Active Devon has today announced the finalists of the prestigious Devon Sports Awards.
Running for over ten years, the awards attract hundreds of nominations each year, but this year saw a record number of nominations that were judged by an independent panel of experts last week.
The ceremony, hosted by Jenny Walrond (BBC Spotlight) takes place at Sandy Park, Exeter on Friday 10 May, where the winners of each category will be announced. In a partnership formed with local charity The Exeter Foundation, Active Devon will be opening up tickets to the event, which include a...
Two of Devon’s family law solicitors have warned of the unjust effects the imminent changes to Legal Aid will create.
From 1 April 2013, Government austerity measures will mean Legal Aid will be limited to certain types of case and people who qualify for it on financial grounds. The Ministry of Justice claims legal aid will still be provided "to those who most need it".
Divorce disputes between parents regarding their children and financial matters will no longer fall within the scope of legal aid unless a person is at risk of or has been subjected to domestic violence and...
Honiton Primary School has been given the highest possible accolade by education inspectors who have classed it as outstanding.
Not only do they rate the school’s overall effectiveness as outstanding. Every key area of school life also wins the top judgement.
The inspectors say the achievement of pupils, the quality of teaching, the behaviour and safety of pupils and the leadership and management are all outstanding too.
The three inspectors from the school standards agency, Ofsted, delivered their verdict after a two-day visit to Honiton last month. And lead...
Pupils at an Exeter primary are helped to learn by the collaborative ‘can do’ atmosphere throughout the school, according to education inspectors.
And they rate Pinhoe Church of England Primary as a good school on all five key aspects of school life.
They say Pinhoe’s overall effectiveness is good and so is the achievement of pupils, the quality of teaching, the leadership and management and the behaviour and safety of the pupils.
The rating is much improved from the satisfactory grade the school received less than three years ago and since then the school standards...
Sidmouth Primary has improved rapidly over the last three years and pupils now make good progress and achieve above average standards.
Independent education inspectors say every key area of life at the Church of England school is good and the leadership and management are outstanding.
“Pupils make good progress and achieve well in all subjects,” say the inspectors. Teaching has improved and is typically good. This has resulted in a rapid improvement in pupils’ attainment in reading, writing and maths. “Results at the end of Year 6 are now above the national average. Pupils...
After the torrential rain of the previous two days, Saturday 23 March was fortuitously dry for the Exeter Pride 2013 parade down Exeter High Street, which kicked off all manner of Pride events in celebration of the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community.
At first gathering at the St Sidwell's Centre on Sidwell Street, an excited buzz built up from 12pm ahead of the 1pm parade down Exeter High Street. Led from the front by the ever-cheerful Chair Alan Quick, a most colourful procession made its way down the High Street brandishing a 50-metre long rainbow flag. Incorporating...
A homeless charity aiming to set up a community in Exeter has made an appeal for volunteers and support.
Emmaus is a national organisation with many high profile supporters such as Terry Waite and the Duchess of Cornwall. Trustee Louise Toomer was speaking at a ‘High Tea and Talk’ event organised by Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI), a charity that runs community projects to support people facing poverty and homelessness, held at St Sidwell’s Community Centre last week.
Emmaus has a series of communities across the UK that offer people who have been homeless a supportive...
Several thousand passengers are expected to fly from or into Exeter Airport over the Easter period, with outbound travellers on Thursday’s Thomson flight likely to be enjoying the warmer weather in Sharm el Sheikh with temperatures over 30 degrees.
Many of the outbound passengers over the Easter week will also be seeking the sun in the Canaries or mainland Spain, and the first of Exeter’s new Barcelona flights will be departing on Sunday.
Matt Roach, Exeter Airport’s managing director said: “We are very pleased with the bookings for our busiest period of the year so far,...
With the upcoming Lions Tour set for June 2013, we are lucky enough to bring you some of Rugby’s biggest legends who will tell tales of their past, their predictions for the tour and their own take on this year’s top flight.
It will be a completely unique rugby night out based on an Old Style International Rugby Court Session - and also raise funds for the Exeter Foundation.
The guests of honour will be the judge and jury of the court in the good ol’ fashion tradition of our very own rugby supporter’s court session.
Join former Lion Jason Leonard and friends for an...
Bruce Kent's Scrap Trident tour comes to Exeter on Wednesday 3 April, determined to highlight the waste and immorality of Britain's Trident Nuclear Missile programme, which the Government is pursuing recklessly although it no longer has majority public support.
Bruce, Vice-President of CND and a long-term humanitarian campaigner, will speak at a public meeting organised by Exeter CND. It will be chaired by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Percy Prowse.
The three main local political parties, who officially support Trident renewal, have been invited to...
