Real Nappy Demo at Babyccino

Event Date: 
22/10/2012 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Venue: 
The Hub on the Green, 8 Cathedral Close, Cathedral Green, Exeter (look for the bunting a few doors down from ASK Pizza)

Come and join our friendly group for yummy real coffee, biccies and chat.

We are a group of parents who meet every other week for a chat about life in general and the chance to see a real nappy demo.

Pop along to find out more about cloth nappies, the Devon Nappy Project free trial plus lots more::

Nappy demos Free trial packs 20% discounts on nappies Ask other parents about washable nappies Sling demos Collect your New Parent Pack Yummy real coffee Meet other new parents Discover other exciting baby events at the Hub on the Green

(The NCT meets on the...

Chiefs give Leinster a Halloween fright away from home

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 8:55pm

Halloween might not be until the end of the month, but defending Heineken Cup champions Leinster were given one almighty fright by visiting Exeter Chiefs at the RDS.

Strutting their stuff in European Rugby's premier competition for the first time in the club's history, the Chiefs came within a whisker of grabbing at least a share of the spoils against their star-studded Irish hosts.

With the clock having run dry in the Irish capital, Argentinian ace Ignacio Mieres had the opportunity to put his name in Exeter folklore when he was afforded a last-gasp penalty chance....

"We should have done better" admits Tisdale after defeat

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 8:49pm

City's poor recent run of results continued as they succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of a clinical Northampton Town side at Sixfields this afternoon, writes Andrew Morris.

Northampton's powerful and direct approach triumphed over City's short passing game in a match littered with niggly fouls and yellow cards.

Positives for City were the valuable game time secured by Bennett, Gow and Sercombe. Fans will be hoping that all three are in contention for the visit of Chesterfield next Saturday where Tisdale's side will be searching for an improvement on today's...

We're here to give students a helping hand in life

‘Hurry up and employ a teenager while they still know everything’ the bumper sticker said. However, many of today’s teenagers leave school with low literacy and numeracy levels. Currently, there are well over one million 16 to 24 year olds out of work and a distressing percentage are unemployable. The TV show, ‘Young, Dumb and Living with Mum’ highlighted this very fact. School years had been wasted. In Britain 17 million adults cannot do basic maths and have only the ability of an 11 year old. Richard Humphries, chairman of National Numeracy and also the former chief of the UK Commission...

Whitehead's World: Smells like team spirit...

The latest instalment of Chris Whitehead's blog sees the Exeter Chiefs man bracing himself for a huge game again Leinster in the Heineken Cup...

On arrival at Sandy Park before venturing into what stands to be our biggest rugby test so far, there was a very different pre-match atmosphere than usual amongst the players.

Despite many attempts to play down the importance of this game within the squad to the media, for me there was no hiding from the fact that this game will be the biggest not only of this season but potentially of our careers.

To play in the...

UK EXCLUSIVE: Devon man survives triple fatal plane crash

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 10/12/2012 - 4:16pm

EMERGENCY crews say they are amazed a Devon man survived a plane crash in which three people died.

Michael Hudson is recovering in hospital after the nine-seater Fly Montserrat aircraft he was a passenger in came down shortly after take-off in Antigua.

The pilot, Captain Jason Forbes and 29-year-old Annya Duncan, of Jamaica, were killed on impact.

The other passenger, 57-year-old Sandrama Poligadu, of Guyana, was taken to hospital but died shortly after.

Mr Hudson is understood to have suffered a broken leg and arm as well as cuts and bruises.

He is...

Exeter octogenarian honoured with British Empire Medal

Octogenarian Ken Bovey has received the British Empire Medal for a lifetime’s voluntary charitable service through The Salvation Army.

Ken Bovey, 84, has devoted his life to serving his community through The Salvation Army in Exeter. He has been actively involved in, and in many cases been the driving force behind, community fundraising activities undertaken in Exeter, helping raise thousands of pounds for the work of The Salvation Army and that of local charities. Additionally, Ken has taught young musicians, taken up various responsibilities at Exeter Temple Salvation...

More Firefighters Join Exeter health project

Authored by AndrewGould
Posted: Fri, 10/12/2012 - 11:02am

More firefighters from Devon and Somerset Fire Service are choosing to take part in the Exeter 10,000 project, run by the National Institute for Health Research Exeter Clinical Research Facility (CRF), University of Exeter Medical School (formerly Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry).

Last month, firefighters from Red Watch took part in the scheme. Not to be outdone, this month it is Green Watch who are planning to add their data to the Exeter 10,000 project.

The project aims to compile a research register of 10,000 individuals from the Exeter and East Devon area....

Jemma and Pauline are first in the queue for John Lewis

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 10/12/2012 - 8:20am

Jemma Gill and her nan Pauline Roberts were surprised to find themselves first in the queue for the John Lewis store's big opening.

They had travelled from Hatherleigh and Bude to enjoy a day's shopping.

However they didn't expect to be in prime position for the historic event.

Jemma told The Exeter Daily: "We were really excited about John Lewis coming to Exeter and we thought we'd make a day of it.

"We decided to get here early as we expected there to be queues but we were quite surprsied when there was nobody here."

Jemma said she would previously...

Shoppers enjoy their first peek inside new store

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 10/12/2012 - 7:52am

Early morning commuters got their first peek inside the new John Lewis store today.

Barriers that had been shielding the site came down overnight revealing a glistening entrance area decorated with elegant chandeliers.

In the early morning half light the building was a far cry in appearance from the former eyesesore Debenhams building.

The front facia has been bedecked with pealights and the all-glass frontage hints at the treats that await shoppers inside.

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