Every Spring and Autumn Freemasons from around Devon gather to give support totalling £40,000 to local organisations who are in need of assistance, among which this year included Families for Children who support adopted children and their families throughout the South West.
The money is raised through the “WAKE Fund” a trust conceived by the Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, our Provincial Grand Master from 1970 to 1984, the late owner of Kneels laundry & dry cleaners. This fund now stands at £1.8 million the interest earned is given annually to local non...
A powerful and heart-warming film about a group of Syrian refugee women is being shown at the University of Exeter.
A free screening of Yasmin Fedda’s award-winning documentary ‘Queens of Syria’, is being hosted by the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Department of Theology on Thursday 12 November, and is open for everyone to attend.
The film follows a 2013 theatre project run with Syrian women who are living in exile as they prepare to perform the ancient Greek tragedy, ‘The Trojan Woman’; a play that although separated by two thousand years...
Leading Devon law firm Stephens Scown LLP has won a prestigious Excellence in Marketing and Communications award in the Law Society Excellence Awards 2015.
Stephens Scown, which has offices in Exeter, beat off stiff competition from other firms around the country to scoop the award at a glittering ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane in London last week.
The Law Society, which is the independent professional body for solicitors throughout England and Wales, praised the firm for “using local insight on issues that mattered to the local community” and making sure...
Stagecoach have unexpectedly brought forward the start date for work on the new bus depot at Matford, meaning a temporary closure of the weekly Sunday market and car boot sale at the Exeter Livestock Centre.
This week's market (Sunday 2 November) will be the last until the new year, with the market re-opening on Sunday 3 January.
It had been expected that the works on the depot would start in February and the market would have been able to operate alongside it. However the Livestock Centre is currently undergoing major works to replace its roof and install solar panels, two...
Police in Exeter are appealing for the public’s help to trace a 23-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison.
Corey Soper, (pictured) was originally charged with theft, but has failed to comply with the conditions of his license as part of his probation. Numerous enquiries have been made by police to try and locate him.
Police are asking the public for information about his whereabouts and to report any sighting to them.
Soper has connections to Exeter, Devon and Cornwall.
He is described as being 5ft 8 in height, of proportionate build and with...
The University of Exeter will launch a national humanities festival with a touch of magic this year as experts and academics come together to discuss our modern view of the mystical.
‘Magic: from the Inquisition to Harry Potter’ takes place on 12 November at Exeter Community Centre and brings together a group of experts on magic in history and literature to debate the mystery surrounding magic; why people are fascinated by it and how far our modern image of magic in novels such as Harry Potter reflect the lives of real people in the past.
Gregory Distribution Limited are displaying one of its 44–tonne articulated vehicles at Exeter City Centre’s Bedford Square on Princesshay inviting the public to “get up close and personal” with a lorry.
The event is part of the Road Haulage Association’s National Lorry Week, a UK-wide awareness campaign developed to demonstrate to the public and politicians the vital role that lorries and road freight play in moving the economy and daily life.
Paul Willis, Gregory’s Head of Business Support and Compliance and Chairman of the North Devon Road Haulage Association, said: “As...
Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer’s promoter has confirmed that comedian Bob Mortimer has undergone a successful triple bypass heart operation, and subsequently their Plymouth show on Sunday 29 November has been cancelled.
Following the operation, Bob will need to rest and recuperate for several weeks. Because of this, the first leg of the upcoming UK tour ‘25 Years of Reeves and Mortimer – The Poignant Moments’ has been cancelled. It is hoped that the January and February 2016 shows will go ahead as planned.
A spokesperson for Bob Mortimer, said: “Bob would like to thank his...
Police are appealing to the public to help them track down the man responsible for an aggravated burglary that left a 77-year-old man unconscious in his home in Newton Abbot.
Brian Newton returned to his home in the Buckland area around 12.30am on Sunday 25 October to find his front door open. When he entered the lounge there was a man standing behind the door. The intruder demanded money before attacking Mr Newton and knocking him unconscious.
Mr Newton injuries include a suspected fractured eye socket as well and bruising and swelling to his cheek and left eye. The...
