The wait is over as Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

With Britain basking in the sun, 77 years of national frustration, self-deprecation and scratching of heads finally melted away as Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.

In a display of immense strength, belief and resilience, as well as enormous skill, Murray defeated the gifted Serbian world number one in straight sets, 6-4 7-5 6-4. In their wildest dreams, few fans would have anticipated Murray not dropping a set, especially given the pressure, wilting heat and the sheer fight of his opponent.

Murray...

Say 'No' to GMO

Why don't multi-national corporations like MONSANTO, keep their hands off our food, they are interfering with nature with some devastating results for humanity.

We must know what is in our foods, our children are suffering as are we and it is not going to get better until this madness is stopped.

Here is the latest depressing news: http://www.naturalnews.com/041014_Monsanto_seed_patents_GMOs.html#ixzz2YGaVdDwA

Read it and weep, this affects every single one of us.

Owen Paterson (our so called Environment Secretary) is becoming the latest in a line of pests...

Summer Green Action News

Authored by Martyn Goss
Posted: Sun, 07/07/2013 - 9:27am

Do you think people are basically good or bad? Is humanity intrinsically evil or fundamentally benign? Or, if we are a mixture of both, what is the balance? And, if you are a person of faith, you may ask what does your church or tradition say about this ancient and ongoing enigma? One view is what history calls ‘dualism’. There are forces of good in life and they oppose forces of evil, and the world is the arena in which this struggle takes place. But if this is so, why do good people do bad things and bad people do good things? Big questions and not immediately relevant or applicable to...

Interview: Al Kershaw, lead singer and guitarist of Exeter-based band The Computers

Authored by Steph C
Posted: Sat, 07/06/2013 - 2:28pm

After performing at the Eden Project with The Kaiser Chiefs and with more summer festivals such as Reading and Leeds still to perform at, The Exeter Daily managed to grab a few quick words with Al Kershaw, the lead singer of The Computers, before the band are due to perform their highly anticipated show at the Exeter Phoenix on 6 July.

Q: For those readers who are not familiar with The Computers, could you briefly sum up who and what the band are about?

A: Well in short, we are a 5-piece beat combo from Exeter, Devon...

Cosmic wins national BT technology Award

A company in Honiton has won a national technology award from BT for innovation in technology.

Cosmic, ( www.cosmic.org.uk ) a social enterprise offering IT services across the South West, was announced as the winner of the BT Get IT Together Award in this year’s Technology4Good Awards, organised by AbiltyNet.

The award, sponsored by BT, recognises inspiring UK-based organisations which are supporting digital inclusion activities by enabling and encouraging people to get online.

Cosmic, of East Devon Business Centre, Heathpark Way, is an ethical IT company which...

New summer exhibition at the Real Food Cafe

Event Date: 
01/07/2013 - 9:30am to 31/08/2013 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Real Food Store, 11-13 Paris Street, Exeter EX1 2JB

An evocative exhibition of Devon landscapes showing throughout July and August features the work of two photographers, Natalie Christie and Martin Sharpe.

Christie captures landscape through artistic eyes and the selection of her works large and small is stunning, including summer grasses against a stormy sky and crashing waves.

Sharpe’s work is abstract with an emphasis on line, shape, pattern and beautiful spectrums of colour. All of the works are available for sale and can be ordered in different sizes.

Greeting cards reproducing the artists work will also be...

Exeter Lives: Penny Nicholson

Name: Penny Nicholson

And what do you do?

I'm a web designer and food blogger. I run a local food order and collect scheme with Shillingford Organics and the Hub on the Green and am a volunteer with Transition Exeter. I have also just created the Exeter Trails website ( www.exetertrails.co.uk ) and have lots of ideas for its further development to really put independent business on the map!

How would you describe yourself in 5 words?

Happy to live in South West

How would you describe Exeter in 5 words?

Lovely, friendly, unique,...

New summer exhibition at the Real Food Store

An evocative exhibition of Devon landscapes showing throughout July and August features the work of two photographers, Natalie Christie and Martin Sharpe.

Christie captures landscape through artistic eyes and the selection of her works large and small is stunning, including summer grasses against a stormy sky and crashing waves.

Sharpe’s work is abstract with an emphasis on line, shape, pattern and beautiful spectrums of colour. All of the works are available for sale and can be ordered in different sizes.

Greeting cards reproducing the artists work will also be...

Rising Star finalists sharpen their knives to prepare for culinary battle

Five aspiring young chef finalists have been put through their culinary paces and have made it one step closer to landing their dream apprenticeship placement at River Cottage HQ with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the River Cottage team.

The River Cottage Rising Star 2013 competition was launched to give one lucky individual the best possible start to their career and to become the face of its new Young Chef Apprenticeship Scheme. In turn River Cottage hopes that its Rising Star will inspire other budding chefs so that that they too can join the River Cottage team on this...

Exeter Craft Festival: celebrating the West Country's finest crafts

Authored by RosieSymes
Posted: Fri, 07/05/2013 - 3:29pm

An annual craft festival is currently being held on Exeter's Cathedral Green with tents as far as the eye can see, stalls selling everything from handbags to garden plants there's something for everyone at the fair.

A variety of live music is played on the Green giving the fair its own soundtrack as people browse the stalls. There's a good old fashioned Punch and Judy show, a magician and a face-painting stall for the kids - for once they won't be moaning about wanting to go home.

When you're tired of shopping, there's a chance to sit on Cathedral Green to enjoy the...

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