WESC Foundation is seeking the support of greeting card consumers in the South West in the run up to Christmas as part of a new fundraising initiative.

The centre for visual impairment has partnered with Exeter-based DontSendMeACard.com to offer a range of e-cards that support WESC. The website offers users the ability to send e-cards in replacement of greeting cards and to donate how much they would have spent on sending cards.

People are being invited to give the cost of cards to WESC and contribute towards visual aid equipment that will greatly assist young people with...

University business incubator SETsquared, a partnership involving the University of Exeter, has been ranked as the best in the world by UBI Global.

SETsquared, the enterprise partnership of the universities of Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Southampton and Surrey, has been recognised as the best performing university business incubator on the globe at its investor showcase event in London today (Wednesday 25 November).

From start up only 13 years ago, SETsquared has supported over 1,000 hi-tech start-ups to develop and raise more than £1bn of investment, as well as contributing...

A married couple have been jailed for a string historic sexual offences dating back to the 1980s.

David Williams sentenced to life in prison, and wife Pauline Williams jailed for 12 years plus four years extended license today (Wednesday 25th November), following trial at Exeter Crown Court in October.

David and Pauline Williams have been convicted on a number of charges following a catalogue of abuse that started in Gloucester in the 1980s and continued when they moved to Devon in the 1990s.

The couple were found guilty of a 48 individual and joint charges stemming...

A consultation will be launched next month on on-street parking for residents in Heavitree, Polsloe and the Elizabeth Avenue area of Exeter, starting with two public exhibitions.

Plans will go on show at exhibitions at The Scout Hall on South Lawn Terrace on Friday 4 December between 1pm and 7pm, and at St James Church Hall on Wednesday 9 December between 1pm and 7pm. Both exhibitions will display the same information.

Following requests from local residents who are affected by commuter parking, a review of residents’ parking, pay and display and limited waiting bays in the...

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has warmly welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement not to make any further budget cuts to policing. “Two weeks ago we were celebrating changing the Government position through our work in Devon and Cornwall on the funding formula.” “Today we see the product of a longer campaign to persuade Government not to proceed with disastrous cuts to police budgets.” “The change in the Government’s position makes it possible for us to plan on building a policing service for 2020. This is a service that will better meet the new and increasing...

School groups are being offered concessionary tickets at Exeter’s popular festival of ideas for the first time in 2016.

The theme for next year’s event is Dreams to Reality.

The one-day conference which brings together speakers with “ideas worth sharing” has been running at Exeter Northcott Theatre since 2012.

This year it will have a simultaneous livestream to the nearby Alumni Auditorium, where some of the seats will be reserved for schools and colleges around Devon. Audiences from both venues will come together for breaks and lunch in the University’s Great Hall...

The number of empty homes across Teignbridge is at an all-time low.

As of October 2015 the number of empty homes in Teignbridge is 365, a reduction of 370 since 2008.

The figures have been released ahead of National Empty Homes Week (30 Nov 2015 - 6 Dec 2015), a national drive to highlight the waste of empty property nationwide, and to celebrate the success of numerous examples and new initiatives to bring empty homes back into use.

Properties become empty for a variety of reasons, including owners moving into nursing homes or other properties going into probate. In...

With Christmas and New Year getting ever nearer, solicitors around the region will be preparing themselves for the influx of calls they will receive regarding divorce. Known as ‘D day’, this is first day legal offices open after the festive break and it is traditionally the busiest day of the year for divorce enquiries. This year is will fall on Monday, January 4, 2016.

The Chancellor George Osborne used his Spending Review and Autumn Statement today to set out how he will deliver economic security, national security and opportunity for families across the South West.

The region will benefit from major protections to health, education and defence budgets, while the Chancellor also announced wide-ranging new local investments to support transport and small businesses, and to help families pay less for their water bills.

Announcing £7.2bn to be spent on transport over the next five years, the Chancellor confirmed a £150m investment to take £...