The multi-award-winning Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is set to get behind this year’s top British Wimbledon hopefuls by offering families with the following surnames (Andy) Murray, (Laura) Robson, and (Heather) Watson free entry into the park during the competition from Monday 24 June – Sunday 7 July 2013.
To celebrate the Wimbledon Championships, Devon’s Crealy mascots Buddy and Blossom have been practising their tennis skills on court, with Crealy’s loveable villain Red Tooth Max as umpire. Ranked number 2 in the world, Andy Murray beat Germany’s Benjamin Becker in his...
Around 6,000 people still remain stranded as heavy rain prevented rescue efforts from continuing in north India to evacuate people stranded in the flood-hit hill state of Uttarakhand.
Despite relief camps being set up, fresh landslides have prevented rescuers going by road to Badrinath where thousands of pilgrims are waiting to be rescued.
The search and rescue operation in Kedarnath has concluded, said officials today. "No survivors remain in the jungles around Kedarnath. They have all been brought out," said Ravinath Raman, an officer involved with the rescue operation to...
Hundreds of thousands of women across England and Wales could be spared the distress and uncertainty of a breast cancer diagnosis by taking a daily pill to help prevent the disease. Updated guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says the NHS should give tamoxifen or raloxifene to particular groups of women with a family history of cancer [1] because the drugs can help stop them getting breast cancer if they are taken for five years.
Roughly 50,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK [2], making it the most common...
WESC Foundation is calling for entries to its sponsored walk - WALK FOR WESC - which takes place on Sunday 7 July at 2pm at Ugbrook Park in Chudleigh, Devon.
The Exeter-based charity provides learning, care and therapy for more than 100 children and young people with sight loss and complex needs at its campus on Topsham Road. The event, sponsored by Savills in Exeter, includes a fancy dress competition for dogs and their owners and has three routes with stunning views around the impressive country grounds. “We wanted to do something fun to raise funds for the children we care for...
The birth of a newborn baby outside a Cornish police station has given new meaning to the phrase “delivered by C-Section.”
The little boy was brought into the world outside Camborne station by a group of police response officers from the locally-based C-Section.
The special delivery took place in the early hours of Friday 21 June 2013 when the on-duty officers heard a woman screaming outside the station at around 5.45am.
On investigation, they found 28-year-old Kristina Kacorri in the final stages of labour, accompanied by her husband Max.
The Atass Group were crowned 2013 champions of the Exeter Business Games at the final event of the competition at Exeter Quayside on Friday 21 June.
Having won five events out of seven and with a 20 point lead over defending champions South West Water; Atass were in a very strong position going into the final.
Although Tozers Solicitors were the winners of the River Activities on Friday, Atass’s significant lead ensured their overall victory.
Speaking about his team’s win, Dr Stephen Buckley of Atass Sports said: “The Business Games has been huge fun to take part in...
Not long to go before you can register for Recharge and Achieve More Day on Friday 19 July and we have already been receiving emails, tweets and likes about it!
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Lucy's own story of her struggle to success has been an incredible journey.
She had a successful career in a job she absolutely loved with promotion after promotion. She was at the peak of her career when she received some terrible news. She couldn’t have children.
She was devastated; she had always assumed that it wouldn’t be a...
Grassroots cricket team, Stoke Hill Junior School, are asking for their local community to vote for them to win the prize of a lifetime, the chance to attend a training session with England cricket legends.
Forty grassroots cricket teams all over the UK are competing to win the dream prize, which is part of the grassroots cricket campaign launched by premium home appliance brand AEG.
Stoke Hill Junior School has already won AEG’s Ultimate Kit and Laundry Package, which includes 11 bespoke Canterbury Cricket Kits and a top-of-the-range AEG washing machine in time for the...
Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish has secured a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament to discuss the scientific models used to measure the Carbon Footprint of the beef cattle and livestock sector as well as the environmental benefits of livestock farming.
The hour and a half debate is taking place on Wednesday 26 June in Westminster Hall and follows on from a four month inquiry coordinated by Neil Parish as chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Beef & Lamb.
Specifically, the inquiry examined issues around the carbon footprint of our farming systems and the...
The V&A presents David Bowie is happening now , a nationwide cinema event screened live from David Bowie is as the finale to the enormously successful exhibition.
This unique event will be your last opportunity to experience the V&A’s exhibition in the UK before it goes on international tour and is being screened at the Exeter Picuturehouse on Tuesday 13 August at 7pm.
David Bowie is happening now will be introduced by exhibition curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh. It will feature special guests offering an insight into the stories behind some of the 300...
