Devon

Pioneering health clinic launches

Authored by FHScreening
Posted: Fri, 04/24/2015 - 8:41am

A new Functional Health Screening clinic will be launching in Exeter on 29th April at the Innovation Centre, Exeter, from 6-7:30pm.

Functional Health and Integrated Medicine are rapidly growing fields of healthcare, which focus on the person as a whole not the isolated symptoms.

Dr. Rajendra Sharma-a leading practitioner in these fields of medicine will host the launch. Lisa Portman and Terri Bainbridge, the founders of pioneering health-screening company, Thermalogica, will also be hosting.

Functional Health Screening (FHS) provides tests and investigations to help...

Is Exeter Britain's poshest place?

Less than two weeks to go now until the nation votes… but it’s ANOTHER election campaign that is capturing the public’s imagination: The Exeter Monopoly election.

And today (Friday) at 10am at Parliament Street (High Street end) in Exeter city centre London games boss Dan Taylor from Winning Moves heads west to Exeter from London sporting colourful election style rosettes as he asks the Exeter public to vote for an Old Kent Road on a new official MONOPOLY board for Devon’s capital city.

The public has been polling for landmarks to fill the board and very many organisations...

Exeter hotel announces new head chef

The Magdalen Chapter is delighted to announce the appointment of Matt Downing as Head Chef. Matt will follow in the foot steps of Ben Bulger who he worked alongside as Sous Chef since the hotel opened in 2012.

Matt will oversee the overall culinary direction for the top Exeter hotel. Matt said: “I am so thrilled to be taking the reigns of The Magdalen Chapter. I’ve learnt so much from Ben and am excited to be following in his footsteps. I still pick his brains today about a few things over a beer to two!

“Over the past month I have worked really hard to put my stamp on The...

Crime falls across the region

Recorded crime across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has reduced in the last year according to figures announced today.

Overall reported crime between April 2014 and March 2015 reduced by 5.2% - 4,417 fewer crimes.

During the same period victim based reported crimes reduced 5.9%. The Force has seen a number of reductions in areas including burglary (down 9.7%), vehicle crime (down 10.4%), criminal damage (down 5.7%), and theft (down 12.3%).

Historical figures from the Office of National Statistics, also released today, show that Devon and Cornwall had a 4.3...

Super Crafty Saturday!

Event Date: 
25/04/2015 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Otton's Haberdashery, 111-113 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3JF

Bunyip Beads & Buttons and Otton's Haberdashery are excited to be hosting Super Crafty Saturday! On 25th April you can grab 10% off all your purchases in store, including from lovely concession Good Golly Miss Molly. All we ask is that you spend a fiver - easy!

Head down to our Fore Street shop for your discount, drop in making sessions and some serious cake eating potential. And don't forget to check out the Bunyip Beads website for even more offers too!

Stagecoach SW announces fare changes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2015 - 12:40pm

Stagecoach confirmed that bus fares in the South West are to rise by an average of 1.8% from 3 May, reflecting rising costs and reduced public sector investment in buses.

However, within this review a number of cheaper fares are being introduced to encourage more frequent usage.

The changes mean that weekly unlimited local travel with Stagecoach in the South West, which has the lowest bus fares of any major operator in the UK, starts from just £1.16 a day*.

Stagecoach has once again frozen the price of many of its popular Exeter and Torbay day and season tickets, as...

Exeter School linguists are top of the class!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2015 - 12:40pm

Three Year 11 pupils have taken first, third and fifth place individually in the weekly competition organised by the 'This is Language' website.

Pupils across the UK answer questions based on their comprehension of videos in French, German and Spanish where native speakers talk about a range of GCSE topics.

By the end of last week's competition, Mr Latimer's class was narrowly beaten into third place nationally, with his 22 pupils answering no fewer than 6,114 questions correctly between them.

Certificates were awarded to the class, and also to the three members of...

Leading Women UK South Hams Election Special

In the lead up to the 2015 General Election, Leading Women UK hosted a series of Election Special networking events across Devon.

These events were open to men and women and gave attendees the chance to have their questions answered by a panel of political representatives.

On 20 April the South Hams Election Special took place at the Venus Café, Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth. The network was joined by Labour candidate, Nicky Williams and Conservative candidate, Dr Sarah Wollaston. The ‘Question Time’ style discussion was facilitated by local business-women and Leading Women UK...

Exeter Greens launch local manifesto

Authored by Diana Moore
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2015 - 9:40am

Exeter Green Party have launched their manifesto for the City Council elections under the banner 'development today as if tomorrow matters'.

The Party calls for urgent new and imaginative ways to build and deliver affordable housing, pointing to the fact that Exeter has been identified as the third most unaffordable place in the South West to rent and one of the most expensive in which to buy. Elected Green councillors will push for Council owned brownfield sites such as car parks to be turned into new social housing developments available to rent and for an ambitious programme of...

All change on the weather front

After a good deal of dry weather and warm sunshine for much of the UK over the last few days, there is a change in the forecast as we head towards the weekend.

The change will come from both the South West and the North West

Friday will see cloudier conditions and outbreaks of rain spreading from the South West, then overnight a separate front will bring cloud and rain from the north across Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will then edge southwards into northern England during Saturday and Sunday. Ahead of the front, across the rest of England and Wales, there will be a...

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