Rob Baxter insists his Exeter Chiefs side are in “good nick” ahead of their seasonal opener against Wasps in the Aviva Premiership on Sunday (3pm).
Runners-up last season, the Chiefs head for a testing away-day at the Ricoh Arena looking to lay down a solid foundation from which to attack the 2016/17 season.
An unbeaten pre-season programme – which saw the Devon club record victories over Guinness Pro12 sides Scarlets, Ulster and Newport-Gwent Dragons – have given a solid enough base from which to build, but Baxter knows the hard work starts this weekend, up against a...
Goals from Robbie Simpson, Ollie Watkins and Joel Grant secured Exeter City all three points on their trip to Colchester United. City made four changes from the side that lost to Portsmouth in their last League Two match. Jordan Tillson, who fractured his ankle in that game is out until Christmas, while Troy Brown failed a late fitness test and was only able to take a spot on the bench. Liam McAlinden and Connor Riley-Lowe also dropped out of the team, while new loan signings Luke Croll and Jack Stacey took their place in the side. They were joined by the recalled Jordan Moore-Taylor and...
A trailblazing new service to help East Devon residents recycle more of their waste than ever before will be phased in across the district from February next year.
For the first time, the district’s 68,000 households will be able to recycle cardboard, mixed plastics and Tetra Paks which will be collected every week from the kerbside; alongside the extensive list of items residents can already recycle. The new additions mean householders are able to recycle more, throw away less rubbish and put East Devon at the very forefront of environmental sustainability.
Welcome to the new Beacon LIfe blog where we share stories of what happens at our community centre in Beacon Heath.
Three miles for two bags of food
She walked into The Beacon Community Centre, anxiously looked at the groups of chatting people, turned on her heels and ran out the door clearly distressed.
I ran after her and asked if she was OK. “I’ve just walked from Exwick for the food bank, is it here?” she asked.
I reassured her that it was, made her a cuppa and introduced her to our friends from the Exeter Foodbank team who run a Friday session at our...
This November, teams from law firms, chambers, advice services and universities will be joining forces for the 2016 Great Legal Quiz, which takes place during National Bro Bono Week (7-11 November 2016).
The Great Legal Quiz is a national event being held on Wednesday 9th November across England and Wales to raise funds for free legal advice charities. All registered teams compete for the title of ‘Great Legal Quiz Team’ and whichever team scores the highest will claim the title! All funds raised will go to support the work of South West Legal Support Trust (SWLST) who are running...
The Government has announced plans to ban microbeads used in cosmetics and cleaning products by 2017.
Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has announced that a consultation on how a ban would work will start later this year.
Tamara Galloway, Professor of Ecotoxicology at the University of Exeter, is one of the UK’s leading experts in marine pollution and her team studies the health effects of microplastics pollution.
She said: “This is a fantastic example of the Government responding swiftly to the overwhelming scientific evidence that microbeads are bad for the...
Exeter could see a revolution in the way it keeps its streets clean if a new strategy gets the go-ahead.
Changing shift patterns, installing smart litter bins that compact waste and replacing traditional litter pickers with street vacuums are just some of the ideas behind the Clean Streets Strategy, which goes before Exeter City Council's Executive on 13 September.
The Strategy also looks at changing the behaviour of residents and visitors and increasing enforcement for things like littering, dog fouling and graffiti.
On 29th May 2016 almost seventy riders from Devon & Cornwall Police cycled from Exeter to Lands End to raise money for the charity Little Bleeders.
The journey involved over 130 miles of road, with 10,000 feet of climbing.
Organiser for Devon & Cornwall Police, Sergeant Owen Messenger said: “The ride was organised as part of a charity event to raise vital funds for the charity Little Bleeders. We aimed to raise over £5000 and exceeded this massively with a grand total of £8838.02 which was incredible”.
