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Dedicated blood donors from Exeter, who have potentially saved more than 1,000 lives between them, were recognised by NHS Blood and Transplant for their loyalty and commitment.

The four blood donors from Exeter, who had collectively made 407 donations, were honoured for their lifesaving efforts with commemorative medals at the ceremony at Dartington Hall, Totnes.

They joined 30 other blood donors from across Devon. All those at the ceremony had donated on at least 100 occasions.

Rose Northmore, 75, has been donating blood since she was 18, after hearing a programme...

The University of Exeter Medical School has received a £1 million donation from The Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation towards its pioneering work in genetic disorders.

The generous donation will fund new staff to allow the Medical School to expand its research to improve patient care in the NHS and beyond, building its expertise in the diagnosis of genetic disorders, including in early pregnancy, and other innovative diagnostic testing.

Exeter alumnus Dr Dennis Gillings, CBE, Hon DSc, was born and educated in the UK, receiving both a Bachelor’s degree (1966) and PhD (...

£80,000 worth of state-of-the-art theatre equipment has been donated to the Day Case Unit at Tiverton Community Hospital thanks to funds from the hospital’s League of Friends.

Theatre services at the Day Case Unit are provided by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. The equipment, which included diagnostic tools such as gastrocopes and colonoscopes, a 3d scope guide and new stacking monitors, will enable the unit to complete more surgical services closer to home for local people.

Phil Luke, RD&E Divisional Director for Surgical Services, Said: “This valuable...

Retail traders and businesses will benefit from council’s exclusive short term reserved winter car parking offer in run up to Christmas Following a meeting between East Devon District Councillors Matt Booth, Cathy Gardener and John Dyson (ward members for Sidmouth) and Andrew Ennis, the service lead for Environmental Health and Car Parks at East Devon District Council, it has been agreed that car parking spaces in East Devon District Council’s Mill Street and Holmedale car parks will shortly be available to rent on an exclusive basis, from Monday 7 December to Sunday 27 December, to raise...

Exeter families whose children have Inflammatory Bowel Diseases such as Crohn’s or Colitis can now receive extra help with the costs of travelling for treatment thanks to a £2,000 donation from the Exeter Crohn's and Colitis Committee.

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are the two main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). They affect parts of the digestive system, which includes the intestines or bowels, which can become sore and inflamed.

Dr Jim Hart, Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital accepted the cheque from the Exeter Crohn's and...

A fairy godperson has flown to the rescue of East Devon District Council by donating the full price of a new bus shelter - £6,840 – to replace the vandalised shelter at Sidmouth Triangle, which the council had to remove for safety reasons. Budget cuts had meant that the council were unable to replace the shelter, which was so badly damaged by fire that it required a complete – and costly - rebuild in hardwood. The council’s insurance company had refused to pay out because the insurance did not cover street furniture, which is what the bus shelter was classified as. But now all that is...

Local charity Hospiscare has officially received the £1,000 left in a bag outside one of its city shops.

Amy Broadway, deputy manager of Hospiscare’s flagship Fore Street shop handed the cash over today to Hospiscare nurses at the Dryden Road hospice.

Police released the cash after nobody came forward to claim it.

Six weeks ago £1,020 was left in a large bag, containing a purple quilt, just by the front door a few minutes before staff arrived to open up in the morning.

Hospiscare staff nurse Megan Woodman, who received the cash, said: “This is wonderful news...

Hospiscare has received another mystery donation – this time £1,020 was left outside its flagship store in Exeter’s Fore Street.

The money was left in a large bag, containing a purple quilt, just by the front door a few minutes before staff arrived to open up in the morning.

Last Christmas Hospiscare, Exeter’s local end of life charity, celebrated receiving £3,450 after cash was left in two carrier bags outside its Cowick Street shop and just last month Hospiscare received another mystery donation of £140 in notes, this time through the post, to the same store.

“It...

On behalf of East Devon District Council, Councillor Frances Newth has today (6 March) presented a cheque for £150 to the Sid Valley Memory Café, which is Fields of Sidmouth’s charity of the year.

The council’s donation to the Sid Valley Memory Café is by way of a thank you to Fields for the provision of their excellent toilet facilities, which the public has been using while the council’s own toilet facilities in Market Place have been refurbished.

Councillor Frances Newth said: “I am delighted to give this cheque on behalf of the council to the Sid Valley Memory Café,...