A loud, colourful Rio themed parade will kick off the Devon School Games which are coming to Exeter for the first time in their four year history this Wednesday 29th June.
The Devon Summer School Games will take place across 3 sites: Exeter Arena will host the RIO themed opening ceremony with St Luke’s Science and Sports College hosting all the Inclusion Sports and the Exeter Saracens pitches providing the location for a variety of sporting competition.
The School Games, which are the County Finals and mark the exciting culmination of months of inter-school competitions,...
Show of Hands, one of the leading acts in British folk, are to release a single and video to mark the centenary of the first day of WW1’s Battle of the Somme.
BBC award-winning singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer will offer one of Knightley’s finest songs, The Gamekeeper as a download single from July 1, tying in with a day-long tribute in their home city of Exeter to the 19240 Allied servicemen lost on the opening day of one of the worst battles in history.
That night, the Devon duo and long-term collaborator Miranda Sykes, will perform a...
Then go along to Exeter College on Monday 20th June at 6pm for a pilot recording for a TV idea.
Comedian and author Tony Hawks (Q.I. Radio 4’s Just A Minute and I’m sorry I haven’t a Clue, author of Round Ireland With A Fridge) will be trying out his new and extremely silly quiz/game show called “Let’s Consult The Bucket”. Come and be a part of the live audience.
The show will not be broadcast – it is simply a tester to see if it works. Either way – fun is guaranteed – along with prizes for some of the audience.
The show will involve a good measure of audience...
A technology firm in Devon and Cornwall is helping to keep a publicly-funded life-saving air ambulance going. ITEC, based in Exeter, Plymouth and Redruth, is now providing IT support for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT) following a rigorous tendering process. The essential back-up ensures vital computer communications remain robust, enabling the charitable trust to raise the money to fund the helicopter’s 700 missions a year. CAAT, which receives no taxpayers' money or National Lottery grants, relies on fundraising to raise the £3 million needed annually to keep the lifesaving...
Patients in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall have been promised improved NHS 111 services by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust following a critical report.
The new commitment follows a warning notice and inspection report published today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Since concerns with the quality and safety of its NHS 111 services were first raised earlier this year, the trust has been working with local commissioners and stakeholders to better manage patient safety risks. NHS Improvement has since looked into these NHS 111 services and expects the trust to...
Ruth Fishleigh and her family have raised nearly £4,000 for the Neonatal Unit (NNU) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital by holding a ‘Wedding Dress Ball’.
The sell-out event, which saw 130 guests attend dressed in their finest wedding attire, took place at the Exeter Golf and Country Club on 20th May. The charity dinner dance and auction provided an opportunity for women to give their wedding dresses another wearing and help raise some money for a cause close to Ruth’s heart.
Ruth’s son Arlo spent six days on the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital after...
Devon and Cornwall police are investigating the death on an 8-month-old boy in Brownhills Road, Newton Abbot.
A spokesperson for Devon & Cornwall Police said: "Officers were called by the ambulance just after 10.30am this morning (15th June) informing us of the death.
"Police and scenes of crime officers have attended the house to undertake initial investigations and we are currently treating the death as unexplained.
"A 27-year-old man is in police custody in connection with this matter and awaits questioning."
More than 1,100 people turned up for an exhibition to see detailed designs for Exeter's new bus station.
Staff and councillors at Exeter City Council said they were delighted with the public response.
The City Council is now in the detailed design phase of the project. The new, modern bus station will replace the tired and dated bus station in Paris Street and will be built alongside the new St Sidwell’s Point leisure complex.
Cllr Phil Bialyk, Lead Councillor for Sport and Health & Wellbeing, said: "It's fantastic that so many people are taking an interest in...
