A very special event at The Guildhall on Thursday 15th November 2012 will honour the members of 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF who protected the skies over Exeter during the Second World War.
Michael Parrott, who is a 'Friend of Higher Cemetery', was researching the history of the Cemetery's two chapels when he was shown a wooden memorial to a 307 Pilot tucked away on the wall of an unused corner of one of the chapels.
He managed to obtain a translation of the memorial dedicated to Kazimierz Jaworksi and this led to further research on the night fighter squadron that...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced that from 2015, the UK will move to a new system of flexible paternal leave, as part of a huge shake up of current arrangements.
Nick Clegg said: "Under the new rules, a mother will be able to trigger flexible leave at any point - if and when she feels ready.
"That means whatever time is left to run on her original year can be taken by her partner instead. Or they can divide up the remaining time between them - taking it in turns. Or they can take time off together... whatever suits them."
In 1998 Calendar Club opened its very first store in Exeter, one of 12 short term retail stores in the UK during that year. In 2012 they celebrate their 15th anniversary opening more than 300 stores in shopping centres across the UK and Ireland between September to January.
Exeter's Calendar Club store for this year is situated on the edge of the Guildhall high street entrance, in what was previously the Nickleby's menswear premises. The store stocks roughly 1,500 products that include calendars, diaries, annuals as well as an extended range including posters and animal...
'We have all been touched with the devastation that Cancer leaves behind in one way or another, this year alone I have lost two very special people who I will miss dearly.
"In their memory I am holding this event as I feel it is important that people are given the option of being able to pass away in their own home and pain free. This is a purely charity run cause which needs £12,000 per hour just to keep running. It needs people like us to give a little.' - Jodie Shears
This event is being organised by Jodie Shears, which started off as a small event, has...
A pioneering public-private partnership that helps promote safer driving among young people has been recognised with four prestigious industry awards for communication.
The Honest Truth Partnership took home four awards at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) West of England Pride Awards on Friday 9th November. Facing stiff competition from public, private and third sector companies including some of the region’s biggest PR firms, the partnership picked up four Gold awards, including a special prize awarded by judges for the ‘Best Use of Measurement and...
LONDON (AP) — British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years.
Police say Miles Alura pretended to be an elderly man with facial prosthetics, make-up and a hair piece to steal 50,000 pounds ($79,500) of jewelry from a shop in Kent in July. They say he produced two handguns and tied up employees before fleeing.
That robbery was linked to one in London a month earlier, when Alura wore fake dreadlocks to rob a jeweler of 100,000 pounds ($159,000) worth of stock.
The impact of climate change on many aspects of cultural life for people all over the world is not being sufficiently accounted for by scientists and policy-makers. Experts at the University of Exeter led an international team in a study which shows that cultural factors are key to making climate change real to people and to motivating their responses.
From enjoying beaches or winter sports and visiting iconic natural spaces to using traditional methods of agriculture and construction in our daily lives, the research highlights the cultural experiences that bind our...
Do you know a boy or girl who loves music and would like to see what it is like to be a chorister for a day?
Following previous successful Chorister Open Days, Exeter Cathedral is hosting a similar opportunity for children on Saturday 17th November 2012. This is open to boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 9 who enjoy singing. It is a great chance for young people to be encouraged and coached by professional musicians in an inspirational setting.
The children will have a great time with the current choristers, rehearsing and then singing with them in...
Delighted Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Gibson was full of praise for his side’s showing as they kicked off their LV= Cup campaign in emphatic style with a 42-15 victory over London Welsh at the Kassam Stadium.
Academy coach Gibson joined Ricky Pellow (skills coach) in heading up a Chiefs side which was made up of a healthy mix of fringe first-teamers and exciting youngsters, all of whom were keen to prove a point at the Oxfordshire venue.
In a contest in which the Devon club controlled for long periods, their efforts were duly rewarded as Jack Nowell (2), Nic Sestaret (2), Will...
