Over 130 young players from across England and Wales have been given the chance to be involved in Rugby World Cup 2015 as part of the 13 Ball Teams.
The Ball Teams programme, run by England Rugby 2015 in conjunction with RFU, invited clubs to nominate young players in recognition of their achievement and their commitment. Their submissions included 250 words on the contribution that their club has made to the local Rugby community and why they should be chosen as a Ball Team for Rugby World Cup 2015 The lucky youngsters, who epitomise the values of the game, will be right at the...
As the end of term draws near, Exeter School is celebrating an academic year of sporting success.
It was an exciting season of great hockey, during which the boys' hockey teams were crowned U13, U16 and U18 Devon Champions and U14 runners up and the girls' hockey teams were named U16 and U18 Devon Champions and U14 Devon runners up.
The Spring term began with both U18 boys' and girls' hockey teams taking part in the National Indoor Hockey Finals.
For the U18 boys, this was the second time in the Finals and they succeeded in taking Silver, losing narrowly to Whitgift...
The exceptional achievements of staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been celebrated at the hospital’s Spring Extraordinary People Awards.
The seasonal awards are a way of celebrating extraordinary staff who do exceptional things and often go above and beyond to provide high quality services. Nominations are made by fellow staff members or patients who want to acknowledge the contribution of an individual or team, and the winners in each category are chosen by a panel of judges from the Trust’s Executive Board. The spring awards ceremony, which was hosted by Trust...
Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced its autumn/winter 2015 season.
Packed with the usual great drama, dance, opera, family theatre and comedy, the new season is now on sale.
The Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to be marking its return to producing with a brand-new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ much-loved classic, A Christmas Carol. Co-produced with Creative Cow, A Christmas Carol is a magical start to a journey that will re-establish Exeter Northcott Theatre as a regional producing powerhouse.
The theatre is also delighted to be hosting no less than three...
Cranbrook’s Younghayes Centre will soon be generating its own electricity and creating a pot of money to help the growing community after E.ON paid for solar PV panels to be installed.
Voluntary group Community Helpers in Cranbrook (CHIC) approached energy company E.ON and East Devon District Council and proposed utilising the roof space on the Younghayes centre to generate renewable energy and both organisations were keen to help make the idea a reality.
E.ON, the energy supplier behind Cranbrook and SkyPark’s low carbon district heating system, arranged for Exeter’s award...
The Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Awards is open for entries.
The DEBI Awards, which have been running for over two decades, recognise businesses and other organisations across the county that are attaining high standards of environmental care in their day-to-day operations.
After a successful focus on environmental degradation in 2014, this year’s theme will be ‘Celebrate Devon’.
Peter Morgan, DEBI Chairman said: “There is much to celebrate in Devon when it comes to the environment ‒ whether the beauty of the moors, coastline and countryside or the...
Exeter Business Improvement District (Exeter BID) is pleased to announce the appointment of the company’s first chief executive officer.
Craig Bulley, former Town Centre Manager of Barnstaple will take up the post from Monday 27th July.
Stephen Auty, Exeter BID Board Director and Co-Director of Specsavers is delighted with the announcement saying, “We are really pleased that Craig will be joining us in July and we can start to move forward with the Exeter BID. It really is such an exciting time for Exeter.”
Craig Bulley, said “I can’t wait to take up the post and...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce has announced that actor and TV presenter Caroline Quentin will be the principle speaker at this year’s Exeter Business Dinner.
Caroline will be interviewed by Mark Tyler on the night and a charity auction will be held to raise money and awareness of Families for Children, an adoption charity of which Caroline is a patron.
David Kirk, managing director of headline sponsor Kirk Hills said: “It’s a real pleasure to support the Chamber’s 2015 Exeter Business Dinner. The Chamber dinner leads the way in offering excellent business networking...
Sugru, the world’s first mouldable ‘glue’, has proved a hit with the crowd; 1314 investors put in amounts ranging from £10 to £40,000, enabling the company to reach its £1 million funding target in just four days last week.
The pitch is now overfunding and the public can still invest via Crowdcube; details about the pitch and how to invest are at www.crowdcube.com/sugru . The founder and inventor of Sugru, Jane ni Dhulchaointigh says: “This has been one of the most important milestones in Sugru’s history and by far one of the most enjoyable! Firstly it’s been incredibly humbling to...
On the night of 13 January 2015, at 20:22 a serious fire developed in the second floor kitchen of Duryard Halls of Residence, Exeter University.
The fire originated in a microwave cooker and rapidly spread to the kitchen units. Soon the entire kitchen was fully enveloped, producing a significant volume of poisonous acrid smoke posing a very immediate and serious danger to life within the halls of residence.
On arrival crews from Danes Castle, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, were presented with a fully developed fire on the second floor kitchen with flames...
