Former students and employees of St Loye’s College shared memories at an exhibition of photos and artefacts at Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter.
St Loye’s College was founded as a charity by Dame Georgiana Buller who wanted people with disabilities to have the opportunity to work and fulfil their potential.
The college was located on Topsham Road and supported thousands of people from 1937 until 2008. The charity continues today as Step One, which organised the event to celebrate its 80th year and offer people with a connection to the old college the opportunity to view its...
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School, who is due to undergo chemotherapy, has cut off her long hair in aid of a children’s cancer charity close to her heart.
Dr Rachel Palfrey, 46, from Plymouth, has donated 30cms of her hair to the Little Princess Trust – a charity which provides real-hair wigs for children who have lost their hair due to the effects of chemotherapy and other illnesses.
Dr Palfrey was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in October of this year, and will be starting chemotherapy within the next few weeks.
Reigning champions Exeter Chiefs reclaimed pole position in this season's Aviva Premiership by seeing off visiting Harlequins at Sandy Park.
Far from their best showing of the season, Rob Baxter's side did more than enough to collect all five points and send the Londoners back to the capital with scant reward for their workmanlike efforts in the Westcountry.
Wingers Lachie Turner and Olly Woodburn collected a try apiece for the Devonians, while lock Jonny Hill ensured the bonus point by dotting down twice in the second period as the Chiefs collected their sixth success of...
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call from a passer-by reporting thick black smoke and alarms sounding at an industrial premesis in Alphin Brook Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter 5.32am today (MONDAY).
Two fire appliances from Danes castle and one from Middlemoor were immediately mobilised with a local officer.
Fire control started making cover moves in the area.
The initial caller then confirmed smoke and flames issuing from the rear of the commercial premises.
The local officer was first in attendance and very quickly requested six fire...
Exeter City slipped to a narrow 1-0 defeat away from home against Chesterfield in Sky Bet League Two.
Kristian Dennis' second half strike was enough for the home side to take all three points in a match where City failed to make the most of the chances they had created.
Match report sponsored by Speedy Freight
The Grecians went into the match in Derbyshire fielding the same side that won convincingly over Grimsby Town last weekend at St James Park.
It was the home side who created the first opportunity of the match within two...
This year's annual Michelmores 5k Charity Run has raised a record breaking £32,855 for its Charity of the Year, Balloons. Over 1,100 runners took to the streets of Exeter in September 2017 to celebrate the city and fundraise for the charity.
Balloons provides crucial pre and post bereavement support to children and young people who have lost someone significant in their lives. It is the only charity to offer this specialist service in Exeter.
The route started and finished at Exeter's historic Cathedral Yard and was hosted by Andrew Dudley of The Exeter Chiefs, who...
With an estimated 6.5 million people in the UK providing unpaid care to family members and friends, Devon authorities are urging carers to take a moment, for themselves.
There are about 90,000 people providing unpaid care for loved ones and friends in Devon; more if you include Plymouth and Torbay.
Many carers don’t see themselves as ‘carers’; they feel that they’re just doing what families and friends do for each other when they need help, and they’re not going to make an issue of it.
But Devon County Council and Devon’s CCGs say, ‘Do make an issue of it. It’s...
Council owned toilet blocks have been given a new lease of life and converted into new seaside businesses.
Dawlish Warren’s outer car park is now home to the Exe Valley Cycle Hire and Veloshack Café while along the coast in Dawlish Salty Dog Kiosks has been set up on Smugglers Lane.
Enterprising businessmen seized on the commercial business opportunity to transform the buildings into new businesses after Teignbridge District Council reviewed the amount of toilets within its portfolio.
Jon Sell and Nick Beer converted the loos at Dawlish Warren into new cycle hire...
Chilcotts Auctioneers is selling a 1930s postcard album that relates pictorially the story of ill-fated airship production in the UK, including the tragic result of a maiden flight.
The album was discovered in East Devon, when the vendor was clearing out his late father’s home.
It opens with images of the R100, an airship built in the 1920s in Cardington, Bedfordshire. Different to its German Zeppelin counterparts, the R100 was oval in shape, streamlined and aerodynamic.
The postcards show images of the trial flight in July 1930, when the airship crossed the...
Be our guest this Christmas and enjoy a tale as old as time with Exeter Little Theatre Company's production of Beauty and the Beast.
When the spoiled and arrogant Prince Scott is cursed by an evil fairy, he must learn to love before the last rose petal drops or face staying a beast forever. With the help of his trusted servants he might stand a chance to break the spell when he meets the smart and charming Belle, whose family runs the popular Bottom’s Up pub in Exeter.
Can our brave bookworm learn to not judge a book by its cover? She’ll need the help of her family and...
