RAMM’s chief patron, Michael Morpurgo, will be spending the evening of Friday 26 April with a packed audience at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
The award-winning author of War Horse , Private Peaceful and Adolphus Tips is a passionate supporter of museums and became RAMM’s chief patron in 2011. He has visited RAMM many times as a parent, grandparent and writer. In this family evening he will talk about his connection with and love of Devon, its people and landscape, and their place in his stories.
Entitled 'A Family Evening with Michael Morpurgo: From All Around the...
A coach driver has been killed after being trapped underneath a coach in a car park in Ivybridge.
Police report that the incident happened just before 5.00pm on Thursday 18th April 2013 in the Car Park of the Famous Lee Mill, Lee Mill Bridge, Ivybridge.
The coach was carrying passengers on a day excursion from Paignton. The driver had exited the coach which then rolled forward into a hedge trapping him underneath.
The driver, a 50 year old man from Newton Abbot received serious injuries and was rushed to hospital. He died at Derriford Hospital shortly after arrival...
The Leiden University World Rankings shows that the University of Exeter ranks 49th best institution in the world. The rankings provide a measurement of the scientific impact and performance of 500 major universities worldwide and their involvement in scientific collaboration. Positioning within the rankings is based on the number of citations quoted in highly respected and influential journals. This shows that Exeter’s high quality research has been referenced by other academics in major journals. According to the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2013 is based on Web of Science indexed publications...
Top musician Chaz Thorogood is to headline Lobster on the Lawn at The Magdalen Chapter on Monday May 27.
Chapter Hotels, in association with Quba & Co, are delighted to be playing host to this iconic Devon singer songwriter.
Live music and bank holidays at The Magdalen Chapter go hand in hand. The Quba & Co Stage, nestled in the manicured gardens of the hotel, promises to provide the very best music while guests can sit back and enjoy the culinary delights cooked up by head chef Ben Bulger. To celebrate the start of the lobster season, guests at this event will be...
One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was killed early Friday morning, following an attack on police officers in Watertown that involved explosives and gunfire, local media reported.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s office said that the first suspect died in hospital after being taken into custody. Middlesex Co. DA confirmed the death of Watertown suspect.
The second suspect, also known as the 'white-hat suspect', is still on the loose. Boston police commissioner tweeted: "One suspect dead. One at large. Armed and dangerous. White hat suspect at large.”
At around 9.39pm on Thursday 18 April, a two vehicle road traffic collision occurred on an unclassified road on the approaches to the village of Feniton in East Devon.
The two vehicles involved were travelling in opposite directions.
One of the vehicles, a Renault Megane appears to have lost control and collided with the other, a Fiat Punto. A woman front seat passenger of the Renault vehicle, sustained serious injuries and was taken to the R D & E Hospital where she later died.
The male driver of the Renault Megane was also conveyed to the R D & E Hospital...
Exeter City Ladies won a hard fought but thrilling Devon FA Cup Final win at HQ in Newton Abbot this evening, emerging victorius by a score of 4-3 after extra time.
As the scoreline suggests, the game was close but City were worthy winners over their fierce Devon rivals... eventually! City started rather slowly but handled early Argyle pressure and then created chances for Shenton and a Brooks header from a corner. However, in a game that was to swing one way then the other, Middleton opened the scoring for Plymouth from a corner before City got onto the scoresheet when Leah Brooks...
Over the past two years Exeter’s youth health social enterprise SOS Global has received funding from the Home Office Communities Against Guns Gangs & Knives Fund (CAGGK) to develop an anti-knife crime project in Exeter and the surrounding areas. The CEO Dawn Dines has been a key driving force behind the initiative and will present her findings at a regional conference at The Guildhall, Exeter on 26 April 2013 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. It will be opened by the Lord Mayor and guest speakers include his Honour Judge Cottle, Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg and Superintendent Chris...
FORCE, a local cancer charity, held a ‘Great Devon Breakfast’ at St Olaves Hotel in Exeter and over 50 people from the local business community joined the organisers to help raise vital funds for the charity.
The event, hosted by Gilbert Stephens LLP, kick started the law firm's charity partnership with FORCE and the breakfast event raised over £400.
Sarah Daniels, Fundraising Manager for FORCE, comments: “We were really pleased to see so many people from the local business community turn up for the event and people were not only generous with their time but with donations...
The number of cattle slaughtered because of TB has risen again this month bringing the total number of cattle culled to 186,664 (from January 2008 – Jan 2013 in Great Britain). In the latest up-to-date figures released on 17 April by Defra, 3,215 cattle were slaughtered across Great Britain in January, meaning a 24.2 per cent increase on the same time last year, and the month-on-month figures also show a jump. And in Wales the picture has worsened considerably despite a vaccination programme for badgers, which had its first year in 2012. The number of cattle compulsorily slaughtered there...
