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Chris Sampson, who is responsible for overseeing all the conservation and building work at Exeter Cathedral has been awarded the highest honour his profession boasts - that of the title ‘Master Mason’.

Just four or five craftsman a year are awarded this honour, which recognises their skills, knowledge and overall contributions to their craft.

Chris, who is the Clerk of Works for Exeter Cathedral but was previously head stonemason at Salisbury Cathedral for 16 years said: “It’s a great honour to be nominated for this, let alone get it. I’m thrilled. I hope that this might...

Piles of wet wipes are littering our beaches as more people choose to use moist cloths to remove make-up, replace traditional toilet paper and apply fake tan. According to the latest beach litter data collected by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and published today in its Great British Beach Clean report, numbers of wet wipes found on beaches increased by over 50% in a single year!

The charity’s report, which also reveals a 6.4% rise in beach litter between 2013 and 2014, comes as the Government claims that no new action is needed on marine litter and claims it’s doing all it...

A car dealer in Exeter is big on being green, so sponsoring a local bowls tournament has proved the perfect match.

JFE Nissan Exeter, on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate, has celebrated 10 years of supporting the annual ISCA Bowling Competition, providing cash prizes for the winners.

At this year’s event players from across the region came to compete on the bowling greens, with a team from Exmouth eventually scooping the title.

Matthew Holcombe, Dealer Principal at JFE Nissan Exeter, which sells the 100% electric Nissan LEAF, said the decade-long partnership had been...

The College of Optometrists is warning people not to look directly at the sun during the solar eclipse on 20 March. The eclipse, which happens when the moon comes between the sun and the earth, will see most of northern Europe, including the UK, plunged into darkness for several minutes on the morning of the 20 March.

Whilst some parts of the world will see a total eclipse, the UK will experience a ‘partial eclipse’, meaning that we won’t quite experience total darkness. Those in Scotland and Northern England are expected to experience the darkest conditions .

Many people...