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“For people familiar with my work this series of carvings may come as a surprise for I have made a complete change. They are, without question, a reaction to the pandemic which has affected us all in one way or another. The need to acknowledge the change which settled on the world, took a little while to manifest itself with me, but when it came, it came with a rush. I think the carving of heads at this time has felt like the right thing to do. To be apposite. It feels as if our species itself is being threatened, tested and challenged by the virus in a way that has brought us, literally to a standstill. What better wayContinue Reading

A young doctor from Devon will tackle one of the toughest long distance running challenges in the country next month in memory of his dad. Jack Edwards from Okehampton is taking on the Dartmoor 500 ultra marathon on June 5 to raise money for charity. His target is to run to every tor on the moor over 500 metres above sea level in a single day.  That’s 52 tors and a distance of 105 kilometres (65 miles) and about 2,500m of elevation. Jack is hoping to break the existing record of 15 hours 56 minutes.  He has already raised more than £7,500 in sponsorship for local charity FORCE, who supported his dad Mike when he was diagnosed with terminal bowelContinue Reading

Exeter Cathedral School Pupil, Sammy, who is in Year 4, represented Devon Tennis at the Under 9 County Cup Regional Group Event in Bath on Saturday 15 May. The team of 5 boys had a busy day and played 22 matches over 5 hours against 4 other counties including 6 doubles and 16 singles matches. Sammy was selected to play in 6 matches and was the only one to be undefeated! The Devon Boys Team had a fantastic event, beating Somerset 5-1, Avon 5-1, South Wales 5-1 and Cornwall 4-0 and finished the day as South West Regional Champions! Sammy’s family has enjoyed supporting him on his Devon Cup journey. Mum and Dad said: “We’re both super proud of hisContinue Reading

Following on from our previous sad announcement of the death of former Exmouth RNLI Lifeboat Coxswain/Mechanic, Tim Mock, and Coronavirus restrictions regarding limited attendance at his funeral : The funeral cortege will be driving along the seafront between the new Lifeboat Station in Queens Drive, Exmouth to the old station, now Exmouth Rowing Club, starting at : 12:25pm Thursday 29th April 2021 Tim’s family would like to invite anyone who wishes to pay their respects to stand along that route while Tim takes his final journey along the beach and the sea that meant so much to him and on which he spent a large and well spent part of his life.Continue Reading

Exeter Cathedral School pupil, Jonny cycled 150 miles around Devon during his Easter holiday to raise awareness and funds for the neurological charity Parkinson’s UK. Jonny, who is in Year 7 at ECS and a chorister at Exeter Cathedral, got a new bike for his twelfth Birthday in February and decided that he wanted to “get fitter and help others at the same time”. His family has been incredibly supportive of Jonny’s challenge and have joined him on many of his cycles across the county. As Mum said: “Jonny has been out come rain or shine and we are so proud of him. We hope that his efforts raise awareness of the fantastic work of Parkinson’s UK and the benefitsContinue Reading

Tim Mock joined as a crew volunteer at Exmouth RNLI in April 1980, at the age of 21. During his life-saving career, Tim experienced an impressive 14 different lifeboat classes and 15 Divisional and Deputy Inspectors. Tim remembered the early days ‘In 1980, I joined as an inshore lifeboat crew volunteer on a D-class inflatable with the first series of Mariner outboard engines, a radio that kept falling out of its mounting, a first aid kit and not much else. We didn’t have dry suits and the lifeboat operated for the summer season only. When the season started each year, the new engine required six hours of running in time! When I was a crew volunteer on the inshore lifeboat,Continue Reading

Exmouth RNLI’s newest volunteer Tour Guide, Jay King, ran 25k yesterday to raise important and much needed funds for the lifesaving charity. Yesterday morning, Saturday 3 April 2021 our very own newly recruited RNLI Tour Guide volunteer, Jay King, proved to the world that dinosaurs are capable of running long distances, especially if it’s to raise much needed funds for Exmouth’s RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. Jay, aka Mr T Rex, ran an incredible distance of 25 kilometres dressed as a dinosaur, raising a few eyebrows and causing much excitement as he ran around the streets of Exmouth and Budleigh Salteron collecting on his long and arduous journey for this very worthy cause.  He started his runContinue Reading

Lions Club of Plymouth President Lion Jeff Horgan presented a 50 Year Award Chevron to Lion Walter (Wally) Parson to commemorate his 50 Years of loyal service to the local community of Plymouth and surrounds, as a respected and honoured member of the Lions Club of Plymouth. Wally as many will know is a big hearted fellow who has an extremely good sense of humour which is enjoyed by all who know and meet him. He has served the Lions Club of Plymouth over the past 50 years as a very active member holding many positions to include being club President on two occasions, 1977/78 and 1999/2000, also Club Secretary 1971 to 1974 and again 2000 to 2002. He hasContinue Reading