Exeter Quayside was the place to be this morning, as 12 life-sized gorillas - part of Paignton Zoo's ambitious plan to combine art, conservation and the community to help celebrate its 90th anniversary as well as raise some much needed funds to aid conservation - floated into Exeter. With all the pomp and circumstance of the arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Cool Ice Cream Bananas, Darth Vader, Ubuntu, Bananarilla, Mr Bumble, Takamanda, Skins, Sora, X-ray Ape, Not so Different and Miss Prints made their way along the River Exe transported by Exeter Cruises with owner Richie O'Connell at the...
Right now, 18-year old Chris Rundle should be anxiously awaiting the results of his A levels. Instead he’s just moved his company GK Signs into bigger premises and taken on 12 new staff, with two more positions to fill.
The Exeter wunderkind has acquired 8,000 square feet premises at Ashton Court in Marsh Barton, Exeter, involving a substantial investment
‘I really had to expand, ‘said Chris, who began his signmaking business at the age of 13 from his bedroom. ‘We smashed our targets for last year and so we just had to find bigger premises.
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel is opening its doors to all prospective brides and grooms this Saturday 27 July.
Guests are welcome to drop in at their leisure between 10am and 4pm where they will have the opportunity to explore the beautiful venue in all its wedding glory in a relaxed, informal environment. This will be a chance to see how Mercure Southgate Hotel cares for each bride and groom, making each wedding day a tailor-made experience.
All questions will be personally answered by the hotel’s events coordinator regarding any aspect of the special day and the various...
Crew volunteers from Exmouth RNLI were called out three times within four hours on the afternoon of 24 July. A pregnant lady, a sinking speed boat and a missing boat adrift in the river Exe all encountered the rapidly rising flood tide.
Brixham coastguard tasked the inshore lifeboat George Bearman at 3.48pm to rescue two people stranded by Langstone Rock at Dawlish. A pregnant woman and man from the Exeter area had been walking along the beach when they had found themselves cut off by the rapidly rising spring tide. Three crew volunteers launched within four minutes, located the...
Update 5pm: As a result of the earlier appeal, a potential witness has been identified and has spoken to the Police.
Earlier today (25 July): Police are looking to identify a male cyclist (pictured) who is a witness to the house fire at Magnolia Court in Tiverton on Tuesday 23 July.
He cycled past the fire before emergency services arrived, possibly more than once. He may hold vital information.
A joint Police and Fire Service investigation has been launched following the fire which damaged four properties in Tiverton at around 4pm.
Take your family on a merry romp to the sunny Caribbee’ with Cambridge Touring Theatre’s swashbuckling musical adaptation of Treasure Island.
Join our two young heroes - Jim and Ruth - as they find a treasure map and set sail for adventure.
Suitable for all ages, this open-air performance is interactive, full of laughs and catchy tunes. Picnic on the grass with the whole family - there’s something for everyone in Cambridge Touring Theatre’s acclaimed productions.
Boys and girls are invited to come along in their best pirate costume. And for those aged 5-10, there’s...
