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Access All Aerials needs your help!

Access All Aerials is an exciting project run by CEDA (Community Equality Disability Action) – a local not-for-profit charity dedicated to supporting disabled people across our area.

Their Marsh Barton-based studio in Exeter gives disabled people the chance to express themselves through music, radio and media – building skills, confidence and community.

They are looking for local businesses to help grow this project through sponsorship.

This is a fantastic opportunity to:

✅ Support an inspiring local cause ✅ Promote your business within the local...

The Big LEGO Milestone: 5,000 bricks and counting

Exeter Cathedral is celebrating today after reaching another major milestone in the Big LEGO Build.

The 5,000th brick in the project, which aims to build a scale-model of the Cathedral out of 300,000 pieces of LEGO, has now been laid – just in time for its first outing away from the city centre.

Later this week sections of the model will be on display at the Devon County Show which runs from 19th-21st May 2016.

The Cathedral’s Development Director, Paul Courtney, said: “We’re looking forward to seeing lots of people at the Show and will be bringing plenty of bricks...

Motorcyclist seriously hurt in crash near Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/18/2016 - 4:00pm

Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision in Exeter on the early evening of Friday 13 May, which resulted in serious injury to a motorcycle rider.

The collision happened at around 5.50pm on Tedburn Road, known as the old A30, between Pocombe Bridge and Pathfinder Village.

The vehicles involved were an orange and black BMW motorcycle and a red Mini Cooper. The motorcycle was travelling towards Exeter and collided with the car which was travelling in the opposite direction.

The 49 year old male motorcyclist from Okehampton sustained potentially...

Devon’s sporting community recognised

Athletes, coaches and volunteers from across Devon were celebrated at Sandy Park at the Exeter Foundation annual Devon Sports Awards in association with Active Devon and in partnership with Exeter College.

The Awards were hosted by BBC Spotlight’s Jenny Walrond, and featured guest speaker Colin Jackson CBE, who inspired the audience with anecdotes of his career since retirement.

The main prize of the evening, the Exeter Foundation award for Outstanding Contribution to Sport in Devon, went to Exe Hockey Club’s Jill Dupain, who also picked up the Volunteer of the Year award...

Citizens Advice Exeter to Walk for Justice

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 05/18/2016 - 12:02pm

A team of walkers from leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is joining forces with the local legal profession and advice sector on Monday 6 June 2016 to take part in the Exeter Legal Walk. The Exeter legal walk celebrates the continued work of the legal profession and advice sector in protecting people’s rights and promoting equal access to justice for all.

The Legal Walk is one of over 30 similar events which run across England and Wales. The after work sponsored walk raises funds for free local legal advice charities in Exeter and throughout the South West. Teams...

City-wide driver behaviour trial shows promising early results

Exeter’s driver-behaviour pilot, run by Exeter-based Lightfoot® in association with Exeter City Futures, is seeing dramatic results in only its first week of live operation, with over 54% of drivers hitting its Elite Driver efficiency target, and some motorists achieving up to 77.2mpg.

The citywide trial of Lightfoot®, which aims to help drivers save fuel, cut emissions and reduce accidents by driving more efficiently, is being trialled by over 100 drivers.

Commenting on the initial findings Mark Roberts, managing director of Lightfoot®, said: “We’re really encouraged by...

JLL appoints new head of office in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 05/17/2016 - 10:16pm

Tim Western, who has worked at the company for 19 years, takes the reins from Charles Kislingbury, who will continue to be based at JLL in Exeter, where he will focus on developing the residential agency side of the business across South West and Wales. Tim will also continue to lead the industrial and logistics teams across the South West and Wales region – a position he has held for the last year. Charles said: “This is a natural progression for the Exeter office. “Having worked with Tim for many years, he has all the skills and knowledge that will ensure JLL continues to be a leading...

South West farm businesses must be profitable if vital economic contribution is to continue

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 05/17/2016 - 8:17pm

Farming’s multi-million pound contribution to the region’s economy could be under threat if profitability doesn’t soon return to the industry, the NFU is warning ahead of this year’s Devon County Show.

Agriculture alone is worth around £1.1bn annually to the South West and about £319m to Devon. Around 60,000 people are directly employed in agriculture across the region, about 18,500 of them in Devon.

The union will be emphasising the crucial role economic role farming plays in the economy of the South West by arranging for many of the suppliers who work with Devon NFU...

Name that beaver!

A Devon-based conservation charity is looking for help from the public to suggest names for its new beaver mascot.

The beaver in question is a human-sized beaver costume made to promote the work of Devon Wildlife Trust with England’s only known wild beaver population on the River Otter in East Devon.

The costume, which has striking teeth and tail has been produced with support from South Devon-based Cofton Country Holidays, which is itself a David Bellamy Conservation Award Scheme Gold award winner.

Speaking for Devon Wildlife Trust Steve Hussey said: “We wanted a...

More trains between Exeter and Exmouth

Great Western Railway (GWR) is running extra trains on Sundays between Exeter Central and Exmouth, from 15 May. Trains will run every half hour through most of the day on Sundays throughout the year, instead of the previous hourly service; with a number extending to Exeter St Davids. All services will call at Digby & Sowton, Newcourt, Topsham and Lympstone Village stations. Morning trains to Exmouth and afternoon trains back will also call at Polsloe Bridge, providing more opportunities for a seaside day trip to Exmouth. GWR Regional Development Manager Dan Okey said: "Helping to...

Pioneering Exeter technology is making our roads safer and cleaner

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 05/17/2016 - 12:00pm

An Exeter-based motor vehicle firm is launching pioneering new technology to the consumer market which could reduce road traffic accidents by up to 60%.

Lightfoot is a driver improvement system originally developed to help businesses cut fuel costs and CO2 emissions but is already helping fleets cut their accident rates.

The Lightfoot team have now held talks with Exeter City Council, and the Exeter City Futures team is considering how to use the technology in some of the Council’s fleet vehicles.

The technology was developed by Lightfoot Managing Director Mark...

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