Exeter renewable energy distributor SunGift Trade has become a distribution partner of global solar PV manufacturer Trina Solar, making SunGift Trade one of a few selected resellers of their products in the UK.
The move adds another highly respected brand to SunGift’s portfolio, giving South West PV installers direct access to even more high quality solar PV modules.
“We’re very excited about this new partnership,” said SunGift Trade managing director Gabriel Wondrausch, “and we already have stock of Trina Solar Honey modules in our warehouse. This now makes our range of...
Today is annual World Water Day, a specific day designated by the United Nations to focus on the importance of clean water for drinking and sanitation.
Each year, during a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands, the UN-Water Award is given to reward efforts to fulfill international commitments made on water and water-related issues. Special emphasis is given to the World Water Day theme when giving the awards; this year’s theme is ‘Water Cooperation’.
The award is split into two categories. This year the Category 1 Award for the best water-management practices has been...
A sponsored sleep out in Exeter city centre on Saturday night raised over £23,000 for Exeter YMCA’s work with local homeless young people.
180 people took part in the sleep out, called ‘Sleep Easy’, battling against lows of three degrees Celsius and torrential rain. Participants included six members from the Gilbert Stephens Young Professional Network who raised over £1,000 for the charity. Gilbert Stephens were also the main sponsors of the event.
Isabel Bertram of Gilbert Stephens Young Professional Network said: "We are all really proud to have supported the Sleep...
The Diocese of Exeter is tweeting the whole passion story, from Palm Sunday to sunrise on Easter Sunday. The story has been rewritten for tweeting in the first person and from Jesus’s perspective and will be sent out in ‘real time’ throughout Holy Week. Canon Andrew Godsall said: “The idea with tweeting the passion is to help people relate to a familiar story in a contemporary way. Jesus used contemporary phrases all of the time. He wanted to make people sit up and listen so he used provocative words. Sometimes people got the wrong end of the stick – and maybe he did that deliberately -...
Surging with hot, raw energy, the seemingly unstoppable machinery of Morris Offspring, driven by the mighty sounds of folk powerhouse Faustus, has created a rare jewel! This tenth anniversary outing for Morris Offspring brings a brand new generation of outstanding young dancers into the spotlight. Add Faustus’s compelling rhythms to the cauldron and this is an explosive mix – an exhilarating, joyful and captivating spectacle.
Tue 2 Apr, £12 (£10)
For more info or to buy tickets please visit: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/morris-offspring-with-faustus/
The next local elections will take place on Thursday 2 May. Nearly 600,000 people will be eligible to vote on who will lead Devon County Council and be responsible for key local services for the next four years.
Devon County Council is the largest local authority in the South West with a total budget of over £1bn annually. It is divided into 62 electoral divisions. The Councillors voted in to these seats will each represent an average of 10,000 people.
The council is responsible for 85% of all local public services in the county, including schools, roads and social care....
At around 7.15am on Friday 22 March 2013 a serious road traffic collision took place involving two vehicles. Police have confirmed that the driver of the silver VW Polo, a woman in her forties from the Bude area, has been declared deceased at the scene by paramedics. Her next of kin have been informed but other family members are yet to be told.
A man, understood to be in his early forties and from the Bideford area, who was driving a Ford Maverick was air-lifted to Derriford hospital in Plymouth where he is said to be stable and not thought to have life-threatening injuries....
Nestled in Paris Street Exeter opposite such retail icons as Next and John Lewis, is a swathe of charity shops including Sprout, Children’s Hospice South West, Save the Children, Age UK, Shop 4ECTA and the RSPCA. What might appear as madness to have so many charity shops together is proving a shoppers’ delight as bargains can be had in an ever improving shopping environment. Charity shops have woken up to the fact that the old jumble sale, mothball ridden offering is no longer where it’s at.
Exeter Chiefs will face Leicester Tigers tomorrow at 5pm in a sold-out match at Sandy Park.
Head coach Rob Baxter expects his side to fight "tooth and nail" in their bid to get among the front-runners in this season's Aviva Premiership. Back to back wins over London Welsh and reigning champions Harlequins have propelled the Chiefs back up the table ahead of tomorrow's visit.
Baxter wants his team to build on those two successes against English rugby's most successful club side, who will be looking to complete a league double over their Devon hosts and maintain their play-...
