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Police Support Exeter City FC's Party at the Park

Police officers from the local Neighbourhood Team, along with police staff, will be lending their support to Exeter City FC’s ‘Party at The Park’ this weekend.

The fun packed free event at St James’ Park kicks off on Sunday 2 July and is raising funds for a very good cause – TeamEvo v MND (Motor Neurone Disease). Peter Eveleigh from the club’s Community Trust (known as Evo), was diagnosed with MND at the age of 30 and his colleagues and friends are supporting his family to raise awareness and give him a good level of care.

Visitors can enjoy the activities at the club...

Exeter Family Fun Day

Free Family Fun Day

Event Date: 
23/07/2023 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
St Katherine's Priory, Stoke Hill, Exeter

There’ll be fun for all the family at this free Exeter event in the grounds of the beautiful St Katherine’s Priory in Exeter.

It promises to be a perfect family day out with activities for all ages, including a bouncy castle, kid’s football, family games, artisan stalls and a live band. And entry is free!

Hot and cold refreshments will be available, and there’ll be a prize raffle with some fantastic prizes donated by Exeter's local business community.

St Katherine's Priory was a Benedictine Nunnery founded in 1159 and dissolved in 1539. The surviving two-storey...

British Science Festival 2023 lands in Exeter

The British Science Association (BSA), in partnership with the University of Exeter , has revealed the programme for the British Science Festival 2023. Ticket bookings are now open for the annual Festival which celebrates the people, stories and ideas at the heart of science.

Between 7–10 September, the British Science Festival will be taking over the city of Exeter and the University’s Streatham campus with over 70 free events including interactive activities, talks and workshops on the best of British research, art installations and exhibitions, and live performances.

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Shoppers’ Delight! The 1p bundles are back for EVEN MORE summer savings.

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/28/2023 - 10:34pm
Londis Pinhoe Road and Nisa Cullompton partner up with Snappy Shopper to provide 1p Summer holiday bundle

You’ve read that right! Following the success of the Blue Monday 1p bundle in January, Londis Pinhoe Road and Nisa Cullompton are teaming up with Snappy Shopper to offer yet another themed bundle just in time for the kids’ school holidays - The 1p Summer Holiday Bundle!

The bundle will be available Thursday 29th June, and include a variety of essential groceries and much-loved treats to help retailers support local families stock up their cupboards for the school holidays in...

Exeter students help keep festival goers safe and well at Glastonbury

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Posted: Wed, 06/28/2023 - 10:24pm

Nursing and medicine students from the University of Exeter were putting their skills into action at this year’s Glastonbury Festival while volunteering as first responders.

The students delivered medical care at Glastonbury 2023 as part of Festival Medical Services (FMS), who provided special training ahead of the event to prepare them for the variety of cases they had to respond to when 210,000 music fans visited Worthy Farm over the past week.

The group gained medical qualifications which will contribute to their degrees. Among them was third-year medicine student,...

Local care home resident is a winner in nationwide creative writing competition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/28/2023 - 10:18pm

A resident from a local care home has been named as one of the winners in a recent nationwide creative writing competition organised by Barchester Care Homes.

Residents were asked to put on their creative hats and write a short story or a poem about a favourite pet as part of a reminiscence session. Viv wrote her original story, based on memories and memorable experiences that she shared with her dog, called Baron, and it certainly sounds as if they had the most remarkable relationship.

Viv, who moved into Cumberland Grange in Exeter at the beginning of this year has...

Survey indicates that local tradespeople are upbeat about state of industry

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/27/2023 - 9:35pm

According to a survey conducted by the Independent Builders Merchants Group (IBMG), which includes RGB Building Supplies, tradespeople across Cornwall and Devon are optimistic about the industry, despite the rise in inflation affecting the price of building materials and the cost of living crisis impacting workload.

The survey of self-employed tradespeople and small to medium-sized companies highlighted that there is plenty of building work taking place, with 83% of respondents confirming they have ‘too much or more than usual’ or ‘a manageable amount’ of work in the pipeline....

The start of the 24th annual Nello bike ride for FORCE Cancer Charity

Fun in the sun at Nello 2023

The 24th annual Nello cycle ride in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity is on course to raise £60,000.

Nearly 900 cyclists took to the roads around Devon to support the Exeter-based charity, which offers free support and advice to local people affected by cancer.

The riders tackled 60 or 100 mile routes in glorious sunshine, starting and finishing at Topsham Rugby Club.

They came from all over the world to take part.

Craig Muldoon travelled 6,000 miles from Thailand to his former home town of Topsham be a part of an event he first rode 20 years ago.

He lost...

Introducing Arrietty: The brand new coffee shop and retail space from the family behind Harry's Restaurant

Arrietty, a small but perfectly formed coffee and retail space on Longbrook Street is set to open to the public on Tuesday 27th June. It aims to be a one-stop shop for delicious coffee and cookies where customers can also find beautiful flowers and other small gifts. Whilst being a large part of Harry’s Restaurant for over 10 years, Zoe Beardshall is one of the known but never seen, amazing chefs. Working and learning alongside her mother and the owner of Harry’s Restaurant, Samantha Pounds. Zoe will be joined at the helm by General Manager, Robynne Jurgens who began her hospitality...

Innovative home blood testing service wins coveted Impact Award

An innovative new service developed in Exeter which allows people to take blood tests at home has won a prestigious national award to celebrate its positive benefit for patients.

Professor Tim McDonald and his team have been awarded the Impact Award for their outstanding work on the development of a national, home-based blood collection and laboratory testing service for NHS patients. This remarkable achievement was celebrated at the annual UKMedLab conference in Leeds, organised by the Association for Clinical Biochemistry & Laboratory Medicine.

The new service...

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