Exeter ladies Water Polo win National League promotion in first year

Exeter ladies waterpolo team have made an impressive debut to their first season of playing in the national league, culminating this weekend in a promotion to Division 2.

The ladies team, which is one of the youngest in the league, with seven of its players under 18, overcame both their rivals in the final weekend of the Division 2 championships this weekend to take second place overall. Yesterday’s local Derby against Cheltenham saw them beat a strong team 13-5 with goals scored by Jai Powell, Jasmin Coleman (4) Jenny Herring (3), Nyah Tomlinson, Amy Potter (2), and Ella Louise...

Princesshay announces Families for Children as 2020 Charity of the Year

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2020 - 10:52am

Princesshay’s 2020 Charity of the Year has been announced as Families for Children. Families for Children is a specialist voluntary adoption agency and charity based in the South West.

The charity provides a range of support services to adoptive families across the region. Support can include; parental training courses, rapid response helpline service, counselling, advice, guidance and signposting.

Ruth Marriott, CEO said “We are delighted to be nominated by Princesshay as their charity of the year 2020. We very much look forward to this opportunity and to working with all...

Health worker prepares to Walk All Over Cancer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2020 - 10:21am

Dog lover, Debs Jones is used to getting in her daily steps as part of her job involves meeting GPs and NHS teams every day.

The Devon & Somerset health professional facilitator is part of a Cancer Research UK team, whose role is to support cancer prevention, doctors referrals, and promote healthy lifestyles in the county and the south west.

She is supporting Cancer Research UK’s ‘Walk All Over Cancer’ campaign which asks people to walk 10,000 steps a day, every day in March, and raise money for the charity’s life-saving research.

Debs, from South Molton,...

Match report: Exeter City 1 Crawley Town 1

Exeter City fought back from a goal down to earn a point at home to Crawley Town.

The Grecians, in heavy conditions, fell behind to Ashley Nadesan first half strike and toiled for the majority of the match before finding some rhythm in the final half hour an then equalising with nine minutes to go through Brennan Dickenson.

City manager Matt Taylor made three changes from last Saturday’s defeat to Northampton Town as Nicky Law, Jake Taylor and Dean Moxey came in for Tom Parkes, Archie Collins and Matt Jay.

The Grecians started the match brightly, but it was the...

Dan MacKinnon

Dan MacKinnon in Concert. Support Stephan Nolan

Event Date: 
14/03/2020 - 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
The Alice Cross Centre

Though he can trace his family back to the Skye McKinnons, only a few generations removed from Scotland, Dan himself hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the Canadian Maritimes, an area rich in the musical and cultural traditions of the North Atlantic. His warm baritone voice, superb guitar arrangements and original compositions have won him widespread praise. Dan's thoughtful compositions and smooth melodies cover the entire folk spectrum, with themes traditional, historical, contemporary and universal.

A gentle unassuming man - one of nature's gentlemen, in fact - who travels...

Dawlish rail resilience engineer achieves top professional award

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 02/29/2020 - 12:18pm

A leading civil engineer, who is playing a key role in major works to improve the resilience of the main railway line on the battered coastal route through South Devon, has achieved a top professional award.

Saeed Mojabi, Director of Infrastructure West at Arup, who is Project Director and lead Geotechnical Engineer for the railway resilience programme at Dawlish, has been awarded fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the oldest professional engineering association in the world.

Saeed, who lives in Bristol, began work at Dawlish in May 2018 on a multi-...

Grants available to establish new work hubs

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 02/29/2020 - 12:05pm

Devon County Council is inviting applications for grants to expand its award-winning network of work hubs.

There are currently 15 work hubs across the county and Devon County Council has provided funding to help establish eight of those.

The authority is now inviting applications for grants to add to the network, providing facilities in areas without work hubs.

Work hubs provide flexible-term, value for money office space, equipped with facilities that modern businesses need. They are ideal locations for small businesses that may have started from home but are now...

Join the UK’s favourite wine personalities at the Wine Tasting of the Year

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 02/28/2020 - 12:41pm

Wine-lovers of Exeter unite! On Saturday 20th June the Great Hall of Exeter University will be transformed into a wine wonderland - the highlight of every wine-lover’s calendar. The Three Wine Men South West Wine Festival with a Splash of Spirits (plus other delicious West Country drinks) in partnership with South West Wine School will be hosted by the legendary Oz Clarke OBE, the Sunday Telegraph’s drinks’ expert Susy Atkins and, the new face to watch on the wine scene, Tom Surgey.

This tasting extravaganza is being brought to the West Country for the very first time. It will...

Paralympic star urges South West swimmers to go for gold

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 02/28/2020 - 11:57am

PARALYMPIC swimmer and gold medallist Bethany Firth is calling on people across The South West to take the plunge and sign up for Swimathon 2020.

Bethany is helping to highlight the annual fundraiser which raises money for two charities, Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie.

The swimming star is urging people of all ages and abilities to take part in the sponsored event. It will be taking place at swimming pools in Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and across the UK.

Bethany clinched three gold medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and one gold at the London 2012...

Devon set to face more storm conditions

More storm conditions are on the way with heavy rain forecast for Devon tomorrow, followed by rain and strong winds at the weekend.

Devon County Council is reminding people to take care on the county’s roads as the Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for heavy rain from 3am tomorrow (Friday 28 February) morning until 6am on Saturday morning and a Yellow Warning for strong winds from midday on Saturday until midday on Sunday.

Storm Jorge has been named by the Spanish meteorological service (Agencia Estatal de Meteorología). The heaviest rain is expected on Friday evening...

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