All you need to know about Saturday's final game of the League Two season
Exeter City host Colchester United on Saturday in their final League Two match of the season.
The Grecians, who have accumulated 77 points this season, are already guaranteed a play-off place but need a point to secure that they are at home in the second leg. They could still play any of the following teams in the semi-final Notts County, Coventry City, Lincoln City or Mansfield Town.
City manager Paul Tisdale is expecting a few players to return from injury in time for Saturday’s match and is...
The team behind Devonshire Homes’ popular Cullompton development, Rivel’s Green, has scooped a prestigious industry award and is heading to London after coming top in the regional LABC Building Excellence Awards 2018.
Rivel’s Green, a successful new homes development by Devonshire Homes that is nearing completion, faced stiff competition to win the award for Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development in front of an audience of over 350 construction industry professionals. Partnering with GJR Architects, Devonshire Homes have brought 30 affordable homes to the site which sits...
Ali Hepher has dismissed talk that Exeter Chiefs will be coasting their way through tomorrow's (Saturday) final round of the Aviva Premiership away to Harlequins at The Stoop (4pm). Having already secured top spot and a home semi-final following their exertions already this season, some observers have muttered that the defending champions may well take the opportunity to rest up and relax ahead of their last four encounter against either Newcastle Falcons or Wasps on May 19. That notion, however, was quickly dispelled by Head Coach Hepher at this week's media briefing, where he in fact...
In a UK first, the country’s largest and best-known house builder has created an apprenticeship in marketing at its Exeter division.
Barratt Developments has long appointed apprentices in bricklaying, carpentry and plumbing but this initiative takes apprenticeships in a completely new direction.
Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, has its regional headquarters in Exeter’s Matford Business Park where the marketing apprentice will be based. The apprentice, who will have a salary in the region of £17,000 per annum, will spend four days a...
The “blue light” emitted by street lights including LEDs, and commercial outdoor lighting such as advertising, is linked to a significant increase in the risk of breast and prostate cancer, innovative new research has concluded.
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and involving the University of Exeter found that participants living in large cities with heavy exposure to blue lights at night had double the risk of prostate cancer and 1.5 times higher risk of breast cancer. This was compared to populations with less exposure to blue light.
The Head of Exeter School's Royal Air Force section has been awarded the Jack Sadler Award for her outstanding contribution to the Combined Cadet Force contingent (CCF).
Flight Sergeant Meredith Marsh was presented with the brass trophy of an artillery shell case and an engraved medal by Commander Katharine Armstrong (RN) during the biennial CCF inspection on 27 April.
The Jack Sadler Award is made annually in memory of former pupil and trooper Jack Sadler who was tragically killed in Afghanistan.
Jack was a popular and respected senior member of the Army Section...
I regularly get asked what advice I would give to people who have started their own small business so I have put together my top 10 business tips. To be honest, I’ve struggled to keep it to 10 as there are so many things you need to know and get guidance on when you first start – particularly if you’re a one-man or one-woman band
After all we generally start our businesses because of a personal skill or a passion for one thing - whether it be mending pipework or mending dresses – but we don’t come as fully formed business packages with a set of...
As the countdown to the Champions League finals continues, we take a look at not just the teams involved in the showdown but two talismanic individuals that hopes to defy the odds in acquiring Balon d’or accolades to complement their unique and consistent display in the current season.
The First is a 33-year-old Portuguese attacker who have continually defied the odds of football and age with mouth-watering displays. The Portuguese plies his trade with the reigning continental champions Real Madrid. The other is a 25-year-old Egyptian attacker that have defied the odds with...
Residents at Lucerne House care home in Exeter, are celebrating after it performed strongly in a nationwide survey of care home residents and their family members and friends.
The results, launched today, show Lucerne House was given an Overall Performance Rating (OPR) score of 924 out of 1,000 by residents, an improvement of 31 points from last year, and 865 by their family members and friends, an improvement of 23 on last year.
Now in its sixth year, the Your Care Rating survey is the country’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents and now of their...
