Exeter

Last chance to enter Exeter Race for Life

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 07/19/2018 - 12:14pm

WOMEN in Exeter are being urged to pull on their trainers and enter Cancer Research UK’s Exeter bumper weekend as there are only a few days left until registration closes.

Over 4,000 women have already signed up to take part in Exeter Pretty Muddy on Saturday 21st July or Exeter 5k & 10k on Sunday 22nd July at Westpoint Arena but there are some places still available.

For the first time ever, Pretty Muddy Kids will be taking place before the adults event on Saturday 21st July. Pretty Muddy Kids is a new exciting obstacle course designed just for children - with added...

Rainbow Living welcomes four new directors

Authored by JanetRaeburn
Posted: Thu, 07/19/2018 - 11:25am

Local charity Rainbow Living is delighted to announce the appointment of four new Directors to their Board.

Dave Hopton, Clive Hughes, Tracey Rockey and Paul Winfield join Rainbow Living at an exciting time, as the charity embarks on its latest project, a fourth Rainbow House in Exeter.

Rainbow Living is a small, but growing, volunteer-run charity, which has enjoyed success with its unique housing model, which enables adults with learning and other disability to live with their peers in specially adapted accommodation, designed to promote and encourage independent supported...

First Medicine students graduate from Exeter

The University of Exeter Medical School celebrated a major milestone on July 17, when its first Medical students graduated.

The cohort of 88 students has now completed the five year Medicine programme, and marked their outstanding achievement before moving on to the next phase of their training within the NHS.

Medicine graduate Luke Tester said: “I’m ready to graduate today. It’s been a culmination of five years of hard work. It’s been a team journey between students, peers and staff and today is a celebration for all of us.”

Medicine graduate Ciara Greer: “I’ve had...

Exeter students marry and graduate on the same day

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/18/2018 - 11:12pm

A young Romanian couple who met while studying together in Exeter have married and graduated from Medical School on the same day.

Both originally from Romania, Nicoleta Craucuic and Alex Tirb honoured the city that brought them together by signing the marriage register in Exeter today, July 17 – in the morning of their graduation this afternoon.

The couple met over 1,600 miles away from home, while studying Medical Imaging at the University of Exeter Medical School. They have now been together for over three years.

But it wasn’t all plain sailing for the pair, as...

It’s a winner! Honiton Gate to Plate event receives Royal seal of approval

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/18/2018 - 4:38pm

Honiton’s first ever Gate to Plate event, celebrating East Devon’s finest food and craft producers, was pronounced a resounding success today (Wednesday 18 July) not only by the 6,000 visitors who attended, but also by HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, who flew in specially to meet around 60 of the district’s most innovative and creative traders.

As well as meeting key local representatives, the Royal couple visited the stands, taking the time to speak to traders and sampling a wide variety of delicious and innovative wares on offer. Before departing home, an...

Green MEP to tell Exeter that Brexit now has no legitimacy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/18/2018 - 3:52pm

"It's not too late to stop Brexit wrecking our lives." That will be the robust message from the South West’s Green MEP when she visits Exeter next week. Molly Scott Cato, the region’s most prominent and vocal MEP on Brexit, will be giving a presentation at the Exeter Community Centre in St David’s on Tuesday in which she will argue that the EU referendum result now has no legitimacy and we need a ‘People’s Vote’ on the final deal between the EU and UK.

Molly Scott Cato, who is also Green Party speaker on Brexit, said: “With revelations about criminal behaviour by the Leave campaign...

Over 1,000 people find out "What's Behind the Big Red Wall"

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/18/2018 - 1:14pm

More than a thousand people attended a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see ‘What's Behind The Big Red Wall' at Exeter's Wyvern army barracks.

A series of open air summer night concerts saw BBC Radio Devon's David FitzGerald narrate three evenings of music and history documenting a century of the barracks over 100 years from 1918 to 2018 right in the heart of the city.

Award-winning folk and acoustic band Show of Hands headlined and were joined by the Salamanca Band and Bugles of The Rifles, ISCA school musicians and south Dartmoor choir The Lost Sound.

The...

Government will not fund hospices to match NHS pay award resulting in £1.6m shortfall for Devon’s hospices

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Wed, 07/18/2018 - 12:58pm

Four hospices in Devon have warned that a lack of government funding could leave them struggling to recruit and retain nursing staff, putting a strain on funding and potentially leaving vital front line services at risk.

The government have indicated that the welcome recent pay award for NHS staff will not be extended to hospices, a decision which if Devon hospices were to match would present a shortfall of £1.6 million collectively.

North Devon Hospice, St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, Rowcroft Hospice in South Devon and Hospiscare in Exeter are all calling on the government to...

Green Flag flies across University of Exeter campuses

The University of Exeter has retained the prestigious Green Flag Awards for its beautiful eco-friendly campuses for 2018-19.

For the eighth year running, judges have renewed the Green Flag status of the University’s Streatham Campus in Exeter. The judges described the grounds as “delightful and a credit to all who contribute to its upkeep and management”.

They also commended the site as excellent, saying “it has been carefully and successfully enlarged to accommodate demand without altering its character or diminishing its beauty”.

The St Luke’s Campus also had its...

Exeter Tennis Centre selected as part of LTA's 10 year performance strategy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/18/2018 - 8:03am

Exeter Tennis Centre has been selected as a Local Player Development Centre as part of the LTA's 10-year Performance Strategy for tennis in Britain.

The centres will be operational from September 2018 and will play an important part in developing the next generation of British tennis players.

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) today named 50 tennis centres across the country that will act as Local Player Development Centres (LPDCs), marking the next milestone in the development of the new ten-year Performance Strategy for tennis in Britain.

The new player pathway is...

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