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Uninsured drivers are a menace on British roads, but despite the fact that driving without insurance leads to 6 penalty points and a £300 fixed penalty some 473,564 drivers were caught out between 2010 and 2013 doing exactly that.

UK Claim Lawyers have come up with a useful infographic to help you understand just how much uninsured drivers cost us. It makes useful reading if you have recently requested an insurance quote and are wondering why the renewal price has jumped up!

As the infographic explains, uninsured drivers cost motorists around £380 million a year (or an...

Ten year-old Holli Williams wasn’t much of a reader – in fact – she wasn’t enjoying reading at all, until she visited her school library and discovered a book by Michael Dahl – and in that moment, she became hooked on reading.

Holli wrote a letter to Michael and her teacher emailed it to him in Minnesota in the United States, where he lives.

Michael received the letter and was so inspired by Holli’s enthusiasm and love of reading that he decided to make a special trip to meet her and find out more about the great reading initiatives going on at Marpool Primary School,...

The 2016 Devon Farm Business Awards were launched on Monday 2 November, on the farm of Devon’s 2015 “Farmer of the Year”, John and Clare Clapp, at Hartnoll, near Tiverton.

The awards are organised by a partnership of the Addington Fund, the Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA), and Stephens Scown Solicitors.

Speaking at the launch, DCAA Chairman, Mary Quicke MBE, said that it was when prices were low and times were tough that the farming community most needed the new ideas and business excellence that the awards scheme is designed to highlight.

Mary Quicke...

Exmouth children will have a new play area to look forward to in the New Year as work has begun on £70,000 worth of improvements to the play site at Imperial Recreation Ground.

Hundreds of local children and young people have been involved in the plans for the site and have even developed the designs and equipment they wanted to see there. And to make the process strictly democratic, the youngsters, from Exeter Road and Marpool Primary Schools, Exmouth Community College and Exmouth Children’s Centre were given a choice of three designs and had the opportunity to vote for their...