Exeter

Teignbridge backs vision for ‘green’ heating scheme

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/31/2013 - 12:01pm

Teignbridge District Council is exploring the idea of linking a part of the district up to a new ‘green’ local energy system.

The Council’s Executive yesterday resolved to support a project exploring a heat network which could provide power for up to 2,000 new homes and businesses while helping to stabilise energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.

Teignbridge will now work closely with a task force made up of neighbouring local authorities and partners to look at a business case for the district, how it would work and funding options.

Heat networks, often referred...

Properties at the Harringtons are selling fast

Authored by RedrowHomes
Posted: Wed, 07/31/2013 - 11:43am

Award-winning house builder Redrow is exceeding expectations at The Harringtons in Exeter. An impressive 22 properties have already been sold at the development since its launch in March.

The Harringtons is located in a beautiful part of the country on Harrington Lane, Exeter. There are currently three and four bedroom homes available, which have been designed for family living and are available from £239,995 to £359,995.

Emma Solman, sales manager for Redrow (South West), said: “We are thrilled with the interest we have had regarding The Harringtons since the launch. The...

Search continues for missing Exeter pensioner Alma Royle

This morning, 31 July, a large group of police officers were deployed to the St Thomas area of Exeter to continue the search for missing Exeter pensioner Alma Royle, aged 83. Police were tasked with carrying out an extended search of the area 1km from where she went missing in Heron Way, St Thomas. They are set to continue for the remainder of the day, with members of the Dartmoor Rescue Group continuing to assist with evening searches.

Alma was last seen on Friday 26 July leaving the Co-op store on Dunsford Road at approximately 4.30pm. Police have since released CCTV images from...

Radiance MediSpa opens its new Hair Salon

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Wed, 07/31/2013 - 10:18am

Radiance MediSpa, Exeter’s first and only MediSpa led by Dr Ros and Katie Debenham, has now opened its very own hair salon. The clinic, which also includes a variety of complementary therapies, is dedicated to bringing together a complete environment for the promotion of health and beauty.

Stylists Corinna Gray, Holly Osborne and Chelcie Grimes head up the hairdressing team and bring with them a wealth of experience including specialist training in cutting and colour. All Exeter girls, they have been trained locally and are well-known within the city.

The stylist team...

Shoppers invited to ‘Share a Coke’ at Princesshay

Visitors to Exeter’s Princesshay will be able to get their name printed on a bottle of Coca-Cola as the Share a Coke tour arrives on Wednesday 14 August.

Coke, Diet Coke and Coke Zero bottles with 250 of the nation’s most popular names on them have been flying off the shelves this summer with people searching for their name on the iconic bottles.

The tour, which is travelling across the country, will allow people to visit and receive a personalised Coca-Cola or Coke Zero bottle.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay Centre Director said: “We’re delighted to welcome the Share a...

Florist to open in Princesshay

A contemporary new florist, Moka, has signed contracts with Princesshay, Exeter and will open its doors on Roman Walk on Friday 2 August.

Moka owner, Jonathan Murray, who already owns St Leonards Flowers on Magdalen Road, Exeter, brings this experience and success to his second venture of a city centre store. Jonathan Murray explains, “Moka will be a modern, stylish floristry offering distinctive ready-made and bespoke bouquets and plants with a very different feel to the country garden, village style of St Leonards Flowers. We are excited to be Princesshay’s only florist and will...

Bugs & Bones!

Event Date: 
26/08/2013 - 10:30am to 28/08/2013 - 3:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Come and join in the fun in our sandpit - with a difference!

Become a budding archaeologist unearthing the treasures we have buried in the sand.

You can also make your own bugs to take home with you! (£1 per bug).

This is a drop in workshop and so booking is not required. Aimed at children aged up to 8. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

€6.3m European Research Council success for Exeter five

Five early career academics from the University of Exeter are celebrating receiving European Grants worth a total of €6.3 million to explore topics ranging from how states encroach on civil liberty; how stars build magnetic fields; and how data intensive science will change research in the digital age.

The funds are aimed at the cream of University researchers in Europe and support ground-breaking research by academics early in their career.

The funded ERC Starting Grant projects are:

Dr Claire Belcher (Geography): €1,519,640 for The Impact of Plant Evolution on...

Interested in the weather? Then why not visit the National Meteorological Library and Archive - right on our doorstep

Weather is a national obsession and in Exeter we are fortunate to have the National Meteorological Library and Archive on our doorstep.

Here you can view the national memory of the weather, including a wide range of fascinating instruments and artefacts.

On display is an early barometer which belonged to the founder of the UK Met Office Admiral FitzRoy and the first ever published newspaper weather forecast which appeared in The Times on 1 August 1861.

Other advances in meteorology including the use of weather ships right up to today’s aviation and satellite...

Meet the Archaeologists

Event Date: 
01/08/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
A la Ronde, Exmouth

The National Trusts Collections and Engagement Archaeologist, Nancy Grace, will be at A la Ronde on Thursday 1 August between 11 am and 4pm.

Bring your discoveries for identification and see if you can stump the archaeologist. Learn how to use a sorting tray when on digs, have a go at recording your objects, find out how to draw recreations of whole objects from fragments; and get nose to nose with articles from the past 40,000 years.

This year A la Ronde was featured in ITVS Britain’s secret homes programme. Discover more about the collection of archaeological objects on...

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