Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes has been throwing its support behind Exeter Chiefs Foundation - raising funds and creating awareness for a range of charities and groups in the region.

Taking part in an array of fundraising activities, staff from the five star housebuilders have worked alongside suppliers and sub-contractors to raise an impressive £30,000 as part of its long term support of the charity.

Staff were involved in a wide range of activities from a gala ball through to furniture sales, golf day and cake sales.

“We are delighted to continue our support...

AN EXETER care provider says its industry is one of the most rewarding and it is very concerned a recent study found a third of workers leave the sector each year (2019).

Guardian Homecare says it encourages staff to stay in the profession by providing on-the-job support, helping them develop their skills through training, promoting career progression and offering benefit packages.

Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter said: “I was disappointed to read the recent ‘Social Care Workforce Study’ which says one in three workers leave the sector every year. We can...

A five-year-old girl from Exeter and two ten-year-old girls from Tavistock have won the top prizes in this year’s art and writing competitions held by the Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE Devon).

The charity received the highest ever number of entries from primary schools in Devon, many of whom took part for the first time, including several in Exeter and Plymouth.

After careful deliberation, the top prize in the Key Stage 1 category of the art competition went to 5-year-old Florence Farnell from Bowhill Primary School in Exeter. Her charming...

This summer The Murder Trial Live is set to sweep the nation.

While offering those who are lucky enough to secure tickets to partake in a national social experiment, its aim is to test the robustness of the UK’s judicial system. In a world first experiment, a live murder trial will take place over the course of the evening and you, as an attendee, will decide the outcome. On trial is Mr Frank Lane who is accused of murdering his wife Alison Lane on 25th March 2017, however, no body has been found.

The experiment produced by leading barristers and the ITAE Group will test...

Every year the cost of electricity becomes dearer.

As people struggle to pay their bills every month it becomes clear that something has to be done.

Waiting for the price of electricity to go down is not the answer. We have to take matters into our own hands and do something to mitigate the cost.

Luckily there are a lot of ways to deal with the expense even though much of our daily life relies on energy dependant fixtures.

Let’s take a look at some ways you can offset the cost of electricity by taking some different measures.

Switch your...

Work nowadays has surprisingly become not a good thing for most people. People now see it as not an extension of themselves, but instead a hindrance to pursuing the day-to-day activities they enjoy. Workers loathe their employment and regret being a slave to corporate institutions. All of us now spend less time bonding with the people who matter the most or pursuing our passions. Even healthy activities, like eating breakfast, we also skip just to finish some work that’s due. With this problem, people tend to become physically weak and vulnerable to diseases. Listed here are healthy...

An inspirational Devon headteacher who helped transform a city school has been awarded an honorary degree.

The achievements of Moira Marder, Chief Executive Officer of The Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust, have been recognised by the University of Exeter.

Moira joined St James School, Exeter in 2007 as Deputy Headteacher, later becoming Headteacher. Her unrelenting focus on school improvement transformed St James School from one of the lowest performing schools in the country to one of the top performing in Devon for both progress and attainment.

The Ted Wragg Trust,...

Large swings and robust volatility have generated enough concern that UK regulators will be establishing permanent rules which will be enforced in the UK beginning August 1, 2019. Many of these rules have been in effect as temporary regulations allowing brokers and clients to test drive the new rules. UK regulators believe that these new restrictions will greatly reduce large losses that have been associated with some of the highly leveraged financial products.

What are the New Regulations?

The new regulations that come into effect on August 1, 2019, will require firms...

July looks set to be ‘hectic hedgehog’ month for the RSPCA after calls about the prickly creatures peaked during this time last year.

From a total of 10,644 calls about hedgehogs made to the RSPCA’s national helpline throughout 2018, the number of calls spiked in July at 1867. Calls from the South West region1 totalled 10002 in 2018, 156 of which were made in July.

Across 2018, an average of 5.7 hedgehogs per day were admitted to one of the charity’s four specialist wildlife centres, but in the peak month of July, this rose to an average of 12.4 per day or one every two...

Libraries across Devon and Torbay are calling for children to sign up to the Space Chase mission to read six books this summer as part of the 2019 Summer Reading Challenge.

Anyone aged 4-11 is invited to take part in this out-of-this-world adventure by picking up a mission folder from their local library, choosing two books on each visit to the library throughout the summer and collecting stickers and rewards along the way as they rocket their way towards the finish line to claim a special medal.

Children will team up with futuristic family The Rockets for an exciting space...