Luke Croll has extended his loan with Exeter City until the end of the season. Croll, 22, joined the Grecians on August 31 and has played 12 times for the club this season. The Crystal Palace defender has picked up four clean sheets during that time with his impressive performances at the centre of defence. Croll’s loan deal runs until May 6 but can be extended if the Grecians are in the play-offs.
The Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink has announced a top line up of talented performers for its After Dark Music Festivals, across the three evenings of the May Bank Holiday weekend.
Festival party-goers can enjoy a unique party atmosphere in the heart of Exeter with live music, local beers, wines and ciders, and a wide range of delicious street foods. The hugely popular events run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the food festival weekend, located in the Exeter Castle Courtyard. Exeter based jazz band, The Locked Horns, will headline the ‘After Dark Music...
This January, 73% of people in the South West – who would usually tuck into their favourite treats up to three times a day – plan on cutting back on snacks, new research from premium crisp company Burts Chips reveals.
The research found that the South West’s all-time favourite snack is crisps (42%), and the top health-conscious treat was the humble banana (29%).
The office is the snacking hotspot across the region, as two thirds (67%) can’t resist enjoying a tasty boost at work. What’s more, residents make a real effort to satisfy their appetite, as 47% will go to the shops...
The recruitment process to apply for wholetime firefighter posts with Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service opened today (16 January).
It is the first time the Service has recruited for wholetime firefighters in eight years and applicants will have a week to register, with the initial process closing at midday on Monday 23 January.
The role of a firefighter has changed dramatically, even in recent years, with so much more to the role than putting out fires.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Glenn Askew said: “We expect so much more of our firefighters in terms...
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of a property fire at Elvis Road, Exmouth at 23 minutes past midnight today.
Two fire appliances from Exmouth and one from Budleigh Salterton were mobilised to this incident.
Upon arrival crews confirmed building well alight and requested a further fire appliance which was mobilised from Middlemoor and the Aerial Ladder Platform which was mobilised from Danes Castle.
Below is a report from the incident:
At 01:01 - Crews confirmed fire within detached property consisting of two floors, fire in...
Rob Baxter’s Exeter Chiefs side threw themselves a European lifeline by dispatching of visiting Ulster with a five-star showing at Sandy Park.
Having started the day bottom of the pile in Pool 5, all of a sudden the Devonians are now up to second in the standings and in with a potential shout of qualifying for the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions Cup.
For that to happen, they will have to travel to leaders ASM Clermont Auvergne and garner a bonus point victory at the Stade Marcel Michelin. Even then, however, that still may not be enough, should results elsewhere...
Nature watchers are excited by the sighting of Sika deer which were spotted at the New Year at Trinity Hill Local Nature Reserve near Axminister.
Although the Sika deer is well established in the UK, it’s never been seen at Trinity Hill, a site which is managed by East Devon District Council’s Countryside Service.
It was sighted by local resident and keen bird watcher Sue Murphy who spotted three Sika deer, including an impressive mature stag, on one of her regular trips to the popular reserve. She managed to take a photo of the deer too.
January has a bad press thanks to huge credit card bills, failed resolutions, cold weather and Blue Monday - considered the most depressing day of the year.
But Exeter, Mid & East Devon Samaritans is offering an alternative - how about Brew Monday, where you can have a cuppa with a friend?
“The realities of life can be overwhelming at times - bills, families, work, health issues and all the rest. That’s why we’re trying to create Brew Monday instead of Blue Monday - talk through someone’s troubles over a cup of tea” explains Helen Crossfield, director of the Exeter, Mid...
Kate Edwards and Charlotte Eve of Edwards & Eve Cob Building have just arrived in Uplyme, Devon and with them they bring their exciting earth building workshops to local schools. Their biggest and most exciting workshop involves teaching children to build their own permanent, full scale Anglo Saxon house! Charlotte Eve who is a trained teacher as well as earth builder explains “our bigger projects where we actually build an Anglo Saxon house with the children take a few weeks to complete. So we can only work with more local schools on these projects. Now we’ve moved to Devon we are...
