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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) confirmed today that Lebanese restaurant Comptoir Libanais, will be the seventh restaurant to join Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

In signing up Comptoir Libanais, this announcement from Aviva Investors is being heralded as another major coup for Queen St dining, Exeter and the South West.

The hugely popular Comptoir Libanais, has twelve restaurants in the UK, eight of which are in central London, will be located on the corner of the newly re-modelled Market Square and St Pancras...

Motor insurance specialist, Churchill Insurance, has launched a nationwide campaign to identify schools in need of a Lollipopper and have pledged to recruit and deploy 50 in areas of need for the next school year. The campaign, launched by actor and father-of-two, Robert Webb, will give the public the opportunity to nominate a primary school they feel is in need of a Lollipopper before 50 are selected by representatives from Churchill, road safety charity Brake and leading parent champions PTA UK. Since UK legislation was introduced in 2000 stating that Lollipoppers were no longer a legal...

After the long wet winter, Castle Drogo’s rhododendron garden is bursting into colour following vital conservation work and visitors can now stroll through the new paths and admire the vivid plants and other spring flowers such as daffodils, camellias and bluebells carpeting the garden floor.

For those who find accessing areas such as the garden or wider Drogo estate difficult, there is now a tramper available to hire as part of the Countryside Mobility South West scheme. The tramper route takes in some of the most fragrant parts of the garden including the azalea path and rose...

Drivers parking in communities throughout Devon for an hour or more are being urged to help tackle congestion by choosing district council car parks over Devon County Council’s (DCC) on-street parking bays.

In what will be the first on-street parking increase in Devon for five years, from Monday 9 May 2016 an increase in tariffs will begin to be rolled out across the county.

It follows concern that many drivers contribute towards congestion by preferring to ‘circle’ the roads looking for vacant slightly cheaper on-street parking bays, instead of using district, city or...