Claire Woollacott, 24, a PhD Postgraduate Research Student from the School of Physics at the University of Exeter, struck gold at a competition in the House of Commons for excellence in her physics research, walking away with a £3,000 prize.
Claire presented her research, which could open new horizons in ultrafast electronic devices, to dozens of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of the poster competition SET for Britain, on Monday 18 March 2013.
This pioneering project was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Eros Mariani and is embedded in the research...
Seven days previous, Toby Flood left Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium licking his wounds as he and his fellow England colleagues saw their Six Nations dream end in tatters to a rampant Welsh side.
However, present day and the Leicester Tigers No.10 was back smiling again as his 12-point haul – courtesy of four penalties – helped the East Midlanders claim victory in a hard fought Aviva Premiership encounter at Exeter Chiefs.
Having exchanged three penalties with opposite number Gareth Steenson in the first period at Sandy Park, the 27-year-old landed a telling blow just ten...
Motorists have been rescued from their cars after more heavy rain deluged the county.
Traffic control teams also reported several landslips and a road collapse in Devon.
Fire crews rescued people from cars in Teigngrace and Sidmouth and in Colyford one person was rescued after being found on top of their vehicle in 2ft of flood water.
St James' Road in Exeter was this morning closed in both directions between the Oxford Road junction and the Old Tiverton Road junction, because of a landslip.*
Roads in Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey, Exton and parts of east Devon...
Exeter renewable energy distributor SunGift Trade has become a distribution partner of global solar PV manufacturer Trina Solar, making SunGift Trade one of a few selected resellers of their products in the UK.
The move adds another highly respected brand to SunGift’s portfolio, giving South West PV installers direct access to even more high quality solar PV modules.
“We’re very excited about this new partnership,” said SunGift Trade managing director Gabriel Wondrausch, “and we already have stock of Trina Solar Honey modules in our warehouse. This now makes our range of...
Today is annual World Water Day, a specific day designated by the United Nations to focus on the importance of clean water for drinking and sanitation.
Each year, during a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands, the UN-Water Award is given to reward efforts to fulfill international commitments made on water and water-related issues. Special emphasis is given to the World Water Day theme when giving the awards; this year’s theme is ‘Water Cooperation’.
The award is split into two categories. This year the Category 1 Award for the best water-management practices has been...
A sponsored sleep out in Exeter city centre on Saturday night raised over £23,000 for Exeter YMCA’s work with local homeless young people.
180 people took part in the sleep out, called ‘Sleep Easy’, battling against lows of three degrees Celsius and torrential rain. Participants included six members from the Gilbert Stephens Young Professional Network who raised over £1,000 for the charity. Gilbert Stephens were also the main sponsors of the event.
Isabel Bertram of Gilbert Stephens Young Professional Network said: "We are all really proud to have supported the Sleep...
The Diocese of Exeter is tweeting the whole passion story, from Palm Sunday to sunrise on Easter Sunday. The story has been rewritten for tweeting in the first person and from Jesus’s perspective and will be sent out in ‘real time’ throughout Holy Week. Canon Andrew Godsall said: “The idea with tweeting the passion is to help people relate to a familiar story in a contemporary way. Jesus used contemporary phrases all of the time. He wanted to make people sit up and listen so he used provocative words. Sometimes people got the wrong end of the stick – and maybe he did that deliberately -...
Surging with hot, raw energy, the seemingly unstoppable machinery of Morris Offspring, driven by the mighty sounds of folk powerhouse Faustus, has created a rare jewel! This tenth anniversary outing for Morris Offspring brings a brand new generation of outstanding young dancers into the spotlight. Add Faustus’s compelling rhythms to the cauldron and this is an explosive mix – an exhilarating, joyful and captivating spectacle.
Tue 2 Apr, £12 (£10)
For more info or to buy tickets please visit: http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/morris-offspring-with-faustus/
The next local elections will take place on Thursday 2 May. Nearly 600,000 people will be eligible to vote on who will lead Devon County Council and be responsible for key local services for the next four years.
Devon County Council is the largest local authority in the South West with a total budget of over £1bn annually. It is divided into 62 electoral divisions. The Councillors voted in to these seats will each represent an average of 10,000 people.
The council is responsible for 85% of all local public services in the county, including schools, roads and social care....
At around 7.15am on Friday 22 March 2013 a serious road traffic collision took place involving two vehicles. Police have confirmed that the driver of the silver VW Polo, a woman in her forties from the Bude area, has been declared deceased at the scene by paramedics. Her next of kin have been informed but other family members are yet to be told.
A man, understood to be in his early forties and from the Bideford area, who was driving a Ford Maverick was air-lifted to Derriford hospital in Plymouth where he is said to be stable and not thought to have life-threatening injuries....
