Rugby competition for youth teams

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/19/2015 - 9:33am

Until 2nd November, AEG is giving Rugby Club Youth Sections (Junior and Mini teams) in England, Scotland and Wales the chance to win one of twenty sets of Canterbury kit (shirts, socks, water bottles and boot bags) as well as 20 Canterbury balls and 2 ball bags for their club.

To top it off the clubs will also win a top of the range AEG OKOMix washing machine to care for the kit. All 20 winners will then have a chance to win one of three training sessions with a rugby legend like Will Greenwood at their club.

Entry to the competition is simple and just requires a photo and...

Are children too old to adopt at 4?

As part of this year’s National Adoption Week (19 – 25 October) campaign, Adopt South West is asking people to consider adopting an older child as they pose the question “Too old at four?”

Due to the high demand for babies, older children waiting to be adopted are often likely to be over looked as well as those in sibling groups and children with disabilities.

During National Adoption Week 2015, Adopt South West - a partnership of adoption agencies across the region - including Barnardo’s, Devon County Council, Families for Children, Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council...

'Stop Poaching' campaign launches

Police teams across Devon and Cornwall are asking for the public’s help to report poachers in rural areas of the region.

This week is National Wildlife Crime Awareness Week and sees the launch of the campaign ‘Stop Poaching’.

The last few years have shown it is not about the lone poacher taking something home for his larder, but an organised operation where deer, fish and livestock end up in the food chain, via restaurants, hotels or meat suppliers.

Environmental contamination can occur as a result of unhygienic processing by people operating outside of the legal...

Man arrested in Devon murder investigation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/18/2015 - 5:14pm

Detectives investigating the death of a man in Newton Abbot have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.

Adrian Munday, 51, was found dead at a property in Wain Lane, Newton Abbot at around 11am on Tuesday 6 October.

The investigation found that there had been a fire at the address which was extinguished before police arrived.

The investigation found that there had been a fire at the address which was extinguished before police arrived.

Following the results of a forensic post mortem of Mr Munday police launched a murder investigation.

Police have...

Mostly James Taylor with special guest - Adelia

Event Date: 
05/12/2015 - 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Hope Hall, Hope Road, Wonford, Exeter EX2 5JN

Tickets £8.00 Call Twigg's Gigs on 07508 169 049 Doors 7.30. Performance 8.00. Soft drinks available. BYO alcohol. No wheelchair access.

Beautiful harmonies, engaging anecdotes, and respectful interpretations of the songs of James Taylor, Alison Krauss and Mark Knopfler, to name but a few. Dave and Tash are also fine songwriters in their own right, performing with a variety of instruments. Come and join us for another beautiful session at Hope Hall. www.mostlyjamestaylor.co.uk

Steve Pledger in Concert

Event Date: 
28/11/2015 - 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Hope Hall, Hope Road, Wonford, Exeter EX2 5JN

Tickets £8.00 Doors 7.30 Please contact Twigg's Gigs on 07913 543124 or email sstwigg@blueyonder.co.uk Soft drinks, tea and coffee available. BYO alcohol. No wheelchair access.

Steve Pledger has an enviable reputation as a talented and dynamic performer. BBC Introducing have called his music "beautiful, authentic, unblemished and wonderful”. With writing that ranges from fragile reflections on love and loss to blistering commentaries on present circumstances, his songs pack an emotional punch, both on record and on stage.

His musical influences are many and varied...

Jim Lewis remembers legendary Best Mate

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/18/2015 - 12:41pm

The legendary racehorse Best Mate will be remembered at Exeter Racecourse next Tuesday when a beginners’ chase is staged in his name.

His owner Jim Lewis will make his annual pilgrimage to the course to present the prize to the winning owners of the race and to lay a wreath in his memory. Best Mate was widely regarded as the ‘people’s horse,’ his popularity reaching beyond racecourses and stretching out to every corner of the land. Three Cheltenham Gold Cup wins and two victories in the Haldon Gold Cup were among his many successes during a glittering career when he lit up...

Divorces: full financial disclosure needed

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/18/2015 - 12:39pm

Two Supreme Court rulings on the 14th October have reiterated the need for full and frank disclosure of financial circumstances and assets in divorce cases, a leading South West law firm says. The two cases concerned women who said that their husbands had not revealed the full extent of their financial assets when their original divorce cases were settled. Both cases are now likely to return to the High Court. In one case, Alison Sharland accepted a settlement of £10 million and 30% of the shareholding in her husband’s business believing that to represent half of his wealth. However, when...

Festival promises a weekend of folk, food and fun

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/18/2015 - 11:46am

Festival promises a weekend of folk, food and fun, as charity founders celebrate music award

The 17th Baring-Gould Weekend, organised by Okehampton-based music charity Wren Music, combines intimate concerts by established acts alongside community orchestras and choirs, impromptu street performances, dancing, and plenty of local food and drink.

It’ll be an extra special occasion Paul Wilson and Marilyn Tucker, who founded Wren Music 32 years ago. Paul and Marilyn, who’ll be performing at the festival, have just learnt that they’re to be presented this year with a prestigious...

Chiefs slip to opening day defeat

Bath 19 Exeter Chiefs 17 - Match report

George Ford put the disappointment of England’s turgid Rugby World Cup campaign firmly behind him as his return to club colours helped Bath kick-off the new Aviva Premiership season with a narrow victory over Exeter Chiefs.

The England playmaker’s 14-point haul – including a penalty two minutes from time – proved the key difference in a tight affair at the Recreation Ground. Ford edged out opposite number Gareth Steenson in the game’s key kicking duel and he was part and parcel of Bath’s one and only try, scored in the first half...

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