The fifth TEDxExeter conference was by far the biggest yet.
The local audience doubled in size compared with last year and the day reached audiences online as far away as Mongolia, Colombia, Lithuania and Korea as well as the United States, India, Germany, and Saudi Arabia
The event was streamed live from Exeter Northcott Theatre to more than 30 public and private viewing party venues in Exeter and the surrounding area with more groups gathering to watch in London, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Mumbai.
In total the livestream was viewed more than 3,000 times...
Molly Batchelor, a student at Exeter’s Maynard School, and her crew returned from last weekend’s Junior Inter Regional Rowing Regatta in Nottingham on the crest of a wave having been placed 5th nationally.
“I’m really pleased with this result as the only ones that beat us were four groups of professionals who are so high up in the leagues that they are banned from some regattas altogether! So it was excellent to get into the top six and we posted some really good times as well.”
Molly’s quad team is made up of three other girls all of whom represent the Exeter Rowing Club....
Future and prospective pupils for the Maynard School’s Pre-Prep Department, opening in September 2016, enjoyed a fantastic teddy bears’ picnic in their new classrooms on Thursday 21 April..
The entire 15 spaces available were taken up by girls aged 4 – 7 years, all excitedly bringing their favourite teddy bear to join in with a spot of sandwich making (and eating!) as well as some general play activities.
“There were many highlights,” said Emma Cook, who took up her role as the new Headmistress of the Pre-Prep at the start of this term, “but, for me, seeing their reaction...
By Jon Roberts, regional lead partner for Grant Thornton’s public sector team in the South West
It has now become clear that the Government is very serious about devolution and wants to see more powers handed to the regions over the course of the current Parliament.
And, according to research by Grant Thornton, business leaders across the country are very much in favour of George Osborne’s so-called “devolution revolution”, with 95 per cent believing that devolving powers from Whitehall would bring real economic gains to places such as the South West.
A national homebuilder is continuing to lay foundations for success in the South West with continued growth, and commitment to a long-term apprenticeship scheme. With regional offices already in the Midlands and the South East, Bovis Homes opened its Exeter office in 2013 with just six members of staff. Now, with more than 100 staff based in Exeter and its surrounding developments in locations like Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary, Dawlish and Teignmouth, the national homebuilder is expanding its apprenticeship scheme, firmly concreting its position in the South West with the promise of...
The trend for wedding cakes made of cheese is being reflected in a new class at this year’s Devon County Show held on May 19-21 at Westpoint, Exeter.
Cheesemakers are being challenged to create and decorate a three or five tier cake.
Award-winning Devon cheesemaker Mary Quicke MBE, who is managing director of Quickes Traditional and Devon County Agricultural Association Chairman of Council, is very supportive of this new class.
“We want to add a new dimension to our dairy produce competitions and reflect changing tastes,” she said.
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has released further results from its second economic well-being survey.
The results show that women and people aged 16-30 years of age have the lowest level of economic well-being.
The initial results of the survey, run in partnership with the Express and Echo, Radio Exe, Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber of Commerce, are available from the charity’s website – www.citizensadviceexeter.org.uk
Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “We have now completed some further analysis and found...
BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac and Huw Stephens last night announced the line-up for the BBC Introducing stage at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Exeter, revealing that acts including The Hunna, Emmi, Black Foxxes and Declan McKenna, will perform alongside returning acts Rosie Lowe, Blossoms, Spring King and Izzy Bizu at Europe’s biggest free ticketed event at Powderham Castle on 28 and 29 May. The BBC Introducing stage at Big Weekend will showcase performances from the best emerging talent from across the UK, and will include appearances from a number of artists with links to Devon including Tiny Folds...
A man has died after his car left the road and overturned in a field at Honiton this morning [27 April].
Emergency services were called at 8am after his vehicle was found in a field off the old A30 near to the showground at Fenny Bridges.
The driver, thought to be aged 50 and from Torquay, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. His next of kin has been informed and police await formal identification.
The old A30 [B3177] was closed along with one lane of the main A30 while officers from the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit carried...
Temporary traffic lights will be introduced overnight on Bridge Road in Exeter on Thursday 28 April.
From 11pm on Thursday until 5am on Friday morning, traffic lights will be in place on a short length of the road over Countess Wear Bridge.
This will provide the contractor with temporary working space to access the upstream wall of Countess Wear Bridge with a “cherrypicker”, allowing an Ecologist to install bat roost exclusion measures.
Bats are roosting in areas of the bridge masonry which would be disturbed by the proposed construction of the new cantilever bridge...
