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Local premium snack manufacturer, Burts Potato Chips, is delighted to announce its fundraising total for 2014-15 for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust of £3,539.32.

Successfully exceeding their target of £3,000, representatives from Burts Chips visited the Exeter Airbase, home of one of Devon’s Air Ambulance, to present them with a cheque for the final amount – as well as a generous quantity of Burts crunchy chips! Burts fundraising efforts over the past 12 months have included a range of activities from the physically demanding challenge of the Plymouth Half Marathon and the Cornish...

Volunteers are wanted to help out at this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink which takes place from 22-24 April at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens.

The annual event is Exeter’s largest city centre food and drink Festival with 100 regional producers signed up to take stalls in the Pavilion marquees.

This year, the Festival is looking for ambassadors to help run the event with a range of opportunities available throughout the three days and evenings. It is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable work experience and a ‘behind the scenes’ look at one...

Cartridges Law are sponsoring Bowhill Running Club which was set up in April 2015 to provide a running group that would help get parents active, this was supported by Exeter City Football Club and Active Devon.

They started with a beginners group and used the couch to 5k programme for their members, the aim was to get as many of the parents together as possible to support each other to becoming more active.

There are currently 15 runners who are made up of parents at the local schools and others in the local community. They meet every Tuesday at 9.15am (term time only) at...

Exeter’s very special mini-indoor music and performance festival GemFest 2016 takes place on Easter Sunday, March 27 at the Exeter Phoenix.

The event is organised by Gemma Wensley, a brain tumour ‘survivor’ from Exeter, and a committed team of her friends. Gemma has recently returned from a holiday of a lifetime in Australia and New Zealand, a trip she was planning before she was struck down with an inoperable brain tumour in 2009.

Gemma said: “I really did have the time of my life! It was so emotional to finally get to Australia as I have always wanted to go. When I became...