Terminal illness charity Marie Curie urgently needs volunteers in Exeter on Thursday (19th). The charity is asking locals to volunteer just two hours of their time for a local supermarket collection.
Lauren Peters, Marie Curie Community Fundraiser for Devon, said: “We urgently need people to help with a collection at Sainsburys on Alphington Road on Thursday 19th December. A collection can raise around £250 of vital funds, so we don’t want to miss out on the opportunity.
“We run our collections in two hour shifts and people often volunteer in pairs. The money raised will...
Over a dozen leaders from some of Exeter and Devon’s best-known design and construction firms, along with customers and suppliers, came together in November to instigate a ‘construction revolution’.
With Extinction Rebellion protests having swept the region, and Exeter Council among others having claimed a climate emergency, attendees at the event said a paradigm shift in thinking is needed to meet environmental challenges.
The discussion, organised and chaired by Exeter-based contracting and interior fit-out group Willmott Dixon, saw local organisations join forces to...
Entries are now open for the 2020 Michelmores Property Awards, which celebrate excellence within the South West's property and construction industry.
The Michelmores Property Awards are now in their 18th year and showcase the very best commercial and residential projects from the previous 12-months.
For 2020, a new Masterplanning for the Future category has been introduced. This category will shine a light on projects that are still at conceptual planning stage, and which will aim to create, shape, change and improve communities in the South West region.
People who live in Devon and Cornwall may be getting a text message from the Environment Agency this week to let them know they have been automatically registered for free flood warnings.
People on the Vodafone mobile network who live in areas at risk of flooding across the South West of England will receive an automated text message informing them that they have been signed up. The message will include a link to let them know what they should do if they receive a flood warning, and the option to opt out.
Once registered, people will receive a message directly to their...
Exeter’s oldest school has celebrated its unique status as a boarding school by becoming part of the world’s largest orchard.
Exeter Cathedral School – the only school in the city to offer boarding as well as day places – last week held a ceremonial tree-planting in the School’s mindfulness garden.
Planting the sapling in front of a crowd of boarders, Robin Fletcher (Chief Exec of the Boarding Schools’ Association) said he was delighted that the day and boarding Prep School – which also educates the choristers of Exeter Cathedral – was joining over 150 other schools across...
EXETER City's home match against Northampton on Saturday, December 7, was not only a great 3-2 win for Exeter, the club also showed its support for the Football Association and Stonewall Rainbow Laces campaign.
The Rainbow Laces initiative to promote inclusion and diversity in football encourages all football supporters and participants to make the game something for everyone to be a part of.
In association with Proud Grecians (Exeter City's LGBT+ and allies Supporter's Group), the club's One Game One Community Group, Exeter Pride, Devon FA and Isca Apollo (the Exeter LGBT...
A new, state-of-the-art genome sequencing platform will put Exeter on the cutting edge of research into the genomic basis of health and disease.
The Illumina NovaSeq sequencer has just been installed at the University of Exeter, part-funded by over £600,000 from the Wellcome Trust. The investment represents a significant upgrade to Exeter’s ability to sequence whole genomes faster and in much greater depth than before.
The award has also enabled Exeter to invest in technology for profiling the way genes are expressed – or “switched on” - in individual cells. It will enable...
SLADE are back on the road playing Exeter's Lemon Grove on Saturday 21st December!
SLADE are without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop rock'n'roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23
Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits….plus 6 smash albums, Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.
SLADE'S chart career has spanned 5 decades and their enduring songs "Cum On Feel The Noize" and "Coz I Luv You" are still...
Forced Entertainment has today announced that after a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe this summer To Move In Time, created by Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment in collaboration with Tyrone Huggins (Black Men Walking, Opening Skinner’s Box) will tour the UK.
The production will open in Cardiff on Tuesday 4 February and continue on to Exeter Phoenix for a one-off performance on Wednesday 19 February. The tour will also visit venues in Sheffield, Birmingham, and Bristol. The Exeter tour date will be a particularly special stop on the tour, as the Forced Entertainment were...
Voters in East Devon are reminded to double check their poll cards to ensure that they visit the correct polling station at the General Election next Thursday (Dec 12).
Three polling stations within the district, which come under the Tiverton and Honiton Parliamentary constituency, have changed venues for this election.
The changes are:
Gateway polling station has moved to Seaton Marshlands;
Colyton Town Hall polling station has moved to Reece Strawbridge Centre
Offwell Village Hall polling station has moved to Offwell Sports and Social Club
