Sam Hammond, 30, is a man on a mission – with his fridge! The Royal Marine from Redruth is no stranger to running around the country with white goods strapped to his back to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. On the 11th February he will be running the Exeter Half marathon - with his fridge.
Sam said: “ I have been doing this for a while to raise money for charity and I just wanted to take it to the next level. I’m going to begin with the Exeter Half and then move on to the Brighton Half, with a view to breaking the full marathon Guinness World Record of running...
A warning has been issued over the risk of snow and ice across Devon this evening and people in the county are being advised to take extra care when travelling.
Temperatures have remained low throughout today and while this evening is not forecast to be as cold as last night, the Met Office has issued a Yellow Weather Warning for widespread ice and wintry showers which could cause disruption from 6pm tonight until midday tomorrow.
Road surface temperatures are set to fall as low as -5C this evening and following multiple treatments by Devon County Council’s gritting...
IKEA has announced that it will be hosting a series of free in-store events between now and the 26th of February, as part of the six-week Big Storage Event.
IKEA wants to show customers that storage and organisation can be made simple and satisfying with a few easy tips and tricks. IKEA co-workers will share their expertise in helping customers re-organise their homes, as well as an array of interactive in-store events to showcase further storage skills. IKEA believes you can have fun with storage solutions; you just need to know how!
Stagecoach, the country’s biggest bus and coach operator, has launched the search for a team of new graduates to join its UK-wide business from September.
Applications have opened for ten people to join its two-year extensive graduate training programme. Successful applicants will have a valuable opportunity to learn the bus and coach business inside-out, with time spent in operations, engineering, financial, marketing and commercial departments at a range of locations up and down the country from Inverness to Exeter.
The programme is part of Stagecoach’s strategy to...
A planned new cycle route in Exeter, previously described as the ‘missing link’ in the city’s network, has moved a step closer.
Devon County Council says the proposed 700-metre stretch along Rifford Road, between the junctions with Ludwell Lane and Honiton Road, would complete the city’s north-to-south E12 route.
Once completed, it will form a continuous route running from Polsloe Bridge station to the new railway station being constructed at Marsh Barton.
The £1.55 million scheme, a third of which will be funded by the Department for Transport, was approved in...
A redesign of Exeter’s Queen Street has been approved, with previously agreed cycle lanes being scrapped.
Last year, councillors agreed to spend £250,000 constructing a layout similar to the current ‘pop-up’ one, which was installed early in 2021 to help with social distancing and to encourage more walking and cycling.
As part of the agreed scheme, approved by the Exeter highways and traffic orders committee (HATOC), the southern pavement opposite the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) was due to be widened with two new cycle lanes either side of a single lane for...
Another part of Exeter will get food waste collections later this month, as the council continues its gradual rollout across the city.
Properties in the St Loyes ward will receive new caddies this week. Collections will begin in the week commencing Monday 23 January.
The first phase of the scheme began in 2021, with 1,300 properties in Alphington receiving weekly food waste collections. The rest of Alphington and 2,000 properties in Beacon Heath and Pinhoe were added last year.
Exeter City Council says other areas will join “as and when vehicles, drivers and...
Get up close to nature and learn all there is to know about garden birds this January in preparation for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. Whether you’re kick starting the new year with a brand-new interest or just looking to brush up on your birdwatching, we’ve got the event for you.
Get ready for your Big Garden Birdwatch at our FREE Make a Bird Feeder event, in the Lookout Garden at RSPB Bowling Green Marsh on Sunday 22 January. Drop in anytime between 10:00am-1:00pm to get crafty, then take home and hang your feeder in your garden to attract your local birds before the big...
Charity National Family Mediation offers advice to over 50 Exeter families in conflict
Parents living in Exeter who have decided to separate or divorce in 2023 are being urged to find out how to avoid courtroom confrontation to settle money and parenting arrangements, with the launch of Family Mediation Week, 16 – 20 January.
January usually sees a dramatic rise in the number of parents deciding to live apart, or to start the separation or divorce process, as the various pressures that go hand-in-hand with the Christmas period act as a final straw for relationships.
