A short film by a University of Exeter film student has been selected to be showcased as part of Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Aygul Bakanova’s film the‘Void’, includes famous actors and is the product of collaboration with the Danish director Milad Alami. The film takes place on a ferry from Køge to Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. It features a star-studded cast including Lars Mikkelsen of The Killing, Borgen and Sherlock fame, and Game of Thrones actor Dar Salim. The Void will premiere on Thursday 15 May at the Théâtre Croisette as part of the Cannes Film...
Visit us at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Wednesday 21st May for a great afternoon of summer jumps racing.
Join us for our mid-week fixture and start the countdown to the bank holiday weekend.
Children aged 16 and under go free, as do students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card.
Celebrating a special occasion? We have a range of group booking discounts available when booked in advance.
Tickets can be bought online at www.newtonabbotracing.com until 5pm the day before the fixture or by calling the racecourse office on 01626 353235. Tickets will be...
Devon County Council will have to write off more than £1m outstanding from the Exeter Airport sale, Council leader John Hart has said today. Having only received £185 from the £1,049,000 outstanding from sale of Exeter Airport cocunillors at the cocunil’s cabinet earlier today councillors said that they were unlikely to ever recover the The money was lost when Regional and City Airports (RCAL), the company that bought the stake, went into liquidation after defaulting on interest payments. Devon sold its stake in Exeter airport to RCAL in January 2007, under a Share Purchase Agreement...
An Exeter man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a a coach hit a wall in Cornwall killing two female passengers. Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 1pm on Tuesday (13 May). The coach had been travelling on the A387 from the Plymouth direction towards Looe between Sandplace and Widegates when the incident occurred. It was operated by Carmel and police believe it was being used for a trip organised by Age Concern from Exmouth.
The 57-year-old driver has been taken into police custody at Launceston. He was later released police...
A new campaign designed to discourage people from giving money to those who beg has been launched in Exeter.
The campaign sees Stencilled messages sprayed onto the pavement at key spots in Exeter city centre in an attempt to stop aggressive and intimidating begging by highlighting organisations which offer support to rough sleepers.
City centre Police say that they currently receive around 6 public reports of begging offences each day but believe that this only represents a portion of the total.
Inspector Tanya Youngs, said: “We are supporting this multi agency...
Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Devon and Cornwall Police have joined with other agencies to form a new group aimed at combating the rise in rural crime.
The increase in deer poaching has been a particular concern in Exmoor National Park and the National Park Authority is already in regular contact with both forces on this and other issues.
In addition to the police, there are many other agencies with an interest in the natural environment and these have joined up to create the Exmoor Rural Crime Initiative (ERCI) and will be working together to prevent illegal practices...
The University of Exeter is in the top ten of 123 UK universities for 2015 in the influential Complete University Guide, published yesterday (Monday 12 May). Exeter reinforced its position at 10th and increased its scores in the majority of measures. These included gains to the important categories of employability, student staff ratios and good degree achievement. In the separate subject listings, Exeter appears in the top ten of 22 out of 36 subjects including Archaeology, Computer Science and Medical Technology. In addition, all of The Business School’s core subject groups – Accounting...
Carsharedevon.com is nearing 11,000 members following the latest drive to get more motorists to join the scheme.
More than 450 people signed up to the UK’s most successful car sharing scheme between January and March this year, bringing the scheme membership to just over 10,900.
Among them was Lauren Perkins from Paignton, who is the lucky winner of the latest Carsharedevon.com ‘Win a Tank of Fuel’ campaign.
Lauren lives in Preston, Paignton, and car shares with Iain, who lives in Brixham. Because Lauren’s car is the most economical for fuel, Iain leaves his car on...
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has become the latest public figure to criticise the BBC over its dismissal of a Veteran DJ for broadcasting a song containing racist language.
Commenting on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, David Cameron said that the BBC had acted “unfairly” in its treatment of the BBC Radio Devon DJ David Lowe who was dismissed after broadcasting a 1932 recording of ‘The Sun Has Got His Hat On’.
A listener complained to the BBC after the recording, which includes a verse containing the ‘n-word’ that has been omitted from later versions of the song, was...
Thousands of people have gathered in Exeter today for what is thought to be Exeter's largest ever Pride event
Exeter Pride 2014 promised to be the biggest, most colourful event to date with more than 2,000 people thought to have taken part in the parade down Exeter's High Street before attending a full programme of activities held at Exeter Phoenix in Gandy Street.
Community groups, firefighters, police, students, trade union groups and individuals were among those taking part in the parade.
The parade will include many people wearing colourful masks, made at recent...
