Exeter

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales met transport workers and Exeter’s ‘Net Zero Heroes’ during a visit to the new Exeter Bus Station.

Prince Charles met long-service bus drivers and discussed their work over the pandemic during the visit to the new Exeter Bus Station, which will open to the public on Sunday 25 July.

The Prince also heard from apprentice builders and staff involved in the construction of the neighbouring St Sidwell’s Point leisure centre, which will open later this year.

He was greeted on arrival by Karime Hassan, Chief Executive of Exeter...

Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distribution network operator for Exeter, has announced that it has signed up to the United Nations’ Race to Zero campaign – the largest ever global alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. As part of WPD’s commitment to net zero, Exeter will benefit from funding to support green energy schemes.

With its Race to Zero pledge, WPD has committed to go even further and faster and become a carbon neutral business by 2028 - 22 years ahead of the UK Government and UN’s targets.

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Simon Jupp, MP for East Devon, along with St Loyes councillors on Exeter City Council, are calling for a re-think of a cycle lane scheme on Russell Way.

Concerns have been raised by residents following the introduction of cycle lanes on both sides of Russell Way heading into Clyst Heath.

The road is also open to traffic from both directions which often leads to cars having to cross into cycle lanes on either side which raises concerns about the safety of both cyclists and road users.

The unusual scheme was pushed through planning by the Labour members of the...

The Fragrance Shop, the UK’s leading independent fragrance retailer, is excited to unveil another new store (the fourth newest store of 2021) in Exeter. Opening its doors on Friday 30th July in PrincesshayShopping Centre, The Fragrance Shop are ready to welcome new shoppers to explore and indulge in the best fragrances.

Customers can pop in and speak to one of The Fragrance Shop’s fragrance experts, to sample the hottest and newest fragrances for this summer and the bestseller of 2021 so far.

To celebrate the launch of the Exeter store, customers will be welcomed to its...

Flexible workspace operator Clockwise is opening its newest building in Exeter this week, expanding its footprint into the South West’s beating heart of tech and innovation.

As Clockwise’s tenth space, the opening marks another step in the business’ rapid growth across the UK and speaks to its strategy to open spaces in cities emerging as hubs for tech and innovation. The 2021 Tech Nation scale ratio report suggests Exeter, alongside Belfast – home to Clockwise’s space in River House - and Dundee, are the most likely cities to become leading UK tech hubs.

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People in Devon are being urged to bring forward their second Covid-19 vaccination to reduce the interval between doses to eight weeks. They can either rebook their appointment or attend one of the many walk-in clinics being held around Devon.

All adults are now eligible to have the second dose of their Covid-19 vaccination eight weeks after the first.

The Government has recently brought forward a second dose for those under 40, shortening the interval to eight weeks for all age groups. Subject to supply remaining stable, this means that all adults will have had the...

After judging over 100 entries from across the South West, Literature Works is pleased to announce the six winners of the Quay Words Trading Places Flash Fiction Competition.

Young writers in two age categories were tasked with producing very short pieces of creative writing, 250 words for 14-18 year olds and 500 words for 10-14 year olds. Three talented young writers have placed first, second and third in each category. They have won cash prizes and publication in the forthcoming Quay Voices #1 Anthology of new writing from Exeter Custom House. The winners were:

Home Instead Exeter and East Devon has received a prestigious award by a national reviews website, having been named one of the top 20 home care companies in the South West. They have made it onto the impressive list out of 856 home care companies in the region and this is the sixth time they have won this award.

The award is based on the home care company’s reviews on homecare.co.uk , the UK’s top home care reviews site considered to be the ‘TripAdvisor for home care’. The reviews are given by people that Home Instead cares for, plus their loved ones. Home Instead Exeter and...

Overnight resurfacing work will be carried out on Queen Street in Exeter from Monday 19 July.

The full length of the road, including the junction with High Street, will be resurfaced during the six-week scheme.

Queen Street will be closed in sections from 7pm until 6am each night to enable work to be carried out safely and to minimise disruption.

The road will be open as usual at weekends and during the daytime Monday to Friday.

Exeter-based IT specialists, Nexus Open Systems, are hosting a free webinar on how businesses can improve their telephony systems with Microsoft Teams.

The event, on Thursday 15th July 2021, will be in two parts: The first session will demonstrate the new integrated Teams reception attendant console from Anywhere 365. The second part of the webinar will take a practical look at what is involved in migrating a telephone system to Microsoft Teams.

This will be followed by a Question-and-Answer session. In addition, following the webinar, Nexus will be offering a free 15-...