Last Thursday, the School Council from Exeter Deaf Academy presented at Devon County Hall Council Chambers. The deaf students aged between 15-16 years old stood up and delivered a confident presentation to the Chamber in British Sign Language (BSL), articulating the need for regional TV news programmes to be accessible for all, and explained their goal was for the Southwest’s regional TV broadcasters to lead the way for the rest of the UK.
Currently in the UK, live regional TV news programmes do not have live British Sign Language interpretation. Subtitles and closed captioning don...
Rob Baxter says his Exeter Chiefs side must use the disappointment of their European campaign so far to make them a better side moving forward.
Hopes were high at the start of the season that the Devonians would really attack their rivals in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup. However, that has not proved the case and after three rounds the Chiefs are still without a win and sat bottom of Pool Two.
An opening round draw with Munster at Sandy Park has since been followed with defeats to Castres and Gloucester, the latter coming just last Saturday when the Cherry &...
Stagecoach South West have released the special Christmas and New Year bus schedule detailing services over the holiday season.
Services will run up to Christmas Eve to accommodate as many people as possible during the busy festive period. Services are set to finish slightly earlier on Christmas and New Years Eve, in preparation for the annual holiday, but routes will continue to operate through to around 7-9pm, to ensure people can travel after work and shopping.
Two specific service changes just for both Christmas Eve and New Years Eve affect the H bus service in Exeter,...
A sponsored swim from a former patient at the RD&E has raised over £1500 for the department which saved her life.
Sue Bryant, from Tiverton, Devon, was admitted to the intensive care unit in 2013 after developing Miller Fisher Syndrome. The condition, which is a form of Guillain-Barré syndrome and affects the nervous system, left Sue with profound muscle weakness. After spending 10 days on the unit, she was eventually well enough to be discharged to a medical ward where her intensive physiotherapy and rehabilitation continued.
Mark Thomas is 55, the NHS is 70, UK national average life expectancy is 84. If Mark makes it to 84 the NHS will be 100, what will they both look like? Based on a series of interviews with leading experts in and on the NHS and residencies in hospitals and surgeries, Thomas (working with director Nicolas Kent) uses his own demise to explore the state we’re in. What's going right, what’s going wrong and how does it get better?
Those looking for new ways to get active this January can do so at their local library. During the month [of January], 54 libraries across Devon will be hosting events and activities designed to get people of all ages exercising their mind, body and soul.
Libraries Unlimited, the charity that runs Devon and Torbay libraries will launch its sixth annual Active Life Active Mind programme on January 3rd 2019. The month long programme sees over 250 events taking place across the county, including Star Wars Yoga and Saber Combat Jedi School.
Stagecoach South West has invested £2.5m in a fleet of 14 new, state-of-the-art, British built, single decker buses in Exeter – just in time for Christmas.
All of the vehicles boast luxurious high-backed, e-leather seats and multiple USB charging points.
As with the rest of the fleet, the new buses are fitted with technology that will allow customers to use the Stagecoach mobile app to track their bus live.
The buses took to the road at the beginning of this month.
Fitted with environmentally-friendly, Euro 6 engines and start/stop technology, these buses...
The West Exe U12s team has received a brand-new free strip courtesy of local McDonald’s franchisee David Shawyer and his Marsh Barton restaurant.
Franchisee David Shawyer says: “West Exe is a fantastic example of a grassroots club with a real community spirit. It’s important that we support local teams to help them create the best possible experience for young aspiring players. I’m proud to have a history of supporting grassroots football in Exeter.”
West Exe is a Charter Standard football club committed to offering young players the chance to get involved in the club....
Exeter College is celebrating a record breaking fundraising year - raising more than £1,400 for charity - at its annual Festival of Carols.
Each year the College raises money at the event for its charity of the year as chosen by the staff and students. This year the college raised a record breaking £1,453.50 in aid of Nightstop Devon. The service took place at a packed Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 5th December.
Sarah Lakey, Senior Community & Events Fundraiser for Nightstop Devon said: "Nightstop provides same day emergency overnight accommodation for young homeless...
The Devon County Show has announced that it is to introduce a new section to the Craft & Garden feature for 2019 which will enable small businesses operating in horticulture to benefit, for the first time ever, from the 91k strong audience that visit the show over three days in May.
Lisa Moore, Features Co-ordinator at Devon County Show explains: ‘Historically, all of our competitors, and our exhibitors in the Gardens section have had to adhere to RHS rules and regulations. Whilst this has given this section of the show status and gravitas, it has meant that a lot of smaller,...
