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Exeter-based employment lawyer joins Westbank Community Health and Care’s Board of Trustees

The Devon-wide health and wellbeing charity, Westbank Community Health and Care, is delighted to welcome lawyer Henry Cross as its newest Trustee. Henry is a Senior Associate at Michelmores, specialising in employment law.

A father-of-two from Exeter, Henry already had a broad awareness of the charity when he met Westbank’s Head of Carers Services, Andy Hood, at a networking event a few years ago. When he subsequently learnt that Westbank was looking for a law-oriented Trustee to join its Board, he was quick to express his interest in the role.

Henry says, “I knew I...

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Richard Ashton receives long service award at Devon County Show

Machinery and delivery driver Richard Ashton was presented with a 30-year agricultural service award at the Devon County Show.

The award – a certificate and commemorative glass tankard – was presented by Devon County Show President Lady Arran of Castle Hill and Noel Stevens from award sponsors Alder King.

Richard – who moved from West Sussex to start milking pedigree Jerseys on a dairy farm near Modbury in 1983 – has spent the past eight years driving chippers and delivery lorries across the South West for wood fuel specialist Forest Fuels, delivering blown and tipped wood...

Have your say about a Neighbourhood Plan for Denbury and Torbryan

Denbury and Torbryan Parish Council have submitted an application for their whole parish to be designated as a Neighbourhood Area with a view to producing a Neighbourhood Plan.

Local people who live and work in and around Denbury and Torbryan are being invited to comment on the application to create a Neighbourhood Plan for Denbury and Torbryan. The consultation runs for four weeks from Wednesday 18th May 2016 until 4.30pm Friday 17th June 2016. A Neighbourhood Plan is a community-led process for guiding the future development, regeneration and conservation of an area and is about...

We'll learn from the experience says Baxter

Rob Baxter admits his side’s slow start cost them the game, but was also a necessary learning curve after their second-half comeback at Twickenham.

Jack Yeandle and Jack Nowell went over for the Chiefs to trim a 23-3 lead for Saracens to just three points at the close of the second half .

“Is there anything that I can say or do or could we have had anything different before hand? I don’t think so. I think that we needed that first half-hour of a final, that’s the easiest way for me to wrap that up,” Baxter said.

“We needed that and what they felt like and the...

TripAdvisor award for Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the third year running.

The Cathedral, currently rated highest amongst the city’s attractions according to TripAdvisor reviews, adds the accolade to a “2016 top-rated” award from Travelzoo and its quality-assured attraction status from the Devon Association of Tourist Attractions.

Commenting on the news the Cathedral’s Marketing Manager, Laurence Blyth, said: “We are extremely grateful to our visitors who have reviewed their experience of their time here, as well as the dedicated team of volunteers...

Chiefs did us proud

In the end there was to be no fairytale ending for Exeter Chiefs, but boy did Rob Baxter’s side put up an unbelievable fight.

Pitted against European and defending Aviva Premiership champions Saracens, Devon’s finest picked themselves off the deck following a first half flooring to shock their rivals with a ferocious second half fightback.

In the end, the Chiefs didn’t have quite enough in the tank as their spirited challenge was finally ended late on by a try from man of the match Alex Goode.

Having trailed 23-6 at the break to first half tries from Duncan Taylor...

HSL Exeter celebrates first anniversary

The Exeter HSL store on Dunns Business Centre on Trusham Road is celebrating its first year anniversary this month, as the team celebrates its first year of business.

As the UK’s leading comfort furniture specialist, HSL, specialises in providing excellent customer service and providing comfortable back-care solutions that are tailored to customer’s needs.

The Exeter store has gone from strength to strength since its launch in May last year. It now employs three comfort specialists and is celebrating being named as one of HSL’s best performing stores of 2016.

The...

Graduate builds up to ‘Voice Off’ challenge

Kezia Barclay, a Graduate Engineer for Interserve Construction, has gallantly signed up to a new sponsored challenge for Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.

In national Deaf Awareness Week earlier this month, Exeter Deaf Academy launched a new sponsored challenge called ‘Voice Off’.

This charity event aims to raise much needed funds as well as awareness of the one million Deaf young people across the UK who struggle to use or understand spoken language, as well as tackle some of the common misconceptions about deafness.

The challenge is to switch off your voice...

Exmouth & District Community Transport Group awarded £500 Bluebird Care Community Grant

Bluebird Care , an Exeter and East Devon based home care provider have awarded a grant of £500 to the Exmouth & District Community Transport Group (EDCTG) to support them in providing transport to the Exmouth Dementia Carers Support Group .

Bluebird Care has been working hard to support community groups across Exeter as well as providing a daily care service to local residents living in their own homes.

The award winning home care provider awarded the Community Grant to the EDCTG after receiving numerous applications for their £500 Grant from voluntary organisations...

Big day dawns for Exeter Chiefs

Twitter and other social media platforms are already buzzing ahead of the Exeter Chiefs maasive game against Saracens at Twickenham this afternoon.

Thirty five coaches will be heading from the city to London in the next few hours with around 40,000 fans of the club expected to show their support for the Devon side.

If the Chiefs win they will be the Aviva Premiership champions. An amazing feat after just six years in the league.

The club shop has sold out of replica shirts after a mad rush to snap up merchandise.

Among the fans expressing their excitement...

Police advice ahead of the R1 Big Weekend

Revellers heading for Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Powderham Castle over this Bank Holiday are being urged to make their personal safety number one.

Around 50,000 music fans are expected to visit the Exeter venue on Saturday and Sunday to see some of today’s biggest chart acts perform live.

Planning for the event has been ongoing for several months with officers from the Op Candle command team working alongside event organisers, Teignbridge District Council, Exeter City Council, Devon County Council, British Transport Police and other emergency services to support the event....

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Exeter-based employment lawyer joins Westbank Community Health and Care’s Board of Trustees

Richard Ashton receives long service award at Devon County Show

Have your say about a Neighbourhood Plan for Denbury and Torbryan

We'll learn from the experience says Baxter

TripAdvisor award for Exeter Cathedral

Chiefs did us proud

HSL Exeter celebrates first anniversary

Graduate builds up to ‘Voice Off’ challenge

Exmouth & District Community Transport Group awarded £500 Bluebird Care Community Grant

Big day dawns for Exeter Chiefs

Police advice ahead of the R1 Big Weekend

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