One of Exeter’s most successful networking groups for young professionals – Gilbert Stephens’ Young Professionals Network (YPN) – held informal drinks at the law firm’s Southernhay office just before Easter.
Isabel Bertram, a solicitor at the firm and one of the founders of the networking group, which now boasts over 200 members, comments: “This is one of our annual networking events and it is always really well attended. On the night, we welcomed a number of new recruits to YPN and it is great to see that, even three years on, our group is still well received by young...
A charity worker from Devon has tragically died in South America while raising money with a round the world cycling challenge. Sharon Bridgman, 38, is reported to have been killed instantly after being hit by a motorist in Bolivia on Saturday afternoon. The Evening Standard reports that Mrs Bridgman was about 100m to 200m behind her husband, riding in a remote desert region 270 miles of the Bolivian capital La Paz, when she was hit by the 4X4 Toyota Land Cruiser on Saturday afternoon. Sharon and her husband, Tim, from Zeal Monachorum, near Okehampton had been cycling in an attempt to raise...
The Exe Estuary Partnership is inviting members of the public to lend a hand with a litter pick in Exmouth on Saturday 10 May.
Meeting at the Imperial Recreation Ground slipway in Exmouth at 10am, volunteers who help with a couple of hours of litter picking will be able to enjoy a relaxing cruise on the estuary with free buffet, although places are limited.
Over the past few years volunteers have had a substantial impact on the health of the globally important Exe Estuary by helping to clear large and often dangerous items of litter that accumulate in the estuary. There may...
Devon County Council has warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement today recommending approval for Assisted Area status to cover large areas of Devon up to 2020. This status establishes the areas of the UK where regional aid and enhanced levels of Government assistance will be available to support disadvantaged economies through the businesses within these. Assisted Area status permits the granting of additional financial support to small businesses and large enterprise. Previously only parts of Plymouth and the Langage industrial estate were covered. Coverage has now been massively...
Researchers at the National Marine Aquarium are set to benefit an after unusual donation from Devon & Cornwall Police. A range of powerful lights, growing trays and other equipment seized from illegal cannabis farms in Devon will now be put to use for growing seagrass, as part of the Community Seagrass Initiative. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), this three-year project aims to help conserve native seagrass and seahorses, getting the human communities that live around seagrass beds involved with the communities of marine life that thrive on the beds themselves. Mark Parry...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw is to launch the Big Community Energy Weekend on 17th and 18th May – an event designed to help people reduce their energy bills and tackle climate change. The event will see around 30 people who have ‘gone green’ around Exeter open their doors to the public to show the practical possibilities of saving energy at home. At the same time an energy fair at Montgomery School, Europe’s first zero carbon school, will showcase a wide range of energy efficiency and renewable energy products and feature advice and presentations from independent experts. The weekend will also...
Outside, the land is burning. But in the bar, music is playing, drink is flowing and there are stories to be told. The Boar’s Head in London’s Cheapside was Shakespeare’s favourite pub. Fine Chisel bring it to life and fill it with an array of colourful characters. Some of them you’d expect to find there, propping up the bar. Others we’ve relocated from across the Complete Works. Grab yourself a glass and come join them…
Foot-stomping live music, party-popper warfare and folk-fuelled storytelling.
’Fine Chisel… have sieved through the entire works of...
Women living in the Exeter and East Devon area are invited to Killerton estate, near Exeter, for the launch of a new cycling initiative. In conjunction with the British Cycling ‘Breeze’ campaign, the National Trust hopes to help local women feel more confident and comfortable about going on a bike ride.
The first of the free instructor-led rides starts on Friday 16 May at 10.30am and follows an almost entirely off-road route from Killerton to the 200 year old Clyston Mill in the neighbouring village of Broadclyst. Places on the ride can be booked at goskyride.com/Breeze.
Forecasters have warned that thunderstorms are likely to break out across the South West this afternoon potentially making driving conditions difficult.
The Met office have issued a yellow weather warning due to the risk of localised flooding, in particular surface water flooding, on affected roads.
Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to break out across southern parts of England from around 12:45pm and remain until around 8pm this evening. A chief forecaster at the Met Office said: “A deeply unstable airmass covers much of southern England. As daytime...
English former football player and manager, Kevin Keegan OBE took time out from a ‘Southern Sporting Club’ lunch presentation held at Sandy Park to sign an official Exeter City football shirt. The footballing legend aged 63 was the keynote speaker at the sporting lunch hosted by David Duckham MBE, the former Coventry and England rugby player.
The Yorkshire-born striker played for several clubs including Liverpool and Hamburger SV as well as being an England favourite. A football superstar of the Seventies, Keegan was as famous for his 'bubble' perm as much as his skills on the...
