Netflix, Amazon and Cadbury’s have emerged as just some of the brands Brits said have helped them through 2020, according to a new study by leading promotional products retailer 4imprint.co.uk .
Researchers polled the nation to discover the household names which helped deal with the ups, downs and hardships of the year, with movie and TV streaming service Netflix coming top.
Runner-up was the retail giant Amazon which kept deliveries going throughout lock-down, keeping people in supply of everything from home schooling supplies to electronics for the millions of home...
Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) is launching a fun and festive activity as part of its There to Care Christmas 2020 appeal. The charity is asking everybody of any age to wear a Santa hat any time during the week of 7 - 11 December to show their support this Christmas.
To take part, all supporters need to do is donate just £5 and don some festive headwear - anything from reindeer antlers to elf ears and Santas-disappearing-down-chimneys goes! DAAT is inviting families, friends, community groups and colleagues to join them in creating a bit of Christmas cheer in what has been a...
Devon’s world-class food and drink scene was celebrated at Food Drink Devon’s Virtual Awards on Thursday 12th November. The county’s finest food and drink producers, hospitality businesses and speciality retailers were recognised at Food Drink Devon’s first ever virtual awards which were announced online by Devon food and drink champion Kerry White and board member Tom Chartres-Moore of Stephens Scown.
Food Drink Devon is a not for profit organisation, run by its members, which champions the county’s food and drink industry. Unable to hold its annual awards, due to coronavirus...
Devon County Council and organisers of the Tour of Britain have today (Monday 7 September) announced more details of the Devon stage of the race to mark one year to go until Britain’s biggest professional cycle race returns to the county.
Devon will host Stage Two of the 2021 Tour of Britain on Monday 6 September with a 185 kilometre (115 mile) route between Sherford and Exeter, the twelfth stage to have been hosted by Devon since 2008.
A typically hilly Devon stage including 3,500 metres of ascent will visit the South Hams for the first time since 2012, combining the...
EXETER Pride trustees have announced that they have decided not to proceed with the proposed re-arranged Exeter Pride event, which was scheduled first for Saturday, May 2 and then for Saturday, September 26.
Trustees said that due to the daily changing situation caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and upon Government and Public Health England it had taken the decision to cancel the September 26 event to ensure the continued health and well-being of everyone in the community.
Simon Bowkett, Chair of Exeter Pride, said: "This has been an extraordinary year for all of us – for...
QE A-Level students received their results, at the school’s Western Road campus, this morning.
Rupert Poole, Principal at QE said; “QE staff are all very proud of the achievements of our young people today. Our students have faced a difficult six months and they have shown tremendous resilience, a core QE value. Those values will stand them in good stead, and now that the long wait for the results is over, they can concentrate on their future.
Overall we are very pleased with the outcomes for our young people, the vast majority of our students got their university of choice...
Exeter College students are celebrating success on A Level Results Day once again, with an outstanding pass rate of 99.5% and high grades (A* to B) of 56%, ahead of the national average for another year, continuing the College’s legacy of outstanding results.
In this unprecedented academic year, the College has now received results for students studying A Levels, the International Baccalaureate and Access to Higher Education courses, all of which have been based on some form of calculated teacher assessment. The professionalism and integrity of the College’s teachers and the talent...
The organisers of the Tour of Britain have announced that this year’s race has been postponed.
Devon County Council had been due to host Stage Two of this year’s race in September with a route that was planned to start in Sherford and finish in Exeter.
However, the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted Sweetspot Group, which runs the Tour, to confirm that the event will now be re-scheduled to September 2021.
The Tour had consulted with British Cycling, sponsors and partners of the race to help reach its decision. All agreed that the pandemic...
EXCITING plans are being made for Exeter Pride on Saturday, May 2 - and it promises to be the greenest yet.
In a bold move, the trustees have banned petrol and diesel vehicles (other than statutory requirements) from its colourful rainbow march through Exeter High Street.
Electric vehicles, bicycles, giant rainbow flags, morris dancers, Street Heat samba band and thousands of representatives from community groups and organisations have already booked in to take part in the march.
In a new move this year, the march will start, for the first time, from an area near...
Exeter Festival returns this summer – and organisers are promising another massive fun-filled weekend to remember.
The festival will return to Northernhay Gardens and other venues around the city, from Friday 3 July to Sunday 5 July.
Most of the action will take place in Northernhay Gardens, but there are plenty of other events planned across the city over the weekend, making it set to be an exciting three day fun-filled, jam packed summer extravaganza.
This year's events include:
90s Party in the Park featuring Britpop Reunion and Dave Pearce on
