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With New Year’s resolutions of better health and fitness for 2017 firmly in focus, an astonishing 65 Exeter residents turned up in the first week of January to try out a new Couch to 5k beginner running group in Heavitree.

On Monday, one week on, nearly 100 people came along and joined in.

The running group was set up by Park Life Heavitree, a community organisation based in and around Heavitree Pleasure Ground. They were granted funding to provide new opportunities for residents in Heavitree to be active, by Get Active Exeter, the local health and wellbeing partnership...

More than 48 tonnes of real snow are to be delivered by lorry to the University’s Streatham Campus and dumped outside the Forum to create a giant ski slope.

The spectacular transformation of Forum Hill is being organised for a regional snow sports competition which will see 30 skiers and snowboarders from six universities from the South West region perform freestyle tricks.

Rails and boxes will be placed at various points down the slope (or Chill Hill) in what is known as a rail jam. This will allow the contestants to perform various tricks whilst descending, ensuring...

The new ELF family suite at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital received a boost when an East Devon garden centre helped to finish the exterior.

Otter Nurseries in Ottery St Mary was approached by landscape architect, Dan Hutchinson of Stride Treglown, for donations of plants and labour for two outdoor spaces around the new building, including a small garden intended as a private area for patients and their families.

The garden centre’s garden designer Anna Childs and her team visited the site on several occasions, preparing the ground and planting suitable varieties of...

Ashfords LLP has once again retained its number one ranking in Experian MarketIQ, being named the most active legal advisers for 2016 across the South West. The national firm has completed an impressive 44 transactions.

Ashfords has seen a significant increase in its London and national rankings and is now listed in the top three law firms for the volume of deals in London and the top five in the UK, completing 113 deals in total. Ashfords is one of the only firms with a South West presence that has been listed in the top 10 national rankings, reinforcing the firm's position as a...