A Tae Kwon Do student from Honiton was crowned world champion when students from Honiton and Axminster Tae Kwon Do represented England at the International World Championships in Birmingham.
Over 2500 competitors from all over the world attended the two day event, competing in sparring, patterns, team sparring, team patterns and destruction to be crowned World Champions.
Honiton’s Roxy Spiller was successful in the Girls Under 11 Blue Belt Patterns category, beating over 40 other competitors to take the title in a hard fought contest. Due to the number of competitors Roxy...
Sally Payne, 43 from Exeter, has been on an unwanted roller coaster ride since 2013. Whilst working in London as a nanny, Sally discovered she had breast cancer. At the time she was only 38. Despite surgeries, chemo and radiotherapy, Sally now has secondary cancer. Local charity Hospiscare is supporting her in managing her illness whilst she continues to do the job she loves.
Sally shares her story.
“I felt fine. Not unwell at all. I was working in London as a nanny, loving life.
“I was getting out of the bath one day when I noticed a dent in one of my breasts. I...
Multinational car manufacturer Mazda will invite customers to enjoy a new style of car showroom, when Vospers opens its new site in Exeter later this year. The car dealer’s new 61,215 square foot state of the art facility at Matford, destined to open late 2018, will also include new showrooms for Ford, Fiat, Jeep and Alfa Romeo. As the only authorized dealer of Mazda in Devon, Vospers features a great selection across the product range such as the Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda MX-5, Mazda6, Mazda CX-3 and the all-new Mazda CX-5. One of the biggest automaker producers in the world, Mazda has been...
A local south west house builder has been recognised by Exeter College for championing apprenticeships.
Barratt Homes was awarded the title of Employer of the Month for its work with students and for appointing the UK’s first ever marketing apprentice, Barney Munn.
In addition to the new marketing role, there are 13 apprentices working towards their NVQ levels two and three at Barratt Homes across the region. They will be covering topics including carpentry with 10 bricklaying and one each in technical and commercial.
Exeter City are delighted to announce the signing of defender Dara O’Shea from West Bromwich Albion on a six-month loan deal.
Dara, who joined the Baggies’ academy at under-16 level, spent last season on loan with Hereford gaining a great deal of experience in senior football, helping himself to seven goals as he won the club’s young player of the year award in what was a promotion season for the Bulls.
The 19-year-old has captained the Republic of Ireland at under-19 level and arrives at St James Park to improve manager Matt Taylor’s defensive options or the 2018/19...
The Taunton office of investment management firm Brooks Macdonald is once again proud to lend its support to Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival which takes place on 19 to 23 September 2018.
The festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, brings together bestselling and award-winning authors to share their stories with the public, including John McCarthy, who captured the imagination of the entire country when he was abducted by Islamic Jihad in Beirut in 1986 and spent 1943 days in captivity.
Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on East Devon’s...
A regional construction firm has created a happy ending by gifting £1,000 to the RNIB’s Talking Books Service in Exeter.
Persimmon Homes South West has donated £1,000 from its Community Champions fund to the service which is used by 1,200 people in Devon alone and more than 40,000 nationally.
The RNIB’s George Hinton explained: “RNIB Talking Books ensure that the visually impaired community never lose the ability to immerse themselves in a good book.
“One client, Emily, has enjoyed the service since she was nine. She had been left feeling isolated dis-heartened and...
Held at The Donkey Sanctuary’s beautiful site near Sidmouth, the Summer Fair on Sunday 12 August, is by far the sanctuary’s biggest event of the year. Promising a fun day out for the whole family, the Summer Fair features a packed programme of events including live music, trailer rides, Punch and Judy, archery, go-karting, traditional family games and bouncy castles. Plus, the chance to meet the resident donkeys! Delicious refreshments will be available throughout the day and when it’s time for some retail therapy, the shopping village will provide something for everyone from its craft and...
Popular Devon charity Hospiscare is to receive a whopping £100,000 donation from The Exeter Property Summer Ball Committee and the Exeter Foundation.
The Legacy Project Grant is the first to be joint-funded by both organisations and will pay for the vital refurbishment of a 12-bed ward at Hospiscare’s Searle House in Exeter.
Based in Exeter, Hospiscare was formed in 1982 with two community nurses and the hospice was opened in 1992.
The charity now employs 160 staff and more than 1,000 volunteers and provides care and support to people with progressive life-limiting...
The first phase of work on a new £5.7 million junction off the A361 near Tiverton has been completed.
The junction is the first element of new infrastructure links to developments planned for the east of Tiverton. The initial project has been finished on time and on budget, enabling both lanes of the North Devon Link Road to re-open.
The infrastructure in place so far will enable the rest of the highway network in the area to be constructed, unlocking the development of homes, a primary school and employment land earmarked in Mid Devon’s Local Plan.
