A group of councillors from East Devon District Council, Devon County Council and Ottery St Mary Town Council were recently put under the spotlight at King’s School in Ottery St Mary, when they were subjected to tough questions fired at them every three minutes by 180 Year 11 pupils during two rounds of political speed dating.
East Devon District Councillor Phil Twiss was voted a clear winner at both events and spoke highly of the well thought out questions he was asked and how happy he was to meet such enthusiastic young people.
Cranbrook Rail Station has been officially opened today (Monday 22 February).
Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, attended the ceremonial opening where he unveiled a plaque.
Hourly services on the existing Waterloo Line, operated by South West Trains, started calling at the station last December. The single platform station was funded by Devon County Council and the Cranbrook New Community Partners, and was delivered on their behalf by Network Rail.
The Minister visited the Station after officially opening the South Devon Highway...
Gareth Steenson may be Exeter’s master marksman, but the Chiefs fly-half was quick to praise the efforts of his forwards after they helped the Devon club return to winning ways on Sunday.
After successive defeats in the Aviva Premiership, Rob Baxter’s side rediscovered their winning habit at the Madejski Stadium as they won 22-15 against lowly London Irish.
Steenson’s 17-point haul, plus a second half try from Dave Lewis, sealed win number nine of the season for the Chiefs who remain second in the table, just four points adrift of leaders Saracens after 13 rounds of the...
Volunteers from Exeter Pride, the Football v Homophobia campaign in the South West, and members of Devon Lions, the local gay-friendly football club, helped Exeter City Football Club take another stand against homophobia at its home game with Newport County on Saturday, February 20.
The match was the club’s annual “Football v Homophobia” fixture and a number of initiatives to mark the day were organised by the Exeter City Supporters’ Trust and its One Game One Community (OGOC) Group and the Club’s Football in the Community charity. It was the seventh time that a Football v...
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has published its advice trend statistics for January 2016.
The charity has recruited 37 more volunteers over the last 12 months and this is reflected in the January results, with the charity helping 34% more people with their advice and information needs since April 2015.
Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “I would like to pay tribute to the work that the staff team have done in terms of recruiting and training more volunteers so that we can help more people. And obviously, I congratulate and thank our volunteers for...
Leading charity Action for Children and The World of Eric Carle™ are encouraging children’s centres, nurseries and groups for under-fives in Exeter to host a ‘Giant Wiggle’ during the week of 21-27 March to celebrate the UK’s best-selling children’s book, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar™’.
The sponsored events will bring together under-fives to form a giant caterpillar conga line and take part in creative storytelling, arts, crafts, nature trails and healthy eating – all aspects of the much-loved children’s book.
Action for Children’s Ruth Sorby said: “We want to celebrate The...
A University of Exeter academic is the author of a new book that describes how animals and plants regularly use ingenuity and cunning to exploit and mislead one another in order to survive and reproduce.
In Cheats and Deceits: How Animals and Plants Exploit and Mislead, which launches next week, Dr Martin Stevens explains the science behind how species mimic other objects or organisms in the environment for protection, trick others into rearing their young, lure prey to their death, and deceive potential mates for reproduction.
Teignbridge District Council has launched a new-look leisure website, making it even easier for residents to sign-up, book classes or look for swimming timetables.
Focusing on the council’s three leisure centres Newton Abbot Leisure Centre, Broadmeadow Sports Centre and Dawlish Leisure Centre, the website has been created to be more accessible and easy to use through desktop computers, mobile phones or tablets.
Cllr George Gribble, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive spokesman for Recreation and Leisure, said: “The redesign is aimed to make sure the site is much more...
A leading South West law firm headquartered in Exeter has signed up to support the Devon Delivers ambassadors campaign run by Devon county council to promote the area as an attractive place to do business and boost inward investment.
Stephens Scown LLP, which has its head office in Exeter city centre (as well as offices in St Austell and Truro), has long been a vocal champion of the region with all its attractions both for commerce and leisure.
Last year, the firm launched its ‘Love where you live’ campaign featuring a guide to the best places in Devon and Cornwall, written...
Three forthcoming events at Exeter Corn Exchange have now sold out.
All tickets have been sold for the shows by comedians Russell Kane on Saturday 28 February and Russell Howard on Monday 7 March as well as the performance by medium Psychic Sally on Wednesday 9 March.
This follows other sell out shows at the venue in February; by comedian Dave Gorman, tribute bands Oas-is and Stereoironics as well as Exeter Comedy Club’s February show.
Venue manager Dave Lewis is delighted to see more shows selling out at the Corn Exchange. He said “we have worked hard to establish...
