Headlines about celebrity “quickie” divorces belie the truth according to a leading South West family lawyer who believes that changes brought in in 2015 to simplify the divorce process are causing significant delays.
Andrew Barton, a partner at Stephens Scown LLP believes that the changes that came in in 2015 are having a crippling effect on couples looking to process their divorce quickly. He explains: “The new centralised court service came in for divorcing couples in April 2015, reducing 47 regional courts to just 11 divorce centres around the country. This has meant that all...
Stagecoach South West has confirmed it is the headline sponsor of this year’s Exeter Christmas lights switch-on, due to be held in the city centre on 17 November.
The annual event attracts people from across the region and this year marks the first to be organised by Exeter’s Business Improvement District (BID).
Hosted by Radio Exe favourites Ashley Jeary, Ben Clark and Chris Dinnis, there will be a fun and festive programme of entertainment throughout the city centre from 4pm onwards. The event also marks the unveiling of a new lighting scheme that, due to popular demand,...
Palace Capital, the property investment company that focuses on commercial property outside London, announces that it has let the former Polestar Building (a 113,000 sq ft industrial/warehouse) on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate in Exeter.
The Company announced in its year end results that administrators had been appointed to its tenant occupying the Polestar Building, Polestar UK Print (“Polestar”), and that it was endeavouring to negotiate a 12-month licence from June of this year with the newly formed company that had purchased the assets of Polestar. This was in order to...
Crealy Adventure Park & Resort wins the esteemed Primary Times Overall Winner Award 2016
This year there have been record levels of Primary Times readers voting for their favourite local family friendly places and people in Primary Times’ Reader Star Awards.
Parents of children aged 4 to 11 across Devon were asked to complete a survey that appeared in this family friendly magazine that has a distribution of 58,500 copies to primary schools in Devon. Many families also cast nominations online via the Primary Times website – www.primarytimes.net
A charity that brings songs and smiles to older isolated people will launch in Exeter in December. The Golden-Oldies Charity, fondly just referred to as ‘Goldies’ and with Sir Cliff Richard as its Patron, started in the Bath and Bristol area 10 years ago. Founder Grenville Jones, a well respected West Country choir leader, had seen for himself how singing brought joy to so many people through his many choirs. Always quick to emphasise that his charity Goldies is not a choir, Grenville took the first four daytime singing and activity sessions for isolated lonely people himself. Ten years on...
The governors of West Exe School have announced that headteacher Sönke Beyer has left the school.
Chair of governors, David Kernick, said: “Mr Beyer has chosen to leave West Exe School with effect from the end of October 2016.
“He passes on his very best wishes to all staff and students and thanks the parents and carers, as well as governors and the learning community, for their continuing support for the school.
“The governors would like to thank Mr Beyer, paying tribute to his hard work and tireless commitment to the school during his time as headteacher and wish...
For many pupils, parents and National Trust supporters, the Exeter School Concert in aid of the National Trust in Exeter Cathedral is a favourite in the calendar. For the sixteenth year running, the concert showcases the school’s senior orchestral groups, brass and choirs in the magnificent cathedral setting. Around 200 pupils ranging in age from 11 up to 18 will be making this year’s concert on Tuesday 6 December a night to remember. Director of Music Peter Tamblyn said: “In such an impressive venue, the annual National Trust Christmas Concert at Exeter Cathedral is a highlight of the...
Devon and Cornwall Police and the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner are working with police forces across the South West to crack down on people using their mobile phones while driving.
It comes as figures from the RAC show that the number of motorists who illegally use mobile phones while at the wheel is rising.
1,714 motorists were surveyed and 31% of said they used a handheld phone behind the wheel. That compares with 8% in 2014.
The number of drivers who said they sent a message or posted on social media rose from 7% to 19%, while 14% said they...
South West rural insurance company Cornish Mutual has appointed a new member to its Devon team. Phill Hatfield has joined the Company’s field force located through Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset and providing on-the-ground support to agricultural business and rural communities.
The appointment comes as the company expands its operations in Devon, with the recent opening of a new office near Willand, Tiverton.
Phill, a 32 year old economics graduate from Ivybridge, South Devon, joins Cornish Mutual having worked at Rightmove and Westland Horticulture as a national...
South West rural insurance company Cornish Mutual has appointed a new member to its Devon team. Phill Hatfield has joined the Company’s field force located through Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset and providing on-the-ground support to agricultural business and rural communities.
The appointment comes as the company expands its operations in Devon, with the recent opening of a new office near Willand, Tiverton.
Phill, a 32 year old economics graduate from Ivybridge, South Devon, joins Cornish Mutual having worked at Rightmove and Westland Horticulture as a national...
