A happy Rob Baxter refused to get too carried away despite seeing his Exeter Chiefs wrap up their pre-season programme with an impressive 43-16 victory over Bath at the Recreation Ground.

Having already lay claim to the inaugural Westcountry Challenge Cup with a game to spare, the Chiefs turned round a 16-14 deficit to run in 29 unanswered points in a polished second half showing.

Converted first half tries from Luke Cowan-Dickie and the returning Dave Ewers were cancelled out by three Tom Homer penalties and his conversion of Matt Banahan’s try on the stroke of half time...

Local transport operator Stagecoach South West is in the running for this year’s ‘Top Shire Operator’ award at the UK Bus Awards.

Being shortlisted in this category means they are also in the running for the UK Bus Operator of the Year Award.

Confirmation of the shortlist comes shortly after the operator’s recent win of ‘Large Bus Operator of the Year’ at the Route One Awards.

Bob Dennison, Managing Director, said: “This announcement comes hot on the heels of our success at the Route One Awards and I couldn’t be more delighted to hear that the hard work and...

The 2015 Club President, Liz Turner has announced she has raised over £1400 for Macular Society on World Sight Day.

World Sight Day is an annual event on the second Thursday in October to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment as major international public health issues.

The World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness coordinate events and activities for World Sight Day. The purpose of World Sight Day is to raise awareness and influence governments to participate in and designate funds for national blindness prevention...

A new fund set up to encourage churches to reach out across their communities has been set by diocesan synod.

The new ‘growth fund’ will consider proposals for projects that aim to reach out to more people and introduce them to the Christian faith.

The first proposal, which was approved on Saturday, will help churches in 25 areas to serve planned new housing developments of around 600 new houses. Such developments are planned for areas from Ilfracombe to Axminster, Tavistock and Plymouth.

The fund will go on to consider more proposals that seek to further the three...

More than 200,000 businesses and households are now able to connect to fibre broadband thanks to the Connecting Devon and Somerset programme – around 185,000 of these are achieving superfast speeds.

The latest communities to ‘go live’ with superfast broadband in Devon include Cheriton Fitzpaine, Copplestone, Harbertonford and Sutton Cross. Fibre broadband has also been further expanded in exchange areas across the county.

Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) announced on Friday (9 October) that it had achieved a major milestone in its rollout of high-speed fibre broadband...

The South West private sector grew at the slowest rate in nearly two-and-a-half years in September, according to the latest PMI® survey data, mirroring the trend shown across the UK as a whole.

This mainly reflected the first decline in new business since March 2013. Employment continued to rise, but at the slowest rate seen across the UK. The latest survey also signalled a decline in input prices for the first time since December 2008.

The seasonally adjusted Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking South West Business Activity Index remained above the no-change mark of 50.0 in...

Finally the Christmas ball you have all been waiting for!

For a night full of mystery, music and masks, come and join the Masquerade Ball at the Livermead Cliff Hotel in Torquay, Devon, to help raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. The night will consist of a delicious festive 3-course meal, along with the band The Breaks performing live, a raffle, and a few surprises throughout the evening – oh, and did we mention there was a red carpet.

The ball is being held to raise money for Cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that is caused by a faulty gene. This gene controls the...

Exeter hosted its final match in the Rugby World Cup tournament today (Sunday 11 October) which saw Italy beat Romania 32-22 and confirm automatic place at Japan 2019.

Italy scored four tries to three in defeating Romania 32-22 in the Pool D battle for third spot at Sandy Park and in the process gained a prized automatic berth at RWC 2019 in Japan.

Leading 22-3 at half-time following tries from wing Leonardo Sarto, scrum-half Edoardo Gori and fly-half Tommaso Allan, Italy did enough in the second half through an early touchdown from Alessandro Zanni (pictured) to keep a...