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The South West ranks as the second most expensive region in the UK for driving lessons

For many young people, learning to drive is becoming an increasingly expensive milestone.

The research, commissioned by Monzo and conducted by Censuswide, surveyed 1,000 newly qualified drivers and found that learners across the UK spend an average of £1,218 on driving lessons. Combined with the average cost of a first car (£4,867), many young drivers are spending more than £6,000 before they've even considered ongoing costs such as insurance, fuel and maintenance.

With test slots still in high demand[1], respondents also spend an average of £64 on top of the standard...

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Renewed appeal for witnesses to A30 crash

Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses to a collision on the A30 at Okehampton in which two elderly people were seriously injured.

Emergency services were called around 6.05pm on Thursday 12 November after the collision between and a DAF large goods vehicle and a Volvo S80 on the westbound carriageway at Sourton.

The Volvo was reported to have broken down in lane one at the time of the collision and officers are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the stationary car.

The occupants of the Volvo, an 84-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman from Launceston,...

Exeter lawyers get knitting for Age UK

A 15-strong team of knitters from law firm Stephens Scown LLP have been brandishing their needles in aid of the Exeter office’s chosen charity, Age UK Exeter. Stephens Scown’s knitting club has knitted as many little woolly hats as possible for the Exeter branch of Age UK, in support of the charity’s nationwide campaign “the Big Knit”. The club, comprised of 15 knitters of mixed experience, have knitted 375 hats in total. The hats will be put on Innocent Smoothies bottles, which will be sold from February 2016. 25p from each bottle sold will go directly to Age UK. Many of the members had...

Pioneering research boosts graphene revolution

Pioneering new research by the University of Exeter could pave the way for miniaturised optical circuits and increased internet speeds, by helping accelerate the ‘graphene revolution’.

Physicists from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the ICFO Institute in Barcelona have used a ground-breaking new technique to trap light at the surface of the wonder material graphene using only pulses of laser light.

Crucially, the team of scientists have also been able to steer this trapped light across the surface of the graphene, without the need for any nanoscale devices....

The parents murdered by their children

It’s easy to assume that domestic abuse is an issue that only affects partners or ex-partners within a relationship. However, an increasingly more common form of abuse, with potentially devastating results, is set to challenge those inherent beliefs.

Since 2011, in Devon alone, there have been two domestic homicide cases where the murderer is in fact the victim’s child. The child in question is not a young adolescent, but a grown-up adult child in their 20s or 30s.

The cases prompted the Safer Devon Partnership to launch an initiative to raise awareness of domestic abuse...

£500,000 reconstruction scheme for Trow Hill

A major £500,000 investment to reconstruct the A3052 near Sidmouth will get underway in January.

Trow Hill will be reconstructed and resurfaced between Steven’s Cross and Dunscombe Lane, as part of a seven week programme of essential maintenance unveiled by Devon County Council.

Ahead of the resurfacing work, drainage improvements are programmed to start from Monday 4 January 2016. This is anticipated to take three weeks to complete.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet member for Highway Management and local member for Sidmouth and Sidford, said...

New East Devon school wins national award

Mill Water School’s new £8 million building has been nationally recognised for its excellence.

The new development on the Bicton College campus caters for children with special needs.

It has now won the Best Educational Building category at this year’s national Local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Awards.

The project was funded and commissioned by Devon County Council, built by Morgan Sindall and designed by Exeter-based NPS South West.

Devon County Council’s Cabinet member for schools, James McInnes, said: “I am absolutely delighted that the...

Do you need help from The Hotel Inspector?

Are you a hotelier, guest house or B&B proprietor in desperate need of a helping hand with business? Or perhaps you’ve recently stayed somewhere that you feel could benefit from the no-nonsense approach of the Hotel Inspector?

If so, the team would love to hear from you.

Now in its 12th series The Hotel Inspector is one of the most popular on the channel, with previous series attracting over two and a half million viewers in its weekly prime-time slot!

From staffing to menus, from décor to hygiene, the Hotel Inspector will leave no stone unturned in her quest to...

Drinkaware Club Hosts pilot launches

Devon and Cornwall Police have joined up the alcohol education charity Drinkaware to launch a pilot initiative in the region which aims to keep people safe at night.

Drinkaware in partnership with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg, and the Safer partnerships have launched a six month pilot of Club Hosts at nightclubs across the peninsula.

The Club Hosts scheme started last week in Exeter, Plymouth, Torbay and Truro nightclubs and will work towards keeping young people safe and free from harassment on their nights out.

Drinkaware Club Hosts are...

86% of us leave life-changing decisions to strangers

An alarming new report reveals people in the South West are leaving major decisions about housing, assets and care to chance:

The report found that 82 per cent want loved ones to make decisions in the event of illness or accident but only 8% have created a lasting power of attorney (LPA) to enable this. People in the South West are better at planning for death than later life; 49 per cent of people with a will vs. only 8 per cent with an LPA.

Lesley Austen from Crediton-based Veitch Penny Solicitors urges people to take action to safeguard their wishes in the event of...

Two charged following Devon derby arrests

Two men have been charged following arrests made at the Plymouth Argyle Exeter City derby match this weekend.

Callum Leech aged 20 from Exwick Road, Exeter was arrested at Home Park, Plymouth and charged with being drunk in a sports ground. He has been bailed to appear at Plymouth Magistrates on the 9th December.

Joseph Childs aged 21 from Greenbank Avenue, Plymouth was arrested outside of Home Park and charged under the public order act for using threatening or abusive words likely to cause alarm or distress. He has been bailed to appear at Plymouth Magistrates on the 9th...

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The South West ranks as the second most expensive region in the UK for driving lessons

Renewed appeal for witnesses to A30 crash

Exeter lawyers get knitting for Age UK

Pioneering research boosts graphene revolution

The parents murdered by their children

£500,000 reconstruction scheme for Trow Hill

New East Devon school wins national award

Do you need help from The Hotel Inspector?

Drinkaware Club Hosts pilot launches

86% of us leave life-changing decisions to strangers

Two charged following Devon derby arrests

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