Exeter City were held to a 1-1 draw at St James Park by Newport County AFC in Sky Bet League Two.
Despite going ahead through Jayden Stockley's first half header, the Grecians were pegged back by Mark Harris late in the game as the sides shared the points.
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The Grecians made three changes to the side that started the Carabao Cup tie with Ipswich Town in midweek as Dean Moxey, Lee Holmes and Jonathan Forte all came into the side against the Exiles.
A competitive opening 10 minutes saw Mike Flynn’s side create the first...
In today’s business world, having your operations online is almost mandatory for you to get a fair cut of the cake in your industry of specialization. Setting up a website in itself may be a process, but it gets even more challenging to make it as visible as possible online. It is only when your website is more visible online, that it will best fulfill its agenda or makes you money.
And whether you’re an affiliate marketer or you’re running a website for your business, the number of visitors you receive has a huge impact on your website’s profitability. Forgive the seemingly...
Hospiscare’s annual Coffee Morning event is about to get under way. Throughout the area, people are signing up to raise funds for the local charity by holding coffee mornings in their homes, community halls and even their local parks. Businesses, too, are getting ready to brew up for Hospiscare.
Popular local celebrity Judy Spiers and her faithful companion Gus Honeybun, will once again be joining in the fun and popping in to visit coffee mornings during the event, which runs throughout September.
Last September, Hospiscare supporters held more than 100 coffee mornings,...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (17-19 August).
THEATRE
Alice in Wonderland Saturday & Sunday, 2pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Panto time? Oh Yes It Is! This fun-filled family show features stunning scenery, colourful costumes, toe-tapping songs and bucket loads of laughter. Join Alice as she falls down the rabbit hole and finds herself in the most peculiar place she’s ever seen! She’ll need to have her wits about her as the evil, but hilarious, Queen of Hearts is after the secret recipe to create the best Jam Tarts for her tea party...
FORCE Cancer Charity has announced it is to begin funding the delivery of chemotherapy at Honiton Hospital from this autumn.
It will run alongside a raft of support services for anyone in the area affected by cancer.
Every Friday (10am – 4pm) FORCE will offer, free of charge:
• A drop-in service for advice and information • Counselling • Complementary therapies
The drop-in service and appointments for counselling and complementary therapies will be available from September 14 with exercise advice from a specialist oncology physiotherapist and family support...
Redrow is working with the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) on their annual Summer Water Safety Campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of swimming in open water and publicise some simple advice to make sure people are enjoying the summer weather safely. Redrow is the first housebuilder to team up directly with the RLSS and together they are hoping to educate people on the risks associated with swimming in open water. The campaign launched at the start of the summer holidays, which are a particularly dangerous time as children are out of school and often unsupervised. The scorching hot...
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has significantly boosted frequency to its 2018-19 Winter schedule on three of its most popular routes from Exeter to meet public demand with the addition of a second daily flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle, and increasing the number of flights it operates a week to Amsterdam from seven to 11.
In addition, it has added services to Belfast City, Edinburgh and Manchester over the busy October and February half terms and peak festive season. Highlights of 2018-19 Winter schedule additional flying include: Amsterdam – Up from seven to 11...
A graduate trainee at Kovia, one of the few UK companies specialising in the identification, on-going management and the safe removal of asbestos, is finally realising her university dream of becoming a specialist in the field.
A team of six are based at its prestigious Plymouth Science Park headquarters with a further four consultants and surveyors, working on various sites across the region.
Since its incorporation, in 2013, Kovia, meaning ‘protect’ in Cornish, has carried out more than 15,000 surveys to identify the harmful substance.
Red Earth Developments announces the appointment of Devon Contractors as the main contractor for the conversion of the former River Yealm Hotel, Newton Ferrers, South Hams into luxury accommodation.
Red Earth gained planning permission in 2017 for this high design-led project of six spacious lateral apartments, plus an additional eight contemporary dwellings and a single striking house, all overlooking one of the loveliest rivers along the South Hams coastline. The site includes a woodland which, following years of neglect, will be managed with a replanting programme spanning over...
Exeter College is again celebrating its best ever set of academic A Level Results today - with students setting a new record for the number of the very highest results, well in excess of all national averages.
Students at the college from across Devon and beyond recorded exceptional results - a new college record of 61% of A Level students achieved the highest (A*, A, B) grades, well above the average in England of 52.7%.
The college saw an overall pass rate of 99.5% at A Level, 86% A*-C grades, with 29 subjects achieving a 100% pass rate, including Biology, Chemistry,...
