Devon based model and entrepreneur Ed Akay made his Men’s Physique bodybuilding competition aged 40 in May 2024, by mid June he had won silver medal for the UK at the INBA Natural Bodybuilding Championship in the Netherlands.
Ed was part of Team UK (organised by UKDFBA – UK Drug Free Bodybuilding) and competed in two categories, Physically Challenged (where he won silver) and Mens Master Physique over 40 where he held his own against very experienced competition. What makes this story even more unique is that Ed was the only competitor in the contest to compete in both a physically...
Exeter City Lexi the Lioness mascot performer debuts at Devon County Show in new rocketman costume
When ultrafast broadband provider Jurassic Fibre was looking for a staff member to wear its new mascot costume at this year’s Devon County Show, George Powlesland was the obvious choice.
George, 23, works as a Technical Advisor at the Exeter-based full fibre broadband company during weekdays. But at weekends he transforms into Lexi the Lioness at his beloved Exeter City Football Club, entertaining the crowds with his antics on the pitch before the game.
Lightfoot’s carbon saving, real-time van driver coaching technology set to reduce Breedon’s CO2 emissions by 1,651 tonnes over 5 years
The GB materials division of Breedon, which specialises in aggregates and downstream products including asphalt, ready-mixed concrete, and specialist building products, has succeeded in dramatically reducing instances of aggressive and inefficient driving in its fleet thanks to the installation of Exeter-based Lightfoot’s innovative green fleet tech. This has led to a 12.2% fall in fuel costs, a 10.9% drop in CO2 emissions, and a 24% reduction in pollution...
Award-winning Exeter-based agency, Absolute PR and Marketing, is celebrating 22 years in business.
Specialising in building brands, profiles and reputations for clients ranging from start-ups to household names, encompassing specialist areas including marine and green tech, fin tech, tourism, transport, property, infrastructure, manufacturing, and the circular economy, the business marked the milestone occasion with a special event for clients, business associates and friends.
Held at Brickhouse Vineyard, near Mamhead, guests came together to toast the landmark...
Monks and priests from around the world gathered at Devon’s Buckfast Abbey earlier this month to celebrate the rare ordination of two monks, Dom Andrew Prickett and Dom John George, to the priesthood.
Typically taking five years to complete, the formation for the Roman Catholic priesthood is a unique and increasingly uncommon event in the UK. It not only requires many years of study in philosophy and theology, but also a deepening of discipleship and personal holiness.
The last such ordination ceremony took place at Buckfast Abbey nearly three decades ago in 1995. The Abbey...
The South West Business Council (SWBC) has announced that they will be joined by world-leading environmental experts, top university wildlife academics, members of the House of Lords and the Crown Estate, as well as delegates honoured by the Queen, for their upcoming Quarterly Conference this September in Devon.
The event, which is set to take place on Wednesday September 7 2022 at Petroc College in Barnstaple, is being held in conjunction with the North Devon Biosphere Foundation and in partnership with co-sponsors Nutri-San and Petroc.
The Longitude Explorer Prize was launched to encourage children to develop ideas around how artificial intelligence can help people.
A group of children from West Exe School are finalists in the Longitude Explorer Prize 2020, for designing a delivery robot to distribute vital medical supplies for people who cannot leave the house.
The Longitude Explorer Prize was launched by the innovation charity NESTA to encourage children to develop ideas around how artificial intelligence can help people. All entries were submitted before the COVID-19 pandemic, however a number of UK...
Network Rail is inviting Dawlish schoolchildren to take part in an art competition that will brighten up hoardings around the new sea wall works at Colonnade underpass, close to Dawlish station. Winning pictures, based on the theme ‘What Dawlish means to me’, will be reproduced on the hoardings, remaining in place until the works are complete in spring 2020.
There will be four different age categories for the art competition including under 5s, 5-8, 9-11, 12+. Children whose designs are selected, will be invited to attend the unveiling of their art on the hoardings later this...
Network Rail has announced that throughout the summer, staff will be undertaking regular beach cleans along the Dawlish sea front to help keep the beach clean and free from rubbish. The commitment follows the break in work to improve the resilience of the sea wall between Dawlish station and Kennaway tunnel over the peak tourist season.
At least once a week, during low tide, staff will meet to keep the popular beach clear of litter.
The decision to carry out the weekly litter pick follows on from an initial beach clean in early July, when staff focused on the areas around...
