Pupils at an East Devon village primary greatly enjoy coming to school and achieve standards which are well above average, according to education inspectors. They say Woodbury Church of England Primary is a good school with outstanding features. Pupils would encourage other children to attend the school and parents are unanimous in saying they would recommend it to others, say the inspectors. “Achievement has improved since the previous inspection, partly because pupils are very eager to learn and partly because the quality of teaching has improved,” they say. “Teaching is consistently...
Street Motion Freerunning Academy is the leading provider of Parkour / Freerunning lessons in the Southwest. Freerunning is an exciting style of urban movement popularised in many recent action movies which combines ultimate functional fitness training with big jumps, acrobatic moves and super-human balance.
Exeter City’s full-back, Tiverton born Craig Woodman, has recently moved back into the area of his hometown and now faces the task of renovating the family’s newly bought house. Fortunately for Craig, one of the club’s strong partnerships is with RGB Building Supplies – locally-based but with branches across the South West. The company specialize in supplying products for every part of the building trade and welcome both trade and retail customers; so the next step for Craig, with his wife right behind him making sure there was no slacking, was to visit his local branch, set up an account...
Any book with the title "Jerusalem" is a challenge for both authors and readers, given the complexities, misrepresentations and confusing images inherent in that city. For the visitor, first impressions of Jerusalem, perhaps to do with the light or the architecture, give way to questions, about the different cultures and their histories, and then on to concerns about how these cultures mix (or rather, don't) particularly the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. And then beyond these concerns come others less obvious, but which surface from time to time.
The Exeter Daily has featured on a BBC Spotlight report about the future of news.
The regional programme highlighted the plight of several local newspapers that had seen sales tumble in the past 12 months.
Among them are Exeter's Express & Echo which has seen declines of almost 20 per cent. The Western Morning News fell by 7.6 per cent and the Plymouth Herald by 8.9 per cent.
The BBC interviewed Marc Astley, a former editor of the E&E and founder of The Exeter Daily.
He told the programme how site traffic had rocketed in recent weeks and that further...
Tickets for Exeter City’s rearranged away match against Bristol Rovers at 7.45pm on March 6 are on general sale to buy at St James Park.
Tickets that were sold for the original fixture, which was due to take place on Saturday 19th January, will be valid for this rearranged game. If you cannot make the new date, please return your ticket to Reception for a full refund.
The game has been designated an all-ticket match so all fans must have a ticket ahead of the fixture, and will not be able to pay on the day.
We have been given a total allocation of 290 seats and 1000...
A charity quiz has helped raise over £1,500 for WESC Foundation, a specialist centre for visual impairment located on Topsham Road, Exeter.
The event held at the school’s campus was sponsored by Devon-based accountancy firm, Thomas Westcott, and saw over twenty teams battle it out for the top spot, with The Princesshay Pirates being crowned as overall winners, and The Wonders of the University from Exeter University taking second place. Caroline Burkie, Fundraising and PR Manager for the charity, comments: “We were really pleased our second quiz event was so well supported and...
It's 2.36pm on a Monday and the weekend is already a distant memory.
As the long week ahead looms, people take to the computers in their thousands... to post funny pictures or videos.
A survey by mobile network Three indicates that internet sharing peaks at this precise time for Brits who 'wish it was still the weekend' and try instead to reconnect with friends.
The majority of Brits - 51 percent - admit they do so most when at work, 'because we want to communicate with friends working elsewhere during the day'.
A national newspaper has claimed that the management of Axminster Carpets is battling to mount a rescue bid to save the 250-year-old company.
The Sunday Times claimed yesterday that Josh Dutfield, the managing director, is in negotiations with financial backers about saving the historic manufacturer from collapse.
Meanwhile, more than 6,000 people have signed a petition in a bid to save the firm and a food bank for workers and their families has been launched at the town's Tesco supermarket.
Administrators Duff & Phelps said Axminster Carpets continued to trade...
