Exeter School linguists are top of the class!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2015 - 12:40pm

Three Year 11 pupils have taken first, third and fifth place individually in the weekly competition organised by the 'This is Language' website.

Pupils across the UK answer questions based on their comprehension of videos in French, German and Spanish where native speakers talk about a range of GCSE topics.

By the end of last week's competition, Mr Latimer's class was narrowly beaten into third place nationally, with his 22 pupils answering no fewer than 6,114 questions correctly between them.

Certificates were awarded to the class, and also to the three members of...

Exeter City FC fans return to Andros

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2015 - 11:09am

Exeter City FC Supporters - a dedicated group of Exeter City FC fans - will be heading back to Greece the day after the play off final Sunday 24th May for up to two weeks to play football on the Greek island of Andros.

Neil Le Milliere, says: "We were originally invited over in 2007 to combine a holiday on an idyllic Greek island with a game of football against the locals, and a number of us went over not really knowing what to expect."

There are now about 250 members of the Greek Exeter City FC fan club on the Island of Andros and in Athens called "Greek Grecians Fans...

Leading Women UK South Hams Election Special

In the lead up to the 2015 General Election, Leading Women UK hosted a series of Election Special networking events across Devon.

These events were open to men and women and gave attendees the chance to have their questions answered by a panel of political representatives.

On 20 April the South Hams Election Special took place at the Venus Café, Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth. The network was joined by Labour candidate, Nicky Williams and Conservative candidate, Dr Sarah Wollaston. The ‘Question Time’ style discussion was facilitated by local business-women and Leading Women UK...

Exeter Greens launch local manifesto

Authored by Diana Moore
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2015 - 9:40am

Exeter Green Party have launched their manifesto for the City Council elections under the banner 'development today as if tomorrow matters'.

The Party calls for urgent new and imaginative ways to build and deliver affordable housing, pointing to the fact that Exeter has been identified as the third most unaffordable place in the South West to rent and one of the most expensive in which to buy. Elected Green councillors will push for Council owned brownfield sites such as car parks to be turned into new social housing developments available to rent and for an ambitious programme of...

All change on the weather front

After a good deal of dry weather and warm sunshine for much of the UK over the last few days, there is a change in the forecast as we head towards the weekend.

The change will come from both the South West and the North West

Friday will see cloudier conditions and outbreaks of rain spreading from the South West, then overnight a separate front will bring cloud and rain from the north across Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will then edge southwards into northern England during Saturday and Sunday. Ahead of the front, across the rest of England and Wales, there will be a...

25,000 Rugby World Cup tickets to go on sale

Fans will have further opportunities to buy tickets for Rugby World Cup 2015 matches from Tuesday April 28, via tickets.rugbyworldcup.com , from 10am.

25,000 tickets will go on sale for an additional 12 matches at Sandy Park (Exeter), Kingsholm Stadium (Gloucester), Brighton Community Stadium (Brighton), Elland Road (Leeds) and Villa Park (Birmingham). This is in addition to the 16 matches currently on sale at tickets.rugbyworldcup.com

Tickets for additional matches on sale from April 28 include:

Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton South Africa v Japan, September...

Michael Caines launches Adopt South West

Michelin-starred celebrity chef Michael Caines, MBE, has today announced the launch of a unique partnership of adoption agencies based in Devon, Adopt South West.

The new partnership includes the adoption agencies of Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council and charities Barnardo’s and Families for Children.

Adopt South West, who are committed to finding and supporting stable and secure placements for children, are also launching a campaign to break down the myths surrounding adoption. The campaign will also focus on encouraging people who have not...

New Chiefs deal for Sexton

Rob Baxter insists he was happy to reward the hard work put in by Jerry Sexton as the young Irishman was today awarded a new one-year deal with the Exeter Chiefs.

The 22-year-old lock initially joined the Devon club on a three-month trial in August last year as Baxter looked to bring in sufficient cover whilst club captain Dean Mumm was still recovering from shoulder surgery.

However, the former Leinster Academy player - who spent the 2013/14 campaign playing in France with second tier side Auch, did enough during that time to convince Baxter to keep him on board until the...

Bird walk off to a flying start

East Devon District Council's Countryside team would like to thank County Bird Recorder Steve Waite for leading an extremely interesting and informative Dawn Chorus Walk at Seaton Wetlands on Saturday 18 April.

A cold easterly wind failed to deter 24 keen individuals from enjoying this special walk, which began at 5.30am at Black Hole Marsh. The event got off to a flying start, as within ten minutes the group had a close view of a barn owl, while from the car park, wood pigeon, collared dove, blackbird, robin, blackcap and chiffchaff could all be heard.

Steve Waite said: “...

Museums at Night: Indie folk at RAMM

Enjoy an evening of music at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum on Saturday 16 May when Indie folk band Stornoway will play material from their latest album supported by Nuala Honan & Kit Hawes and Cavermouth.

Part of Stornoway’s nationwide tour to celebrate the release of Bonxie, their eagerly anticipated third album, RAMM is an ideal venue. Songwriter Dr. Brian Briggs has sought inspiration for the new album from his previous life as an Ornithologist. ‘Bonxie’ is the nickname of a Hebridean sea bird, the Great Skua, and the album features the calls of 20 different species...

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