Exeter

We’re proud to be supporting the Exeter College 1st XV rugby team as they represent Exeter Chiefs’ Academy and England at the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament in Japan.

The pedestrian and cycle route between Newton Abbot Racecourse and the Passage House Inn opened at the weekend following the completion of work.

The route connects to part of the Teign Estuary Trail which links Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton, and also adds to other completed sections of the trail from Dawlish Warren into Dawlish.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for cycling, said: “We’re pleased that we’ve been able to open another section of the Teign Estuary Trail. This project is a huge undertaking and it will take time,...

On Saturday 19th May Millbrook Village, the luxury retirement village in Exeter, will be showing the Royal Wedding LIVE on a big screen set up outdoors in the village’s Italianate garden. The screening will be accompanied by a quintessentially British garden party with the all-important flags and bunting, a Royal Wedding Bake Off competition judged by Bake Off contestant Glenn Cosby, a bespoke Royal Wedding ice cream and much much more!

Entrance to the screening will be totally free of charge but numbers are limited so interested guests are encouraged to register their interest....

A group of talented young dancers from Exeter have been selected to take part in national youth dance festival U.Dance 2018.

Exeter Youth Dance Company, from Exeter, will perform their successful dance piece at the nation’s largest national youth dance festival, taking place this July at the beautiful Jerwood DanceHouse in Ipswich.

They join an impressive line-up of twelve dance groups, selected from over 290 entrants nationwide through a series of 20 regional heats.

One Dance UK’s Head of Children and Young People, Claire Somerville, comments: “We were overwhelmed...

“My two daughters were only nine and eleven years old when I was diagnosed with a brain tumour,” says Simon Dyke, 51 from Exeter, “So they have walked this path for a long time.

“It was 2006, I was 40 years old and we were on a family holiday in France when I first got sick. I came straight back to the UK and was diagnosed with a high grade glioma – a brain tumour.”

Simon Dyke, a former church minister, lived in London where he received radiotherapy, surgeries to reduce the tumour and numerous chemotherapy sessions. But in 2017 when he was told there were no treatment...

When you’ve only cycled a total of 60 miles before, taking on Children’s Hospice South West’s epic 205-mile Ride for Precious Lives event could be a massive challenge, but nurse Jo Bingham, from Exeter, is determined to give something back to the charity.

In 2016, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) launched an initiative to encourage nurses to return to practice and retrain as a children’s palliative care nurse. Jo was selected for the programme and joined the care team at the charity’s Little Bridge House hospice near Barnstaple in January 2017 and completed her training at...

Super cyclist Helen Hulme has just completed another epic bike ride in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity.

The former Devon County Council social worker from Exeter rode 522 miles from Girona to Bilbao.

The seven-day trip involved 43,545 feet of climbing in the Pyrenees – that’s one and a half times the height of Mount Everest.

What made the trip an even more remarkable feat of endurance were the conditions she encountered.

“We had freak weather. We cycled in wind, thick snow and heavy rain, there were rivers bursting their banks and flooding on the roads that made...

The local event manager joined forces with cheerleaders, Starlights and Exeter Mayor, Cllr Lesley Robson, on Saturday to promote Race for Life and to celebrate its 21st year in Exeter. The team, along with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) nurse, Mirander, were on hand in Princesshay, to answer questions about Race for Life, fundraising and the impressive strides CRUK scientists are making to treat, diagnose and prevent cancer. Local cheerleaders, Exeter Starlights (pictured), entertained the crowds with routines throughout the afternoon. Exeter Pretty Muddy Adults and Kids, and Race for Life 5k...