Exeter’s Ladysmith Junior School has been voted as the latest winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund and now has £1,000 to spend on tools and building materials at RGB Exeter.
The school received the most votes following a public poll where it was up against Sidmouth Amateur Radio Society and the UK Wild Otter Trust in Umberleigh.
Ladysmith Junior School has been gifted a Plymouth City Bus, which it’s planning to transform into a useable area for children to sit and have quite reading time during breaks, and for teachers to use with smaller groups...
Victor Dartnall’s advice to his jockey Alan Johns to ride like a sack of potatoes worked the oracle on Admiral’s Secret who won at Wincanton Racecourse yesterday.
The nine-year-old had refused to start twice in his career leading connections to re-think how they train him but he was the convincing winner of the two miles four furlongs handicap chase beating Saintemilion by two and a quarter lengths in an intriguing race where the four starters were all 9-4 co favourites.
“Everything went wrong for him and he just didn't want to race,” explained Dartnall who trains near...
The Muddy Dog challenge is back in Exeter for even more mud, sweat and cheers in 2020 – and to help Battersea care for more abandoned dogs and cats.
The Muddy Dog Challenge, the UK’s biggest obstacle course you can run with your dog, is now in its sixth year, proudly supported by Seresto flea and tick control collar. Dogs and their owners can take part together to raise vital funds for thousands of homeless dogs and cats that come into the animal rescue centre each year, as well as helping those across the country and all over the world.
Work is set to resume on the upgrade of Moor Lane roundabout in Exeter this week, with the scheme having been revised.
The improvements were temporarily put on hold earlier this month following complications with the utility services.
Some of the utilities need major diversions which cannot be achieved within the original scope of the scheme. It means the additional lane being developed on the approach to the Moor Lane roundabout from the direction of Sowton Industrial Estate has had to be shortened in length.
Contractor MacPlant will now re-start excavation work on...
People across Devon are being urged to take extra care tomorrow morning (Wednesday 26 February) due to a risk of icy conditions.
Road surface temperatures are due to drop as low as -2 C overnight and Devon County Council’s gritters will be treating the county’s main routes this afternoon and overnight.
Scattered wintry showers are expected this evening and into tomorrow, and this may fall as snow on higher ground of Dartmoor and Exmoor.
Gritters have already been treating routes on Dartmoor from around 11am this morning ahead of snow showers on parts of the moor...
EXETER City will take another stand against homophobia at its match against Crawley Town tomorrow, Saturday, February 29 at St James Park.
The match has been designated as the club’s annual 'Football v Homophobia' fixture and a number of initiatives to mark the day have been organised by Exeter City Supporters’ Trust and its One Game One Community (OGOC) Group.
This will be the 11th time that an annual Exeter City home game has been designated as an FvH match.
Players from both teams will warm up in Football v Homophobia t-shirts. These will be thrown to the crowd...
Banners created by people living with dementia who worked with a trio of well-known artists will be on display in Exeter until the end of March.
The banners, including one developed by members of Age UK Exeter’s Budding Friends group, are on show as a special exhibit in Exeter Library.
Photographer Ian Beesley, poet Ian McMillan, and cartoonist Tony Husband worked with people living with dementia and their carers to create the banners as part of the ‘A Life More Ordinary’ project which originated from research at the University of Exeter. The project aims to support people...
Stagecoach South West reflects on the great success of their bus driver apprenticeship as national apprenticeship week draws to a close.
With 36 apprentices currently on the bus driver apprenticeship programme as well as a number of engineering apprentices at its four locations across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, the South West are leading the way with some stand out apprentices already in 2020.
The bus driver apprenticeship programme includes workshops with a customer service focus covering all areas from ticket machines to route familiarisation. January’s Apprentice of the...
A teenager from Kingsteignton has been named St John Ambulance’s Cadet of the Year for Devon. Millie Booth (17) has volunteered with the health and first aid charity’s Torquay Unit for three and a half years, and hopes to become a paramedic. The Exeter College student said: “I joined St John Cadets as I wanted to be a part of a club and I have wanted to work in a caring profession for as long as I can remember. “It gives me the opportunity to feel like I belong and be around people with similar interests and continue to aspire to my dream career. “One of the main reasons I enjoy...
From 2 March, when poor weather or maintenance prevents Devon’s emergency aircraft from flying, two new Critical Care Cars mean our critical care teams can still provide specialist life-saving care by road. In the Autumn 2018 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £10 million in capital funding for air ambulance services. Devon Air Ambulance applied for £226,061 of this fund, to purchase two critical care cars, all their medical equipment and 35 public access defibrillators. Proud of being 100% independent, Devon Air Ambulance have always been forward thinking, putting the...
