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Repossessions in Exeter up by 20% says Exeter CAB

Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is reporting that there has been a 20% increase in the number of repossession cases listed at Exeter County Court.

Where a CAB adviser has assisted clients facing repossession, the clients have avoided repossession in 85% of cases.

Exeter City Council has provided financial support for this essential service.

Steve Barriball, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau Chief Executive, said: “We have at least one adviser present at the Court each Tuesday morning to advise and advocate for clients. In the...

See the very best contemporary portraits in Exeter

Art lovers will be able to see the best contemporary portraiture at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) from Saturday 9th February when the winners and selected entries from the BP Portrait Award 2012 go on display.

From informal and personal studies of friends and family, to revealing paintings of famous faces, this year’s exhibition features fifty-five works selected from 2,187 international entries. These include the four shortlisted artists – Aleah Chapin for Auntie, Alan Coulson for Richie Culver, Ignacio Estudillo for El abuelo (Augusta Estudillo) and Jamie Routley...

Wake Up & Engage with Marketing!

If you think marketing is just a waste of time and that your products and services will just sell themselves – look around you and wake up! Some of the biggest names in retailing have been hitting the fan over the last few years because they haven’t woken up to the changing face of consumerism. The ‘just sit tight and it will go away’ syndrome only leads to one result: FAILURE.

In order to survive and prosper, you need to change your Mind Set. Hands up all those who are perfectly content with their level of business, profitability and customer base? If you are sitting there smugly...

Police announce plans for the development of the Middlemoor site

Devon and Cornwall Police has announced plans to re-develop its Middlemoor Headquarters, in partnership with food retailer Morrisons.

Celebrities call on Exeter to get Red Nose Day ready

Today (Thursday 31st January) Comic Relief can exclusively reveal new details about this year’s Red Nose Day campaign, with information about this year’s Noses, T-shirt designs and the big night of TV released for the first time.

Ben Moon and James Phillips sign new Chiefs deals

Exeter Chiefs forwards Ben Moon and James Phillips have extended their contracts at Sandy Park. Moon, 23, has signed a new two-year deal, while 26-year-old Phillips has accepted a one-year offer.

Tree blooms in winter thanks to nautical knitters

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 01/31/2013 - 9:03am

Volunteers at two zoos on the English Riviera have wrapped a tree in coloured wool and decorated it with scores of knitted sea creatures.

The tree, at Living Coasts in Torquay, was swathed in knitting and crochet-work along its trunk and branches and hung with hand-made animals including penguins, Inca terns, whales, dolphins, sharks, octopus and fish.

The 10 year old rowan tree stands on Penguin Beach and was duly inspected by the Zoo’s resident African and macaroni penguins.

Neil Thomas-Childs, Volunteer Co-ordinator for Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts, said: “A...

Free workshops in Exeter for families with allergic children

If your family is affected by severe allergies then one of these free workshops is for you! Both workshops are being held at The Rougemont Hotel.

The workshops are free although donations are always gratefully received. Places should be booked in advance (details below).

Family Workshop - Saturday 20th April 2013, 1pm-5pm

This fun workshop aims to help parents and their allergic children, aged from 11 to 18, who are growing in independence by:

  • Proving support and advice on assessing and managing the risks associated with living with food allergy
  • ...

Applications to Exeter Uni outstrip national picture

UCAS figures from 27th January 2013 show that the University of Exeter has seen a huge year-on-year increase in applications; excluding medicine, the number of applicants is up 24.6% versus the same time last year. This equates to an extra 4,258 individual applications with an average of more than six students applying for every place.

The additional applications are spread across almost every subject area, with growth in both the sciences and humanities subjects.

University of Exeter Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Steve Smith said: “The high number of applications shows...

The mystery of the Roadford Lake 'tree frog spawn' solved

What leaves frog spawn six foot up a tree? There is a rational answer, and it doesn’t involve a new breed of super-frog!

Staff at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Working Wetlands project recently made a surprise discovery when working on land near Roadford Lake, in north Devon. They were quickly able to identify the jelly-like substance as frog spawn but weren’t able to fathom how it had come to be on a tree trunk.

Project Manager Mark Elliott picks up the story: "Finding frogspawn at this time in winter is not that unusual, especially the mild weather of the past week. But finding...

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