The dementia research charity BRACE and Kirby Laing Foundation have together awarded more than £190,000 to the University of Exeter Medical School to support cutting-edge genomic research to better understand the causes of dementia
Kirby Laing has provided £90,000 of funding to support a three-year PhD post in the Complex Disease Epigenetics Group within the Medical School’s world-leading research team that investigates how the way genes are activated influences disease.
Previously, the team has been involved in identifying a number of regions of the genome that are altered...
At a recent meeting at Cadogan Court, the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Home situated near Exeter, The provincial Grand Master of Devonshire Rt. W. Bro. Ian Kingsbury JP met up with John Austin the Chairman of “Freedomwheels” an Exeter based disability transport service where he presented him with a cheque for £500 from the Devonshire Masonic Benevolent Fund. This will enable their organisation to continue the good work they do for the foreseeable future, this was in addition to an earlier cheque presented to them by the members of Davie Masonic Lodge who are based in Exeter...
The RD&E’s Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre (PEOC) has celebrated its 90th birthday after being opened by royalty in 1927.
PEOC was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 16 November 1927 to help children with debilitating diseases such as tuberculosis and polio. The Duchess named PEOC after her daughter Princess Elizabeth, the present Queen, who was just 18 months old at the time.
In the nine decades since, PEOC has transformed the lives of countless people and established itself as one of the UK’s leading centres of orthopaedic excellence. The centre, based at...
Killerton, near Exeter, has been transformed for Christmas with Wind in the Willows and Father Christmas arriving this week to begin the festive celebrations.
The recently uncovered house will be open from Saturday 25 November and will transport visitors into Kenneth Grahame’s mystical world of Toad, Ratty, Badger and Mole as the story of Wind in the Willows is told.
The four friend’s adventure will take place throughout the house, with the rooms in the Georgian mansion transformed into scenes from this much-loved tale of camaraderie and adventure. The magic will continue...
SHOPPERS in Exeter city centre this December will be treated to a one-off musical and theatrical spectacular – all to raise awareness of youth homelessness.
Exeter-based charity Community Housing Aid is raising the profile of youth homelessness this Christmas through its project, Nightstop Devon, and in partnership with Widsith & Deor Storytelling Theatre and Urban Flow Street Dance.
People will be invited to take a break from their Christmas shopping and join the team from Nightstop Devon in Princesshay Square (near to Debenhams) on Saturday, December 9 from 2pm until...
A new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5 at Exeter has successfully been lifted into place over the weekend.
The 60-metre span Tithebarn Lane bridge was positioned alongside the existing overbridge, just north of Junction 29 of the motorway, overnight on Saturday (18 November) evening. It took 3.5 hours to fully rig the 750 tonne crane and the bridge lift started at 12:30am. The M5 was closed during the lifting operation, but re-opened three hours ahead of schedule on Sunday morning. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Development...
This winter, families are invited to join Quirk Theatre at Exeter Phoenix for an out-of-this-world live theatre experience.
Over the last fifteen years, Quirk Theatre have firmly established themselves as one of the South West’s most innovative children’s theatre companies, presenting a refreshing alternative to the usual Christmas panto for nearly four thousand people at Christmas time.
This year’s offering tells a magical story centred around the young Lucy, a curious girl with a scientific mind (and a fascination with superstar scientist Brian Cox).
Network at Sandy Park returns to the venue on Thursday, 18th January.
As well as plenty of time to network with key contacts from Exeter and Devon, the event will feature guest speaker Michael Caines MBE, one of the UK's most acclaimed chefs and patron of Lympstone Manor.
The event will also feature a Q&A with Exeter Chiefs player Thomas Waldrom.
Six of the South West's biggest sporting names will go head to head on Thursday, 25th January at Sandy Park's next Question of Sport event.
Exeter Chiefs' Jack Maunder and Jonny Hill will team up with Exeter City's Lee Holmes, Somerset Cricket's Dom Bess, jockey Nick Scholfield and a mystery guest to compete for the coveted Question of Sport title.
Tickets for the event are £10, or £15 to include a meal on the evening (chilli con carne or vegetarian alternative).
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School, who is due to undergo chemotherapy, has cut off her long hair in aid of a children’s cancer charity close to her heart.
Dr Rachel Palfrey, 46, from Plymouth, has donated 30cms of her hair to the Little Princess Trust – a charity which provides real-hair wigs for children who have lost their hair due to the effects of chemotherapy and other illnesses.
Dr Palfrey was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in October of this year, and will be starting chemotherapy within the next few weeks.
