The University of Exeter’s grounds across three campuses have been ranked among the best parks and green spaces in the country.
The gardens and grounds at the University’s Streatham , St. Luke’s and Penryn campuses are some of the record number of parks and green spaces receiving the Green Flag Award this year as they are recognised as the most beautiful and botanically interesting of any UK university.
The Exeter campuses manage a mature tree stock of around 10,000 trees along with an arboretum, Italianate garden, magnolia lawn, cherry orchards and a national collection...
Fireaway, the UK’s fastest-growing pizza takeaway chain, has included Devon in its expansion
The company has enjoyed spectacular growth since launching in London in 2016 but much of their growth came during the pandemic. Now they’re opening new locations at the rate of one a week and is set to open its 120th store later this summer.
Over the last year they’ve opened three stores in Devon - in Exeter, Bideford and Barnstaple
In 2021 they won Rising Star Pizza Chain of the Year at the PAPA Awards.
Fireaway’s phenomenal success story is based on attention...
Public asked to help hedgehogs by connecting as many gardens as possible and submitting entries online
Two wildlife charities are asking members of the public to link their gardens this summer in a bid to help hedgehogs and find ‘Britain’s Biggest Hedgehog Street’.
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society and People’s Trust for Endangered Species , who together run nationwide campaign Hedgehog Street , are urging people to connect as many gardens in their area as possible. This will allow local hedgehogs to roam between them in search of food, mates and nesting materials – a...
Devon’s newest railway station at Marsh Barton, in Exeter, is taking shape as work continues at pace this summer.
The station, located on the eastern edge of Marsh Barton near the Energy from Waste plant, is being developed by GRAHAM on behalf of Devon County Council, and is due to open this winter.
Partners involved in the development of the new station at Marsh Barton were recently invited to visit the site to see how work is progressing.
Since the new pedestrian and cycle overbridge at the site was lifted into place in February, two approach ramps have been...
There was cause for celebration last week as the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Yolanda Henson, officially opened the new Show Suite at Pym Court – the latest development from the leading manager and developer of retirement communities, McCarthy Stone.
To mark the occasion, the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Yolanda Henson, joined the sales team at Pym Court, to perform a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the show suite at the Retirement Living Plus Development on Exeter Road.
Councillor Yolanda Henson said: “I was thrilled to be invited to the opening of the Show Suite at...
Exeter and Cranbrook residents looking for something to do this summer are in for a treat thanks to a series of free cycling festivals taking place in the city during the school holidays.
There are six events taking place throughout the summer, each one in a different location across the city and Cranbrook and all completely free for the whole family.
The events have been developed by Live and Move – the Sport England Local Delivery Programme running in Exeter and Cranbrook that aims to encourage residents to move more in their everyday lives – and Active Devon.
School leavers will have the opportunity to find out about the range of training and employment options available to them at a special event next month.
Youth Hub Devon , based in Dix’s Field in Exeter city centre, will host the event from 11am - 3.30pm on Wednesday 3 August and Youth Hub Advisors will be on hand for appointments until 6.30pm.
School leavers and young people aged 16-24 years old will be able to speak to employers, training providers and support services at the event. Parents and carers are also welcome to attend.
Top 40 law firm Trowers & Hamlins has further expanded its Commercial Litigation team in Exeter with the hire of new insolvency partner Katie Farmer.
Katie specialises in restructuring, insolvency and debt recovery matters as well having extensive experience in advising insolvency practitioners and buyers on transactions involving distressed businesses. She also brings experience in acting for lenders and receivers in relation to secured assets, and for companies, directors, individuals and creditors, in contentious matters such as insolvency litigation, debt recovery...
Exeter Northcott Theatre announces The Story of Us , a family friendly cultural festival co-created with members of Exeter and Devon’s Caribbean, Hindu and Polish communities taking place at the city centre Barnfield Theatre on 11 September, between 10am and 5.30pm.
The free event will celebrate the creative and cultural connections between Exeter and Devon’s communities as well as what makes them unique.
Festival attendees can meet new people and experience a wide range of fun activities and performances, including:
Seventeen-year-old fiddle player Eve Parker has just released an EP entitled Train Tracks which consists of 4 tunes written, recorded and released as part of her first year project at Exeter college where she is taking a BTEC in music performance.
Eve, who lives in Appledore, North Devon, travels by train every day from Barnstaple to Exeter and it was these daily journeys that inspired the tunes. Eve says “I spend around 3 hours a day on the train and the changing scenery and the rhythms created by the train on the tracks gave the inspiration for the tunes and the title of the EP...
