City, national and international law firm Trowers & Hamlins have announced that Rachel Carter, a lawyer based in the firm's Exeter office, has been promoted to partner.
Rachel has over 20 years of experience in the property sector and works in the firm's Housing and Regeneration department. She acts for private developers, social landlords and local authorities, giving her a full understanding of the complexities and commercial arrangements needed to tackle development issues. In addition to development projects and joint ventures, Rachel has experience advising on purchases...
Stress hormones in the mother can affect foetal development, according to a study published today in The Journal of Physiology.
To test whether high stress levels in pregnant mice had an impact on their offspring, pregnant mice received the natural glucocorticoid corticosterone at different times during pregnancy, either from day 11 to 16 (20 females), from day 14-19 (31 females), or not at all (74 control females).
Researchers found that increased levels of glucocorticoid stress hormones in pregnant mice caused the mother to eat more but reduced the ability of the placenta...
Bishop Robert will be one of two bishops who will present Rev Libby Lane for consecration as the first woman bishop in the Church of England.
The historic service is taking place at York Minster on Monday.
Bishop Robert has worked and known Libby for many years. She is succeeding him as Bishop of Stockport, a post he left to move to become Bishop of Exeter last year.
He said: “I am proud and delighted to be one of the two bishops presenting LIbby for consecration as the first women bishop in the Church of England. She is a person of great warmth and character who...
New services to help children at risk of sexual exploitation are being planned in Devon with a cash boost of almost £120,000.
The County Council’s Cabinet member for children, Cllr James McInnes, said that Council Leader John Hart had agreed more cash to expand Devon’s prevention services.
The announcement came following a series of hard-hitting recommendations from an all-party task group set up to look into child sexual exploitation in Devon.
The task group found that there is no intelligence to suggest organised child sexual exploitation networks are operating in...
East Devon District Council is organising a neighbourhood planning referendum in Lympstone to invite residents to approve a draft planning blueprint for the village.
Lympstone is one of only a handful of parishes, across England, to have got this far in creating their own Neighbourhood Plan, under new national planning guidelines.
The neighbourhood plan will give the village and planning officers from the district a benchmark with which to consider any future planning applications for the area.
National interest in the proposal was underlined this week when Brandon...
An Exeter man is set to join a determined group of fund-raisers who are planning a midnight trek to the peak of Mount Snowdon to raise funds to help find a cure for dementia.
Stoke Canon resident Andrew Harris’ mum Jackie was diagnosed with vascular dementia three years ago and is cared for on a day to day basis by her 84 year-old husband Douglas.
37-year-old Andrew, who works in the IT department at Gregory Distribution, said: “My sister, Melissa and I help out at any opportunity. Although diagnosis and treatment are available there is no cure, yet. We have found it...
People across Exeter can now benefit from a new range of self-help resources thanks to a city advice partnership.
Advice Exeter, a not for profit group made up of six local charities, has produced a range of ‘life events’ booklets as part of its strategy to improve services for local people.
The guides offer advice and information on the following topics: bereavement, illness and disability, job loss, new baby and relationship breakdown.
They are available at key outlets across the city and can also be accessed online. They can also be supplied free of charge to...
Review: B Sharp Vocal Collective, Beer Quarry Caves Concert at Exeter Cathedral There was barely a dry eye in the house as the young voices of the B Sharp Vocal Collective rang out and raised the rafters of Exeter Cathedral last week.
The Beer Quarry Caves Concert was the culmination of a year of musical discovery that has seen children and young people from across the region working with music professionals to produce new music and songs inspired by the Beer Quarry Caves.
The B Sharp Vocal Collective filled the second half of the concert last Tuesday and followed a...
Firefighters tackled a large fire at a thatched property on the outskirts Exeter on Friday.
Three fire engines along with an aerial ladder platform from Exeter were sent to a report of curtains on fire within a property with a thatched roof at Little Johns Cross, Ide, just after 8.30 this morning.
Upon arrival the crew confirmed that the thatched roof was involved in fire and requested the attendance of seven more fire engines.
These appliances were sent from Topsham, Crediton, Newton Abbot, Cullompton, Exmouth and Torquay.
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter.
THEATRE
April De Angelis Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter The theatres have just re-opened after seventeen years of suppression under the puritans, encouraging a great upsurge in dramatic writing. Of vital importance to the development of drama was the entrance of the first English actresses upon the English stage. April De Angelis has taken five famous figures – Nell Gwynn, Elizabeth Farley, Rebecca Marshall, Doll Common and Mary Betterton – and...
