Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) is inviting visitors to the Devon County Show to drop in to the Otter Nurseries stand where they can ‘buy a brick’ and donate to the charity’s Chevithorne Appeal.
ELF Fundraiser, Alison Upton explained: “The Chevithorne Appeal will fund a family suite at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital so that critically ill and end of life patients can be together with their loved ones. By Buying a Brick, the general public can help us to achieve this goal.”
The charity is sharing the Otter Nurseries stand at the show – ELF is the garden centre’s Charity of...
Rob Baxter insists he and his Exeter Chiefs can ill afford to be distracted by events elsewhere in the Aviva Premiership today (Saturday) and instead focus their sole attentions on the visit of Sale Sharks to a sold-out Sandy Park (3:30pm)
With just one round of the scheduled season left to play, the Chiefs currently find themselves in unchartered waters, fourth in the standings and occupying the final play-off berth.
It's due reward for what has been a fantastic season for the Devon club, who have also notched up a second successive LV= Cup Final appearance, as well as a...
Dean Mumm insists he will have plenty of happy memories to take home to Australia once he brings the curtain down on his Exeter Chiefs career in the not too distant future.
After three seasons in Devon, the 31-year-old is set to run out for one final time at Sandy Park this weekend as the Chiefs prepare to welcome Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership.
A sell-out crowd will roar Mumm and his team-mates into battle this Saturday, but Exeter’s inspirational skipper doesn’t want his Westcountry experience to end just yet.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a road traffic collision on the old A30 in Exeter on Tuesday 12 May.
Officers along with fire, ambulance and an air ambulance attended the two-vehicle collision that happened shortly before 12.40pm on Tedburn Road, Whitestone, between Bakers Hill and Path Finder Village.
The driver of the silver Citroën Saxo, a 53-year-old man from Exeter, was pronounced dead at the scene. His family have been informed.
There were no other occupants in this car.
The three occupants of the green Vauxhall Astra were taken...
Youngsters are set to camp out at the Met Office this weekend to learn about the science behind weather.
Met Office Science Camps provide a unique opportunity for 11-13 year old students to take part in demonstrations and hands-on activities led by Met Office staff, while camping overnight at Met Office headquarters in Exeter.
The activities cover a wide range of topics which explain how we understand, measure and forecast the weather and climate.
The Met Office Science Camps take place over a number of weekends throughout the spring and summer terms. They are part...
People are being invited to help play their part in decorating Exeter in the lead up to Rugby World Cup 2015.
Preparations are underway to clad the city in bunting and 'yarn bombing' in white, yellow, red, green and blue - the colours of the teams taking part in the Rugby World Cup 2015 games at Sandy Park.
To kick things off there will be a launch event at Exeter Corn Exchange on Monday (18 May), where people pop in between 2pm and 8pm to find out more about the initiative.
At Monday's event there will be a presentation as well as workshops, pick-up patterns and a...
Mattie Richardson, Bunyip Beads; James Clark, Marks & Spencer; Patrick Cunningham, Exeter Phoenix; Wayne Pearce, Princesshay; Helen Scholes, Stagecoach and David Goodchild, Exeter Cavern Club met this week for the first time as new board directors of the Exeter BID Company.
They will be joined at future meetings by fellow directors Echo editor Jon-Paul Hedge, Ben Barlaba, The LXS Centre Stage; Stephen Auty, Specsavers and Jonathan Boatfield, Cadastre as well as by stakeholder board members representing Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Exeter City Council and Devon...
Change of collection day for council’s waste and recycling services to affect half of Cranbrook’s households
All residents to receive letters and bin hangers confirming collection days and dates
In the course of its planned development, East Devon’s newest town, Cranbrook has already grown significantly, which not surprisingly has an impact on the services that we provide, such as the waste and recycling collections. Maintaining the efficiency of this service is one of our priorities – our objective is to keep Cranbrook looking good and to meet our customers’ requirements....
An Exeter College student has been busy organising events to raise funds to support a project that tackles poverty in South Africa.
Berenice Phillips, 18, will travel to South Africa in June this year to work on the development programme for 10 weeks.
She will team up with South African volunteers to tackle some of the problems facing the local community. She will live with a host family over the 10 week placement so will get to experience the countries true culture.
ICS allows young people aged 18-25 to contribute to long-term development projects in countries like...
Residents of East Devon have been warned to be on their guard against a possible telephone scam in which a caller claims to be representing the local authority.
EDDC has received five reports in the past few days and has been in touch with Devon and Somerset Trading Standards, who are investigating after other incidences were reported to them.
There is a pattern to the calls, which are believed to be a scam. A man with what sounds like an Indian accent phones and says he’s from East Devon District Council or Devon Council. He tells the resident he’s calling about an...
