As 2014 gets into full swing, Macmillan Cancer Support in Devon is reflecting on donations made in 2013 and how they will make a difference to people living with a cancer diagnosis locally. People in Devon gave £948,504 to Macmillan last year, allowing the charity to provide vital new services to people affected by cancer in 2014. Macmillan’s flagship fundraising event, the World’s Biggest...
Exeter based Afghani United were clear winners in Exeter City’s first ever One Game One Community five a side Futsal tournament which was held on Sunday (30 March).
The Afghans won every match to lift the inaugural trophy.
Players from local black and minority ethnic communities had been especially invited to participate at the event which was held in the University of...
Richard Cresswell, the Regional Director for the South West Region of the Environment Agency is expected to retire next week alongside a significant re-structuring of the agency.
Mr Cresswell, who took up the post in July 2000, was recently instrumental in overseeing the Agency’s response to the winter flooding crisis which devastated much of the South West region earlier this year....
A menagerie of creatures great and very small will scuttle into Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park in Exeter on Friday 28 March for the official opening of the brand new attraction, Bugz Unlimited.
The new attractions represent part of a £1 million investment in the Park’s 25th anniversary year and will officially be opened by TV Wildlife Presenter, Nick Baker.
Doctors routinely record blood pressure levels that are significantly higher than levels recorded by nurses, the first thorough analysis of scientific data has revealed.
A systematic review led by the University of Exeter Medical School, and supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in the South West...
Social scientists at the University of Exeter are working with environmental policy makers to explore public views on the future management of UK ecosystems.
The Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR) are leading a £325,000 project, funded by Sciencewise, the UK's national centre for public dialogue in policy making involving science and technology issues.
Rugby fans will have a chance to get their hands on Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets from May onwards.
England Rugby 2015, Tournament Organiser for Rugby World Cup 2015, has today released details on the Rugby Community Ticket programme that will see 500,000 tickets go on sale to rugby fans through the English club network and wider rugby community from May 2014. Exeter will be hosting...
A new study led by the University of Exeter and Swansea University claims researchers have pinpointed the changes in the brain that lead gamblers to react in the same way to near-misses as they do to winning.
The research shows that near-misses are underpinned by increases in the brain’s electrical activity, particularly in the theta frequency range - known to be involved in processing...
Network Rail will lay more concrete foundations in Dawlish today after additional damage to the sea wall caused by Friday' nights storm could delay the track’s restoration by up to two weeks.
The track, initially damaged by storms at the beginning of February, was originally expected to be completed by mid-march.
However this Friday saw the temporary flood defences, made of...
