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World Diabetes Day: Exeter researcher recruits trial participants

A Diabetes expert is recruiting hundreds of people with a recent diagnosis of the disease to an ongoing clinical trial.

This World Diabetes Day, Dr Angus Jones is looking for people who were diagnosed with diabetes in the last year to participate in a clinical trial, with the long-term aim of improving diagnostic accuracy.

World Diabetes Day is organised by the International Diabetes Federation, and aims to bring attention to important issues in the Diabetes community. An estimated 4.5 million people are living with Diabetes in the UK alone.

Dr Jones’ research...

Annual Santa abseil for YMCA Exeter returns

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 11/15/2017 - 12:09pm

YMCA Exeter’s 8th annual Santa Abseil from Princesshay car park returns once again on Saturday 9th December.

Dressed in Santa suits, local people of Exeter, from amateurs to abseiling veterans, will be challenged to take on the 100ft abseil down Princesshay car park to raise funds and awareness for youth homelessness over the festive season.

With the aim for each volunteer to raise £150, these essential funds will help to support those transitioning from vulnerable accommodation into their new home at YMCA Exeter. Every year the charity provide Support Accommodation for...

Clean sweep for 'excellent' Teignbridge beaches

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 11/15/2017 - 11:07am

Swimming spots in Teignbridge have all reached ‘excellent’ bathing water quality standards.

Visitors to Teignbridge will be able to enjoy swimming in cleaner water than ever before thanks to huge strides made to improve water quality.

Teignbridge has welcomed the 2017 results of water testing at more than 400 outdoor swimming spots in England – called bathing waters - published today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

This is great news for beach-goers and a major success for Teignmouth Town Beach which has improved from ‘sufficient’...

Stagecoach South West lights up Christmas in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 7:48pm

For the second year running Stagecoach is sponsoring Exeter’s Christmas lights switch-on event, taking place on 16 November.

A significant contribution has been made by the bus operator to support the family event, organised by Exeter Business Improvement District (BID).

Last year, over 11,000 people attended the lights switch on. This year, numbers are expected to exceed this as the Cathedral Christmas Market opens on the same night.

The switch-on officially kicks off late night shopping Thursdays and the start of the holiday season, backed by Stagecoach’s...

Good news as emergency beds provide refuge for rough sleepers this winter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 4:50pm

Extra bed spaces have been made available for rough sleepers in Exeter over the winter period, the City Council has announced. The 15 extra emergency beds will be provided at Gabriel House in the city centre as part the City Council’s response to providing emergency accommodation and bringing rough sleepers inside during the harshest winter weather. Bournemouth Churches Housing Association (BCHA), who run Gabriel House, will be running the service from 1 December through to the end of March. This year the initiative has been extended by an extra month. Cllr Emma Morse, Lead Councillor for...

Community consultation launched to help shape how Cranbrook develops over next 15 years

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 3:43pm

Following last year’s ‘Issues and Options’ consultation, residents of Cranbrook and neighbouring parishes are being encouraged by East Devon District Council to comment on the ‘Preferred Approach’ to how Devon’s newest town will grow and develop, as part of an 8 week community consultation.

Anyone living or working in and around Cranbrook can have their say on ‘The Cranbrook Plan: Preferred Approach’ from Friday 10 November 2017 – Monday 8 January 2018.

East Devon District Council sifted through all the comments and suggestions from the previous round of consultation to...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in around Exeter this weekend (17-19 November):

THEATRE

The Unknown Soldier Friday, 7.30pm, Crediton Arts Centre A thought provoking, moving, and even humorous solo piece that looks at the First World War from a new perspective, through the eyes of a man who has survived the carnage but remains, like many, to help build the great cemeteries. It is a story of the deep friendship that can only be found between those who fight together, of the betrayal felt by them at the end of the war, and of a world that has changed so much it has become...

Hundreds of revellers enjoy Sandy Park's first Ministry of Sound Club Night

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 11:38am

On Friday 3rd November the UK’s biggest club brand came to Exeter when Sandy Park hosted its first Ministry of Sound club night with over 900 revellers in attendance.

Ministry of Sound brought two of their house DJs, Matt May and Andy Purnell, and their state-of-the-art sound and light systems for a ‘Club Classics’ night with the biggest dancefloor fillers – from 70s disco to 90s dance through to today’s chart hits.

The event was one of the biggest ever held at Sandy Park, with the venue’s Exeter Suite transformed into a nightclub for the night with a separate VIP area in...

Thank you to Exeter for wearing it pink!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 7:23am

I am writing to thank all of the brilliant fundraisers in Exeter for joining us and taking part in wear it pink on Friday 20 October. Wear it pink, Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, takes place every year during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to raise money for vital breast cancer research. We were so thrilled that 123 fundraisers across Exeter ditched their everyday colours and pulled on some pink to help Breast Cancer Now achieve its aim that by 2050 nobody will die from breast cancer.

Breast Cancer is a devastating disease. Around 105 women in Exeter are...

Housebuilder supports Exeter Foundation with gala dinner

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 7:00am

A fundraising evening organised by Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes has raised £6,500 for The Exeter Foundation charity, with money raised going towards helping a range of charities and groups across the region.

Staff from the five star housebuilder together with suppliers and sub-contractors enjoyed a black tie evening at Sandy Park, the home of the Exeter Chiefs which included a presentation by Exeter Foundation chairman Tony Rowe and included a raffle, auction and fundraising casino.

Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes managing director Paul Moran said the...

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