Exeter Chiefs have been dealt another untimely injury blow with the news that lock Damian Welch is set for an extended spell on the sidelines.

Head coach Rob Baxter has confirmed the 33-year-old lock is to be ruled out for several months after picking up a chest injury in the recent European Champions Cup game away to ASM Clermont Auvergne.

Welch, who is undergoing surgery today on the pectoral muscle injury, has been a key member of Baxter’s side since arriving from the Scarlets back in the summer of 2012.

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The Met Office has issued two severe weather warnings as strong winds and heavy rain set to batter Devon

Stormy conditions are expected to hit the region tonight (TUESDAY), lasting well into tomorrow.

The Exeter-based agency's chief forecaster said: “A cold front will move east across western parts of the UK during Tuesday night and Wednesday, with an associated strong, moist southwesterly airflow. Rainfall accumulations through this period are expected to be widely 20-40mm, with 60mm or more over some higher ground.”

Wind speeds across exposed parts of the South...

Gareth Steenson admitted he was ‘delighted’ to cap another telling milestone in his playing career with a notable victory against Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership.

The Irishman marked his 100th Premiership appearance for the Devon club by playing a key role in his side’s 33-17 victory at a sold out Sandy Park.

Scrum-half Will Chudley helped himself to a brace of tries for Rob Baxter’s team, whilst there were also touchdowns for Thomas Waldrom, James Short and Tom Johnson.

Exeter’s win - their sixth in seven top flight starts this season - helped the Chiefs to...

FIRST-HALF GOALS from Wimbledon’s Tom Elliot and Lyle Taylor handed Exeter City their third successive league defeat.

City’s Paul Tisdale made one change to the starting eleven who fell to a 3-0 defeat at Oxford, with Lee Holmes coming in for Ollie Watkins out wide. As for Wimbledon, Neil Ardley made a host of changes, but included defender Paul Robinson, whose red card at the weekend was overturned on a successful appeal.

It was City who created the first opening of the game when good interplay between Holmes and Woodman resulted in the latter striking a powerful right-...

Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin.

There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda.

It will be a raucous evening full of your favourite daft jokes, catchy tunes, and loads of crazy dance moves. We've got amazing, colourful costumes, great scenery sets and it will be a fun night out for all the family.

Will Abanaza be thwarted in his attempts to kidnap the princess and steal the magic lamp?

Will our young hero Aladdin and his...

A house in the Beacon Heath area of Exeter was severely damaged by fire last night (Monday 28 December).

Fire crews were called to the property in Merlin Crescent at 6.36pm.

One crew from Danes Castle and one crew from Middlemoor attended.

A spokesperson for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said: “On arrival the crews confirmed that the first floor bedroom was well alight.

“They got to work using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, one safety jet and a positive pressure ventilation fan.”

“The crews extinguished the fire which...