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Stagecoach South West Managing Director Mike Watson has confirmed plans to stand down in January 2023 after 11 years in various roles across the wider group.

Mike (48), who has more than 25 years’ experience in the bus sector with several major public transport companies, was appointed to lead the south-west business on an interim basis in December 2019. He was confirmed as Managing Director in February 2020 just before the start of the pandemic.

During his time as Managing Director, Mike has been responsible for a team of over 1,000 employees, with over 300 vehicles...

A symposium to be held at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, on Saturday 1st October 2022

2022 marks 50 years since two leading documentary photographers started out on their careers in Devon.

Half a century ago James Ravilious was appointed by the Beaford Arts Centre to be its resident photographer in North Devon. James dedicated himself, until his untimely death in 1999, to photographing the rural communities around his home leaving behind a stunning record of rural life and landscape in the Beaford Archive.

In the same year, 1972, Chris Chapman, while...

Voters struggling to understand what the Tory leader contest between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss means for them can get help from a new website.

The online tool – “Who is Your Leader?” - allows people to see which leaders share the same values and policies as them. As well as showing where the two Conservative Party leader contenders stand close to them politically people can compare their views to the stance of other major leaders such as Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, as well as Labour Par ty leader Sir Kier Starmer.

Although only Conservative Party members are voting...

The LTA’s Wheelchair Tennis Initiative is set to arrive at Exeter Tennis Centre on Sunday 27 August , as the search for the next big stars of the game continues.

This initiative is part of the LTA’s Wheelchair Performance Pathway Talent Identification Programme, delivered by our Wheelchair Performance staff. These open days offer players the first opportunity to enter our Wheelchair Performance Pathway and are designed to attract, engage and inspire people with physical impairments to join the game.

The LTA Wheelchair Tennis Initiative aims to attract, inspire and engage...