The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a new collection of thrilling ocean-themed films to venues around the UK this autumn - including Exeter Corn Exchange on 25 September and 19 November.
The Ocean Film Festival is a celebration of the planet’s oceans, with wild seafaring voyages and fascinating marine-life – up on the big screen!
“The Ocean Film Festival Tour is a platform for storytelling that brings the beauty, challenges and importance of our oceans to audiences around the world,” says festival founder and CEO...
ONE of Exeter’s leading stores will be undergoing a £150,000 refit to enhance customers’ experience.
The Specsavers store’s significant makeover will include a digital front window display screen, improved lighting using energy-saving LEDs, new up-to-date displays to illuminate the glasses frames, and upgraded desks and chairs, as well as new signage and fascia to come outside.
The ambitious undertaking will be on 9-10 September, with the High Street store being closed. No appointments have been scheduled for these two days.
Air Ambulance Week 2024 takes off across the UK from 9 – 15 September, to raise awareness of the lifesaving work of air ambulance charities here in Devon and across the UK. Our local Air Ambulance charity will be sharing stories of previous patients who have benefited from the time-critical care and the ways in which the local community can support them.
Air Ambulance Week kicks off with Emergency Services (999) Day on Monday 9th September. Devon Air Ambulance have worked with various landmarks and organisations across the county to show their support and appreciation for our...
This Friday [6th September], The Range at Alphington will officially open its newly transformed in-store café - Café Eighty Nine . Aptly named after the year the retailer first began trading, bosses at The Range say it will feature a fresh ‘continental style’ interior scheme offering customers a ‘village green’ meeting space with delicious cooked to order food, and premium barista made hot drinks.
In celebration of the new establishment, kids get to eat free over the course of the opening weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday 6th – 8th) giving parents an easy option to keep the...
The Exeter & Torquay offices of Bishop Fleming, a leading audit, accounting, tax, and advisory firm, is pleased to announce its partnership with FORCE Cancer Charity as its chosen charity for the next 12 months.
FORCE Cancer Charity, which has a purpose-built Cancer Support and Information Centre, is dedicated to providing best possible support and treatment, face to face and close to home.
Bishop Fleming's decision to support FORCE Cancer Charity reflects its commitment to being a responsible business and making a positive impact in the local community. In...
Beth Ardron has been appointed as director of sales & marketing manager of the voco Zeal Exeter Science Park , which is due to open in January 2025.
The four-star, 142-bedroom net zero carbon property is currently under construction and on schedule in week 60 of a 75-week construction programme.
Beth joins the group from Klarent Hospitality, where she was cluster director of sales for Mercure at the 98-room Mercure Exeter Rougemont and 156-room Mercure Exeter Southgate. Beth’s previous experience includes sales manager at the DoubleTree by Hilton London - Chelsea and...
Flocks of visitors will soon be joined by flocks of birds enjoying the water and riverbanks of the Exe Estuary.
This annual event means that from 15 September to 31 December, the Exmouth Wildlife Refuge becomes active, marked with signage and yellow “WR” buoys. The Dawlish Warren Refuge is active all year round. South East Devon Wildlife ask everyone to avoid these refuges from land and water to give birds the space they need to survive.
Cllr Jackie Hook, Chair of the South East Devon Habitat Regulations Executive Committee and Executive Member for Climate Change, Trees...
When most hear the word dementia it’s often Alzheimer’s disease and older people they think about. In fact there are over 100 types of dementia.
However for this piece I want to raise awareness and touch upon one of the more rare types - Young Onset Dementia (YOD) which means the person diagnosed is under 65.
This presents many challenges such as the person may have a young family, be working and also struggle to get a definitive diagnosis.
It is estimated there are over 70,800 people living with Young Onset Dementia in the UK.
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) will be hosting a three-day career access course in partnership with the Prince’s Trust, for young people aged 18 – 30 years old, at the Trust’s headquarters in Exeter from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 September. The course will offer individuals an insight into three job roles at the region’s ambulance service, Emergency Medical Dispatcher (999 call taker), Vehicle Preparation Operative and an Administrator.
Anyone who attends the course will be guaranteed a space on an assessment day to interview for a position at...
