Rob Baxter insists he and his squad need no reminding of the importance of tomorrow’s European Champions Cup encounter with visiting ASM Clermont Auvergne at Sandy Park (5:15pm). Having kicked off their return to Europe’s top tier with defeat to the Ospreys, the Devon club rediscovered their winning formula by securing a bonus point victory at home to Bordeaux-Begles. That success means as they prepare to hit the halfway stage of the competition, they lie second in Pool 5 behind the Welsh region who themselves came unstuck to Clermont at the Stade Marcel Michelin last time out. But whereas...
On Wednesday 9th December Sidmouth seafront was nose to tail with a chain of 35 Fords’ vehicles as they followed the funeral procession of local businessman Derek Ford.
Derek Owen Ford, the patriarch of Fords, recently died at the age of 81. His funeral took place at Sidmouth Parish Church.
Derek was born in Sidmouth in 1934, the middle child of three boys. He attended Wellington School until the age of 16 years when he joined his grandfather, father and brothers in the family business, Fords of Sidmouth.
Derek began his working life at Fords as a trainee plumber....
From midday today (FRIDAY) the price of unleaded petrol hit 99.9p at all of Tesco’s 500 Petrol filling stations. There’ll also be a penny drop on diesel meaning no customer misses out by shopping at Tesco this Christmas.
Peter Cattell, Fuel Director for Tesco said: “We want to do all we can to help our customers in the run-up to Christmas. We know that our customers really value low fuel prices and that having unleaded for 99.9p a litre will really give customers a boost over the festive period.
These reductions will mean millions of customers save money by shopping at...
The last Southernhay Breakfast Club enjoyed a talk by the charismatic Joe McNulty and co. from "Theatre Learning". Joe runs a business where actors and theatre are used to get training messages across to groups.
At this fun session, attendees were given red and green cards to 'vote' on how well they thought the actors, who improvised a scenario between a manager and employee, were dealing with an everyday work situation. Trainers Andy and Elaine might have been 'hamming it up' a little, but they definitely held the audience's attention!
New Year's Eve is always a manic time of year. Up and down the country there are celebrations, events and parties taking place in city centres, eagerly awaiting the moment the clock strikes twelve. All are appealing in the own right - but which are your preferences suited to?
To help decide, there’s a new Interactive New Year’s Eve Cities Flowchart. A user chooses a region (from South & North England, Scotland, Ireland) and their preferred event type to then be presented with a recommended city with a list of suggested events taking place.
Devon County Council says it will continue to pursue efforts for its parking enforcement officers to be granted more powers to deal with obstructive parking.
It comes after the House of Commons withdrew a motion for a bill to end Pavement Parking.
At today's (Thursday 10 December) Full Council meeting, Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, expressed disappointment on behalf of the County Council at the decision.
Councillor Hughes said: “It’s extremely disappointing that this opportunity has been missed. North Dorset MP...
Devon & Cornwall Police, working in partnership with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Association of Chief Police Officers, has delivered a successful proactive operation to safeguard children across the peninsula by targeting paedophiles that access indecent images of children online.
The operation which lasted for over nine months targeted those viewing, sharing or distributing indecent images of children, and in particular offenders who held a position of trust or who were employed in sensitive occupations.
The focus of the investigation was to prevent child...
Excitement is building ahead of the Grecians' Emirates FA Cup Third Round match at home to Liverpool, but fans will have to wait until Friday to find out how to get tickets.
In a statement club chairman Julian Tagg said: "Thank you for your ongoing patience.
"The back office team are working extremely hard to finalise the arrangements for the Emirates FA Cup match against Liverpool. Once we have confirmation of the arrangements from the opposition, as well as a definitive date and time, a formal announcement will be released on the website and social media.
The Lord's Taverners Christmas lunch this year reached peak numbers, being attended by 630 business people, resulting in the largest event ever to be hosted by Sandy Park in Exeter.
The fundraising lunch began with a drinks reception then a delicious festive meal and bidding in the charity auction to win a private jet flight and lunch to Jersey, box at the Exeter Chiefs and rides in yachts and sports cars to name but a few.
A true or false quiz eliminated the room down to a winner for the top prize of an Xbox One and crackers were pulled to reveal lucky tickets and a host...
