Police are urging the public to be vigilant after a number of shoppers have been targeted by thieves in supermarket car parks across Devon and Cornwall.
While the victims, in some cases elderly women, have purchased goods in a supermarket or used a cash point a suspect has watched them enter their PIN number.
When the victims have returned to their vehicles, they have been approached by someone asking for directions to the nearest hospital or similar location. While the victim is being distracted, someone else has got into their vehicle and stolen their bank cards.
Celebrity auctioneer Paul Martin has confirmed he will be helping to raise money for charity at Exeter’s 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Centenary Dinner in April. The celebrated auctioneer will be hosting the charity auction on the night at the Exeter Chiefs' ground at Sandy Park in Exeter and will be in aid of the 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Project, remembering the Allied Servicemen who gave their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Mr Martin has been presenting for 15 years, including one thousand ‘Flog It!’ auction action shows; 200 other programmes including Paul Martin’s...
Members of the Conservative Group on EDDC and Exmouth Town Council saw for themselves how work is progressing on the new £1.2 million Mamhead Slipway when they visited the project on Monday (7 March). The first task of contractors Raymond Brown Construction Ltd is to clear the Mamhead Gardens area to the side of the existing slipway, which will allow towing vehicles and trailers to manoeuvre, making access to the new ramp easier. The old slipway will be dismantled in late April, so building of a re-aligned slipway can take place through the summer. The small group who met on Monday – and...
Discovering she was a match for a patient in need of a lifesaving blood stem cell donation has inspired a woman from Exeter to take part in a 15k run to raise funds for the charity Delete Blood Cancer UK.
Carole England registered with the charity several years ago and was surprised to be recently called to be told that she had a matching tissue-type to a patient in need of a blood stem cell donation.
As she awaits confirmation if she will be donating to them, she decided to fundraise to help other patients and is undertaking the ‘Rock Solid’ endurance event in Exeter on...
No Smoking Day 2016 takes place today (Wednesday 9 March) – and people in Exeter are being urged to take their first step towards giving up the habit for good by contacting the Devon Stop Smoking Service for support.
The annual No Smoking Day campaign is now in its 33rd year and the theme this time is ‘Proud to be a Quitter’.
While studies show that two thirds of smokers want to quit, nearly one in five adults in the UK continue to smoke.
The figure is higher in Exeter, where 23% of adults smoke.
The NHS-led Devon Stop Smoking Service offers free, friendly...
Successful Dragon’s Den investor and UK entrepreneur, Deborah Meaden, has been announced as the key note speaker at Devon Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Dinner 2016. Taking place on Thursday 19th May at Sandy Park, Exeter, Devon Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Dinner will bring together business leaders from across the county for an evening of black tie networking, including a three course dinner and a motivational key note speech. The successful female entrepreneur will join Devon Chamber of Commerce and an expected audience of 500 business people at Sandy Park on Thursday...
Local sponsor, award-winning housebuilder Redrow (West Country) will be giving some lucky festival-goers a chance to enjoy a birds eye view of the festival, as visitors take to the skies for a tethered ride in their big, red hot air balloon (weather permitting) at Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle on Friday 29th & Saturday 30th April.
Toby Buckland’s annual Garden Festival is fast becoming recognised as one of the most important events of its kind in the South West, attracting celebrity gardening experts and providing a place for enthusiastic gardeners to meet...
Gareth Derrick, Labour’s candidate for Devon, Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, will be talking direct to people in communities all over the region over the next 6 weeks in what he calls his “Judge for Yourself” tour. Gareth Derrick, Labour’s candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner said: “It is clear to me that there are many people who still know very little about the role of the PCC, and how important it is for protecting our communities against harm from crime of all kinds. "I think the greatest failure of the PCC over the past three and a half years has been his lack of real...
A medical student who has embraced a wide range of roles is celebrating winning the University of Exeter Medical School’s Quintiles Women in Science Award ahead of International Women’s Day.
Praveena Deekonda, 22, was presented with the award yesterday, in a week where the University celebrates the outstanding achievements of its academics, students, staff and supporters.
Praveena, who is in the third year of her Medicine programme, has taken advantage of a wide range of opportunities, on top of her busy academic schedule.
University of Exeter expertise has helped uncover the origins of treasure found by a metal detector on Devon farmland.
Danielle Wootton, Devon Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, based at the University of Exeter, identified the owner of the 350-year-old silver seal matrix or “stamp”.
It was officially declared as treasure today at an inquest, the first case heard at the new Plymouth Coroners Court following its official opening by Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, the High Sheriff of Devon.
Ms Wootton and Richmond Herald of the College of...
