There’s been more praise for Exeter businesses organising this week’s Cyber Security Awareness Week.
The Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Matt Hancock has sent a message congratulating them on taking the problem head on.
‘It’s great to see businesses in Exeter and the south West getting together to tackle this growing area of concern,’ he said
Mr Hancock said cyber security is a top government priority, with a £1.9 billion investment to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. He urged all businesses to take up free advice and training...
So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? will be a hands-on, fantastic fun-filled trip out for the whole family. Ben will give kids the chance to shout out what they already know and discover new strange Dino sights and sounds. From the longest, to the smallest, the tallest to the shortest, creepiest to cutest, Ben will have kids’ heads spinning with weird and wonderful stats and facts.
TV presenter and scientific expert Ben Garrod is best known for co-presenting the BBC One show Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur with the legendary wildlife TV presenter David Attenborough. Ben is...
People in Exeter who are receiving a single person’s discount on their council tax but shouldn’t be are being urged to let the City Council know about their change in circumstances.
Those who receive a 25 per cent reduction on their bill as single occupancy residents will soon be checked to make sure that the reductions are correct.
The checks form part of the Council’s measures to prevent and detect fraud and protect the public purse.
Capita Local Government has been appointed to carry out a comprehensive review of 15,000 single person discounts. They will work...
Bertha & Co, the new online shopping site championing some of the best British children’s brands launched at the end of January.
Created by Liz Knight a mumpreneur from Woodbury in Devon, who loved to find unique and bespoke items for her children and would often receive comments from friends and family as to where she had sourced such lovely pieces.
In her search Liz felt there just wasn't somewhere that offered what they wanted as the consumer; a select group of some of the best British children's brands, all in one place and so, Bertha & Co was born. A name...
Families for Children Trust is a Specialist Adoption Agency and charitable trust based in the South West.
The Trust places vulnerable children from all over the UK with new adoptive families in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly.
They have a growing number of older children, sibling groups and children with disabilities waiting to be adopted and are looking for more adopters to come forward quite quickly.
Find out more about becoming an adopter and how the Trust can support you for life at this event, 2pm-4pm.
South West insurance firm Cornish Mutual has once again been selected to be the region’s call centre for Red Nose Day 2017. On Friday 24th March, Comic Relief will be taking over screens across the nation asking people to ‘make your laugh matter’.
The Cornish Mutual call centre at its Truro headquarters will represent the South West on the big night, providing a focal point for the region’s fundraising efforts as well as handling donation calls from across the country. More than 100 volunteers from the organisation and other local businesses will be manning the phone-lines, and...
An Exeter School F1 in Schools team is in the hot-seat after winning three trophies in the Regional Final held at South Devon University Technical College, earning them a place in the National Final. This is the second year the co-educational independent school has qualified for the National Final which takes place in March.
The team called Vulcan won a place in the National Final after coming first in the Development Class as well as earning trophies for Fastest Development Class Car and Best Engineered Development Class Car.
Whatever weather the rest of winter throws at us, six volunteers with the local Samaritans charity are well prepared - because they’ve encountered temperatures down to minus 20 degrees Celsius, dug snow holes, and driven huskies.
The six volunteers, who live in Exeter and East Devon and are supporters of the local Samaritans branch, have just completed an Arctic Survival Challenge at Raftlaven in the northern Swedish wilderness, miles from the nearest settlement.
The challenge was to show the volunteers’ ability to adapt and live in the harsh environment where snow was many...
The Donkey Sanctuary and World Horse Welfare have swung into action to provide essential food and support to hundreds of donkeys and horses left stranded in heavy snowfall following January’s earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy.
Food is arriving in Abruzzo, Italy to help animals who have been left trapped and starving in snow following multiple earthquakes that took place in January. The Donkey Sanctuary has joined forces with World Horse Welfare to provide food and hay to donkeys, horses and other livestock.
The Abruzzo region of Italy was hit by an earthquake on 17/18 January...
Work has officially got under way on a new primary school and nursery in the Newcourt area Exeter. Cllr Andrew Leadbetter, Devon County Councillor for Topsham and St Loyes, and The Venerable Douglas Dettmer, Archdeacon of Totnes, joined builders Midas Construction at a ground-breaking ceremony on the site of the new Trinity Church of England VA Primary & Nursery School (February 3). The school will open initially in temporary accommodation in September 2017 for its first reception pupils, with the new school building off Vernon Crescent fully operational by Easter 2018. The work was...
