Devon and Cornwall Police along with local authorities have launched an appeal to help them locate a missing 12-year-old Devon girl who’s been taken to Bangkok by her father.
A High Court Judge has ordered the release of details of Arisara Miles, who is known as ‘Zara’, who travelled to Thailand with her father without permission.
Zara and her father, Trevor Miles, left their home in Exeter and flew to Bangkok on November 10 last year. Her whereabouts since then are not known.
Mr Miles failed to attend a meeting arranged by Devon County Council to address concerns...
Has your business succeeded because of, or in spite of, your leadership?
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A business needs strategic leadership to thrive, succeed and to gain the greatest performance from its staff and resources. This session will help you to understand the importance of business leadership, define your own leadership style and measure your ability to lead a business against your own criteria.
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The Maynard School’s recently launched advertising campaign has fended off international competition to be voted ‘Ad of the Week’ by The Drum Network. In an unprecedented success for an independent school in Exeter, the 40-second film and corresponding print, digital and outdoors advertising campaign was voted ahead of global giants such as L’Oreal, McDonald’s, Samsung, Renault, Ambrosia and Cancer Research UK.
“The Drum Network champions innovation and provides a huge platform to assist international advertising agencies in achieving their goals. It has a huge member network and...
The South Devon Link Road project is celebrating after winning a regional highways industry award.
Devon County Council, Torbay Council and Galliford Try won the 'Large Transportation Project Award' at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) awards held last week.
The CIHT South West Awards – run by the UK’s leading transportation professional institution - are intended to recognise the best projects completed, substantially completed or having reached a significant milestone in 2015.
The shortlisted projects were selected based on entrants...
The Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced that its 2016 Christmas production will be a brand-new adaptation of J.M Barrie’s much-loved classic, Peter Pan and will be produced by Exeter Northcott Theatre.
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 of their list!
Established all-female network, Ladies do Latte, held its first Exeter event in the heart of the city on Tuesday 1st March at ‘Circa 1924’.
Responding to member needs, organisers Ashley Petrons and Christelle Bonnel of Make it Marketing chose to host the event at lunchtime, rather than the traditional mid-morning meeting. Christelle says, “Being marketers through and through, we have been asking members what they would like from the network. Of course, you can never please everyone, but by at least asking we’re in with a much better chance of success.”
Police have released an Evofit image of a suspect wanted in connection with a burglary in Exmouth.
On Friday 12th February a man knocked on the door of a property in Greenpark Road, Exmouth at around 1pm. The man discussed tree cutting with the elderly resident who realised her property had been searched when he left.
A number of wallets were stolen containing more than £2,000 in cash.
The suspect is described as white man, around 5ft 6ins, of slim to medium build, with short dark hair and with wearing dark clothing. He spoke in a deep gruff voice with an Irish...
People in Exeter are being invited to tuck into a big Fairtrade breakfast on Saturday 5 March.
The event is being organised by Exeter Fairtrade City Steering Group to raise awareness of Fairtrade products and support farmers and suppliers from around the globe who often find it difficult to earn enough to feed their own families.
Fairtrade Fortnight starts on Monday (29 February) and runs until 13 March.
Martin Luther King once famously said, ‘before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world’ . Despite our dependence on...
WAM -Weather Art and Music, an award-winning Special Interest Group of the Royal Meteorological Society, is to hold its next event in Exeter.
In collaboration with the University of Exeter, Double Elephant Print Workshop, the Met Office and the Royal Meteorological Society, the WAM Extreme Weather Event will be a diverse day of exploration and interaction for all ages, and an evening of entertainment and discussion.
The Extreme Weather Event will look at our experience of extreme weather in Devon, and how it fits into a pattern of changing climate.
People are being reminded that they can have their say on plans for a new bus station in Exeter at an open forum today Thursday (3 March).
Exeter City Council will be holding the event at the Corn Exchange in Exeter between 8am and 5.30pm.
The Council want to hear from members of the public and interested groups to inform the concept design of the new bus station. The Council want to hear people's views on:
• user facilities • coach arrangements • on street bus stops • arrangements during construction
For more information go to www.exeter.gov.uk/busstation
