Pets living in Honiton now have a better chance of surviving household fires – thanks to new oxygen masks for animals being carried on the town’s fire engines.
The funding for the set of specially-designed masks to Honiton has been provided by Honiton's Fortescue Lodge.
Honiton's Fortescue Lodge donated the money for a set of masks to Smokey Paws, the not-for-profit organisation trying to help family pets in the event of a fire. Honiton is the first fire station in Devon to receive the life-saving devices.
Watch Manager Wayne Broom said: “As a dog owner myself, I...
Ali Hepher insists Exeter Chiefs will need to put in a “stellar home performance” if they are to emerge triumphant from Sunday’s Aviva Premiership encounter with Bath at Sandy Park (1pm).
Having accrued just one win in 11 previous top flight encounters against their nearest and dearest, the Chiefs are hoping to inflict further woe on Mike Ford’s side, who are surprisingly languishing ninth in the current standings.
Beaten last May in the Premiership Final by Saracens, Bath have struggled to replicate the kind of form which helped to propel them to Twickenham. With just four...
Visitors to Exeter Cathedral have a special opportunity to meet the artist behind the current ‘Via Crucis’ exhibition, which has been on display since early February.
Caroline Waterlow will be in Exeter to talk about her work and its inspiration at 1pm on Wednesday 9th March for the latest of the Cathedral’s Lunchtime Bite events. The series sees speakers give presentations, talks and lectures on a wide range of topics each month as part of the Cathedral’s adult learning programme
‘Via Crucis’ is comprised of 14 images, largely of the tools and objects associated with the...
Substitute Jayden Stockley netted twice late-on as Exeter City returned to winning ways at the Lamex Stadium.
After being under the cosh for large chunks of the game, the Grecians defended resolutely to remain on level terms going into the final ten minutes. It was Stockley who then had the final say, breaking the deadlock in the eighty-fourth minute before scoring his and City’s second goal of the afternoon with seconds remaining.
There were six changes to the Exeter City side that slipped to defeat in Paul Tisdale’s five-hundredth game in charge against Oxford United last...
A Misuse of Drugs Act warrant was executed at a farm in the Chulmleigh area on Friday morning (26 February), leading to the seizure of a large amount of cannabis plants.
The warrant stemmed from community intelligence, and officers from Cullompton, Tiverton and Crediton neighbourhood teams along with the Force Support Group and CID
Sergeant Dave MacFadden said: “This is a wonderful result. We were acting directly on community intelligence and we have now seized over a 100 cannabis plants plus other paraphernalia.
As part of Mole Valley Farmer’s Pet and Equine weekend, animal behaviourist and adventurer Emma Massingale hosted five evening events to talk about her month on a remote Irish island, living off the countryside, as she attempted to start (break in) two unhandled Connemara ponies at liberty.
All proceeds raised from the ticket sales, which amounted to £1000, were recently given to the World Horse Welfare charity ( www.worldhorsewelfare.org ).
WHW is an equine charity that improves the lives of horses and ponies both in the UK and around the world through education,...
A leading South West law firm has warned businesses that it’s more important than ever to be aware what is being said about their business online, and launched a new service that helps companies monitor it.
‘Eye Online’ is being offered by Stephens Scown LLP in response to the growing need to be aware of what is being said on the internet and social media about a brand or product – and the need to react quickly to conversations.
Eye Online is a powerful tool which gathers real time content from a large number of social media sources such as blogsites, websites, Twitter,...
Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young will headline this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink's ‘After Dark Music Festival’ on Thursday 21st April.
The hugely popular After Dark events run on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of the festival weekend in the Exeter Castle Courtyard.
This year the After Dark Music Festival is sponsored by Pavey Group.
Fronted by one of the UK's finest and best loved vocalists, Paul Young, Los Pacaminos will entertain the crowds with its Americana / Tex Mex sound, both classics and original material. They will be...
People are being reminded that they can have their say on plans for a new bus station in Exeter at an open forum on Thursday (3 March).
Exeter City Council will be holding the event at the Corn Exchange in Exeter between 8am and 5.30pm.
The Council want to hear from members of the public and interested groups to inform the concept design of the new bus station. The Council want to hear people's views on:
• user facilities • coach arrangements • on street bus stops • arrangements during construction
For more information go to www.exeter.gov.uk/busstation
A University of Exeter student has won a top £1,000 research award for her pioneering work into plankton and plastic.
Alice McNeal, who is currently studying Biological Sciences at University of Exeter, was presented with the award for her ground-breaking project ‘Plankton eating plastic: worth worrying about?’ in the P1 Marine Foundation National Student Awards at The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London, held on Wednesday.
Alice’s research is part of a three-year collaborative project on the availability and effects of microscopic plastic debris in the ocean being...
