French tourism chiefs enjoyed a Red Coat Tour in Exeter as part of a tour of Devon to see how the county is successfully promoting cycling tourism.
The group of 32 business people were given a tour of some of the county’s cycle trails in a visit arranged through the Cycle West project, which has helped connect cycle routes in Devon and South West England with Brittany, and Normandy.
The visit was an opportunity to highlight how Devon County Council is establishing a county-wide network and how it is working with Britanny and Normandy on the Cycle West...
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has launched a competition in association with the Tate, the Design Museum and the Science Museum, for young people in the UK to design the iconic trophy that will be presented to the winner of the prestigious £1 million international prize.
16 to 24 year olds are being invited to submit a design that represents the wonder of modern engineering. Anyone in that age group can enter, with particular interest expected from those studying or working in art, design, fashion and technology, as well as those studying or working in...
The president of Diabetes UK will talk about the ground-breaking treatment he underwent to gain control of his diabetes at a meeting in Exeter.
Richard Lane, 68, was among the first people in the country to receive a transplant of insulin-producing islet cells in 2005. Following three transplants, he was the first person in the UK with Type 1 diabetes to come off insulin altogether.
Richard will be discussing his own experience of diabetes and the work of Diabetes UK at the meeting at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry on October 18....
This month sees a jump in new seller average asking prices of 3.5% (+£8,310), the biggest increase for eight months, with a regional boost of 4.8% (+£21,834) and a 6.2% increase on last year's prices. This goes a long way towards reversing the Olympic-induced price lull over the summer, which saw asking prices of property coming to market fall by 4.6% (-£11,377) over the three months between June and September. This price rebound indicates the market is not performing as badly as some feared.
However, sellers looking to try for a higher price should note Rightmove research which...
EMERGENCY crews say they are amazed a Devon man survived a plane crash in which three people died.
Michael Hudson is recovering in hospital after the nine-seater Fly Montserrat aircraft he was a passenger in came down shortly after take-off in Antigua.
The pilot, Captain Jason Forbes and 29-year-old Annya Duncan, of Jamaica, were killed on impact.
The other passenger, 57-year-old Sandrama Poligadu, of Guyana, was taken to hospital but died shortly after.
Mr Hudson is understood to have suffered a broken leg and arm as well as cuts and bruises.
More firefighters from Devon and Somerset Fire Service are choosing to take part in the Exeter 10,000 project, run by the National Institute for Health Research Exeter Clinical Research Facility (CRF), University of Exeter Medical School (formerly Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry).
Last month, firefighters from Red Watch took part in the scheme. Not to be outdone, this month it is Green Watch who are planning to add their data to the Exeter 10,000 project.
The project aims to compile a research register of 10,000 individuals from the Exeter and East Devon area....
So, 24 hours and counting until John Lewis opens its doors in Sidwell Street. But if you’re not someone who lives or works in or near the city centre, how are you going to get there?
“The important message is that it's going to be incredibly popular and incredibly busy,” says John Harvey, the city centre manager. “We have the car-parking capacity in the city centre to cope with that, but clearly the common sense advice to people is if you're coming in we really recommend you use park and ride, public transport or the rail network.
Nobody understands relaxed global home cooking in quite the same way as the Giraffe Restaurant chain. So we asked the Exeter branch to offer some tasty ideas for your supermarket shop on the way home from work.
Firecracker sesame chicken and egg noodle stir-fry
Mix and matching is very Giraffe. Fantastic noodles, crunchy chicken. Delicious. An Eastern-inspired promise delivered.
Business leaders have hailed the new £8.5 million Exeter College Technology Centre as yet another example of how the city is moving forwards.
Derek Phillips, vice-chairman of the Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: “This college facility is a great asset for the city and should make science and engineering more popular with students, which is great. It’s what we need for the future and it’s a very good development.
“The striking design will appeal to many new students and it’s great news for Exeter.”
He was speaking as more than 100 members of the Chamber...
