Churchgoers across the South West will be raising funds for Christian Aid Week (May 12-18) in all kinds of ways – but none will go to the same heights as the Revd Mike Haslam.
Father-of-four Mike, Chaplain at Taunton Academy, suffers from vertigo but plans to jump out of a plane on Saturday 18 May in his first-ever tandem skydive to raise money for the international aid organisation.
Mike, 41, is no stranger to Christian Aid events having run, climbed (and crawled) up the 15 3,000ft mountains of Snowdonia for the charity in 2009 and 2011, but he admits this challenge is...
The RD&E is celebrating International Clinical Trials Day on Monday (May 20).
The day marks the first recognised research project which was conducted by James Lind into cures for Scurvy in the 18th century. Research is now a core part of the NHS with funding provided to support better prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health related conditions.
The Research and Development Directorate and National Health Institute Network representatives will be promoting research at the RD&E in the Oasis Restaurant and in the main entrance of the Wonford Hospital site.
Black Voices, a Birmingham-based performance ensemble renowned for its rich, powerful harmonies and stunning arrangements, are coming to Exeter on Saturday 8 June to do a concert and public workshop supported by St Thomas Gospel Choir.
Black Voices was founded and is led by its musical director Carol Pemberton. Since 1987, she has steered Black Voices in becoming a unique performance ensemble, focused on promoting singing the black oral tradition (SBOT).
The group, inspired by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Take Six, has forged its own dynamic way of distilling and re-...
Is it just this country that’s nuts about animals in advertising? Everywhere in our office we’ve got pictures of pooches looking adoringly down at us from calendars and wall hangings – we just can’t get enough of them and it would seem nor can anyone else.
Even Go Compare has resorted to using a scruffy little dog to get everyone going gaga, and how popular is the EDF ad with Zingy riding his new friend Morgan the Bassett Hound's back? Just recently ‘Three’ used a moon-walking Shetland pony in its national advertising, which went viral and was watched on YouTube 2.7 million times,...
More than 400 women from Exeter, Mid and East Devon gathered in Exmouth at the weekend wearing flashing bunny ears to enjoy a night out with the girls while walking 12k for Hospiscare.
The Starlight Walk is one of the charity’s biggest annual events and this year the women enjoyed a new route that took them along the seafront and out into the Exmouth Countryside.
The evening began at Exmouth Rugby Club where the women enjoyed a warm-up session given by a Zumba instructor, Debra from Zumba Exmouth, with players from the club joining in to show their support.
Everys Solicitors has branched out to offer a new service to help support family businesses in Devon and Somerset.
The new family business support division will be led by the firm’s managing partner James Griffin, who will be assisted by head of commercial law Kate Stamp and head of wills, trusts, tax and probate Hilary Quantick.
It will serve to support family businesses in the South West with a firm focus on growth.
Mr Griffin said: “We already work with numerous family businesses in the region, in particular, rural businesses and farms, and have always been on...
Labour City Councillor Rachel Lyons (Polsloe ward), will today (14 May) officially take over from Councillor Rob Newby as the Lord Mayor of Exeter at the Annual General Meeting of the City Council.
Cllr Lyons, a previous Deputy Lord Mayor, will be assisted in the role by Deputy Lord Mayor and fellow Labour councillor Rob Hannaford, who serves as both City Councillor for St Thomas and County Councillor for Exwick/St Thomas and is the present City Council portfolio holder for Housing and Community Involvement.
The Exeter Daily caught up with Cllr Lyons in between official...
Karen MacMillan, who leads the Reception Team at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital, walked through the night on Saturday to raise over £1,100 for breast cancer awareness charities.
Karen, of Dawlish, walked for 26.2 miles through the streets and parks of London dressed as a member of the carefully named “Star Tits Enterprise”.
“A year ago, I was in hospital having just had a double mastectomy and reconstruction," said Karen.
“I had cancer in 1991 and a recurrence in 2001, and tests have since showed that I had a faulty gene, along with other female members of my...
The Start-Up Loans Company, chaired by former Dragon James Caan, which helps thousands of young people start a business, has been given the green light to open their doors to budding entrepreneurs of all ages.
What previously has been a scheme targeted at 18-30 year olds, the programme will soon be available for anyone who needs support and help in turning their idea into a thriving business.
Chairman James Caan said “I welcome Lord Young’s recommendation to remove the age cap for Start-Up Loans. Seeing the huge success of the programme to date exceeding our initial targets...
Hundreds of students and members of the Pakistani community gathered on Monday outside the embassy in London to protest against the recent vote in Pakistan, which they say was rigged.
Last Saturday's election saw the victory of Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Sharif denied allegations of rigging and asked Imran Khan, former national cricket captain and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), to "show the sportsman's spirit" and to accept his defeat.
In Pakistan hundreds of PTI supporters held demonstrations in Lahore and...
