Exeter residents have the chance to give their views on how Magdalen Road could look in the future.
Devon County Council (DCC) has launched a public consultation, which sets out several different options for access and providing more space for pedestrians, cyclists and shoppers.
The options being proposed follow feedback from local residents and stakeholders on the temporary changes, funded by the Government’s Active Travel Fund, which are currently in place to support social distancing.
Option 1 would be to make the current temporary arrangements permanent,...
Exeter-based child care provider, Five Rivers , held its biggest Care Day event ever, with around 300 foster carers, children and young people and staff, from across the nation and the Republic of Ireland, tuning in for an evening of presentations and performances.
On the evening of Thursday, 18 February, Five Rivers held its fifth annual Care Day event. Care Day is an internationally recognised awareness day that celebrates the rights of children and young people with care experience. This year, Five Rivers organised a virtual event based on the theme of ‘Love’ and what that...
Following Boris Johnson’s announcement of the roadmap for lifting lockdown, Devon tourism and events businesses are breathing a sigh of relief and already seeing a positive uplift in enquiries and revenue that will help them to recover from a difficult Winter.
With international travel looking to be off the cards this Summer, many Brits are dreaming of staycations and looking for out of the ordinary experiences in the UK. Devon is expected to benefit from this, with locals and visitors alike making the most of everything the South West has to offer and injecting lost tourism...
There are now 200 organisations working with the University of Exeter on degree apprenticeship programmes, which combine work with part-time study – allowing for on-the-job experience while students work towards a degree qualification.
NHS employees enrolled on newly launched degree apprenticeship programmes in Diagnostic Radiography, Clinical Associate in Psychology and Senior Leader Healthcare during 2020, raising the total number of NHS apprentices to 203 – up from 29 this time last year.
The success comes amid challenging circumstances, with the Covid-19 pandemic...
Devon’s Guides, Rangers, Brownies and Rainbows now have the chance to be recognised for helping to protect the environment with the launch of the new Recycle Devon badge.
The new badge aims to encourage groups across Devon to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It follows the successful launch of the same badge for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in 2019.
There are 3768 girls and young women between the ages of five and 18 who are members of Girlguiding groups in Devon.
Guides, Rangers, Brownies and Rainbows will work through a variety of activities and challenges to achieve...
Lord Myners of Truro will retire as Chancellor of the University of Exeter after five years in the role.
Paul Myners CBE, who will be 73 in April and a former Government Minister who has led some of the UK’s best known businesses, will relinquish the role at the end of 2021.
Cornishman Lord Myners, who was brought up in Truro by his adoptive parents, took over the mantle of Chancellor from Baroness Floella Benjamin in July 2016.
Speaking of his retirement from the position, Lord Myners said: “It has been a pleasure and an honour to have served as Chancellor and...
Members of staff at a leading South West strategic marketing agency are celebrating after winning several prestigious clients.
Over the course of the past year, Chalk + Ward, which has offices in Exeter and in London, has acquired a total of 23 new clients, including in recent weeks, Exeter Cathedral, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
The Managing Director of Chalk + Ward, Robert Chalk, says: “We are delighted to be working with two of Exeter’s most iconic institutions and are heartened that during the toughest year imaginable, businesses and public organisations are...
Award winning, chart topping podcast and online TV channel History Hit has announced a new 10 date live tour for Autumn 2021.
The tour, which comes to Exeter's Great Hall on 16 October, will see one of the world’s most celebrated history broadcasters Dan Snow taking his accessible interview style to the stage in 10 cities across England, Scotland and Wales. He will talk to some of our best historians about the biggest stories from the past as well as hear the history of the towns and cities that he visits.
Interviews and show content will also be broadcast on the UK's...
Award winning, chart topping podcast and online TV channel History Hit has announced a new 10 date live tour for Autumn 2021.
The tour, which comes to Exeter's Great Hall on 16 October, will see one of the world’s most celebrated history broadcasters Dan Snow taking his accessible interview style to the stage in 10 cities across England, Scotland and Wales. He will talk to some of our best historians about the biggest stories from the past as well as hear the history of the towns and cities that he visits.
Interviews and show content will also be broadcast on the UK's...
Quay Words is delighted to welcome newly-announced Costa Book of the Year winner Monique Roffey to Exeter as our writer-in-residence during April. Monique’s residency will close the Quay Words Spring ‘Exploration’ season at Exeter Custom House.
Monique Roffey is an award- winning, Trinidadian born British writer of novels, essays, literary journalism and a memoir. Her most recent novel, The Mermaid of Black Conch, (Peepal Tree Press) won the Costa Book of the Year Award 2020 and was shortlisted for both the Goldsmiths Prize 2020 and the Rathbones/Folio Award 2021. Her other...
