Julian Quick, 28, lives with a rare form of bone cancer and has helped create a suite of memes that show people how (not) to ‘speak cancer’, after finding that people are sometimes unsure of how to speak frankly to him about his condition. Julian, a keen sportsman from Weymouth, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma when he was 26. A University of Exeter sports science graduate and captain of his local rugby team, his cancer was diagnosed in 2014 after having an MRI scan for shoulder pain he suspected was due to a rugby injury. But it turned out to be a tumour. Julian has since been...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (16-18 December 2016)
THEATRE
Peter Pan Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott Theatre Escape to Neverland this Christmas with Exeter Northcott Theatre and the boy who never grew up… Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter, to a magical land of mermaids and fairy dust, where children can fly and all sorts of exciting adventures happen every day. But beware – danger is just around the corner. Captain Hook and the pirates are looking for revenge and Peter Pan is top...
A charity run community café in Exeter will open its doors to the elderly and lonely on Christmas Day.
Café 55, run by national disability charity Sense, will offer a free Christmas lunch, with all the trimmings, for up to 30 people who would otherwise be spending the day alone. Guests will also be treated to some festive entertainment including carols sung by The Rediscover Church choir, and presents and food donated by the Pinhoe and Guildhall Sainsbury’s stores. Café 55’s Manager, Jane Tucker, was inspired to host the event after speaking to a member of the charity’s social...
RGB Building Supplies has been named on Real Business magazine’s Hot 100 list which reveals the fastest growing private businesses in the UK.
Based on turnover and profit growth over a four-year period, to make the list a company had to achieve sales of more than £10m and post an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of more than £1m. With a turnover of £54.3m and EBITDA of £2.1m, RGB is the only Devon based company to make it on the Hot 100 list.
The builders merchant completed a family and management buyout deal at the end of 2015 to secure...
Plans for a near £1 million flood improvement scheme in East Devon have been approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet.
Councillors today (Wednesday 14 December) agreed to increase the budget for the scheme which will improve flood protection for properties at Axminster Millbrook.
Over 40 properties were flooded in Axminster during severe storms in 2012, with The Cricketers and Willhay Lane the main areas affected.
An ongoing flood risk remains for over 160 properties, but this would be significantly reduced by the County Council scheme, which would improve the...
Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon increased by 13 during November.
This is the first rise in claimants since February - the total claimant count now standing at 2,860, 23% lower than the same time last year.
Three of Devon’s eight districts experienced small increases in JSA – North Devon the highest at 26 claimants, closely followed by Exeter at 22, and South Hams at four.
Small falls were experienced in all the other Devon districts – Mid Devon having the largest month on month drop in claimants at 24, with West Down down by seven, Teignbridge down...
Chime Health, leading audiology service and NHS partner in Devon, is encouraging people to make their hearing health a priority this Christmas as the festive season often highlights and intensifies issues surrounding hearing loss. With approximately 1 in 6 people in the UK affected by hearing loss and on average it taking 10 years for many people to address their problems. Most people can relate to the topic of hearing health and Chime are urging those who think they might be experiencing problems to make an appointment, or to encourage those they care about.
Leading South West law firm, WBW Solicitors is delighted to announce two senior promotions of Associates to Partner status.
Amy Read joined WBW in 2013 after attending the University of Plymouth and undertaking her training contract with a Plymouth Law firm.
She is a member of the firm's Private Client team and has particular expertise in Will and inheritance disputes, but she also has extensive experience in all elements of private client matters. Amy is a member of the prestigious Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.
Back in 2014, Exeter Hospiscare staff were very touched when 12 year old Josie Sanders handed them a beautiful poem.
Josie’s poem expressed how she felt about her experience with the local charity after her Granddad Geoff Fletcher, 80, spent his last few days at the city hospice.
Just six weeks earlier he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Josie wrote the poem as a way of coping with her grief and to express how overwhelmed her whole family were by the support they received at Hospiscare.
Jack Nowell says there has been little time for him and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates to dwell on the disappointment of last weekend’s European Champions Cup loss at the hands of Bordeaux Begles.
The Chiefs saw their European aspirations suffer more disappointment as they slipped to a third successive defeat in Pool 5, going down 13-7 at Sandy Park to the visiting Frenchmen.
This Saturday the two sides will lock horns in the latest round of action, this time at the Stade Chaban Delmas (2pm), and Nowell insists the Premiership club will be looking to bounce back at the first...
