Hundreds of ladies are preparing to give cancer ‘double trouble’ at Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life by taking part in the 10k event at Westpoint Exeter this month.
Race for Life 10k will take place on Sunday, 26 July and over 600 determined ladies have already signed up to show the disease that hell hath no fury like a woman in pink.
Event organisers are calling on mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and workmates who want to take on the challenge to sign up as soon as possible.
The 10k event takes place at the same venue as the 5k course. Both are non-...
Exeter City and the Supporters’ Trust launched the Club's ‘Former Players Association’ at the pre-season friendly against Fluminense U19s on Monday 20 July.
The initiative was one of the first priorities for the new Exeter History Group with the support of the University of Exeter.
Prior to the match all former players were invited to the get-together in the Apple Suite to catch up with past team-mates and other former players.
Nearly 20 ex-players turned up including Shaun Taylor, Chris Todd, Martin Rogers, Steve Flack, Jim McNichol, Dave Cooper, Alan Banks...
Exeter Chiefs prop Alec Hepburn insists he's 'itching to start' as the countdown to the new 2015/16 season draws ever nearer.
Having joined the Aviva Premiership club from Australian outfit Perth Spirit in January, the former England Under-20s international is now firing on all cylinders having fully recovered from the knee injury which blighted his start to life at Sandy Park.
Lining up alongside a large nucleus of Rob Baxter's first team squad at their Topsham training base, Hepburn is looking to make the most of the current pre-season to lay the foundations for what he...
A further 100,000 additional Rugby World Cup tickets will go on sale from July 27 it was announced today.
The increase from 2.3 million tickets to 2.45 million tickets, following final venue configuration across the 13 match venues, gives more fans the chance to be part of the spectaculat tournament.
40,000 tickets are currently on sale at tickets.rugbyworldcup.com and a further 100,000 additional tickets will go on sale from July 27. Tickets for all 48 matches will be available and fans that applied for England and knock out matches at Twickenham Stadium during the...
A collection of signed limited edition artworks comprised of iconic Marvel comic book covers are available at Castle Fine Art, Exeter. In its fourth release in collaboration with Choice Fine Art, Marvel’s fine art publisher, Washington Green has published six new images to join its bestselling ‘Superheroes’ portfolio. The new works pay tribute to some of Marvel’s most memorable characters; Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men and Wolverine – a character published as part of the series for the first time. Each of the limited edition prints are hand signed by Stan Lee, 92,...
Preliminary findings from the National Rural Crime Survey support calls for Fair Funding for Devon and Cornwall Police.
Although the full results are yet to be released, initial findings from the rural crime survey of over 17,000 people in England and Wales indicate that victims in rural areas have a lower perception of policing than the national average.
Tony Hogg, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall said
“The early indications from this wide-ranging survey go to confirm my position that policing in rural areas faces particular challenges....
A BRAVE Exeter City just missed out on a draw with League 1 Sheffield United in their final pre-season friendly at St James Park before the big kick-off in two week’s time.
The Grecians named a strong-looking line-up for this one, one which looks very like that which may take to the field to begin the 2015/16 League 2 campaign against Yeovil Town.
Blades boss Nigel Adkins, who brought Reading to St James Park for a pre-season fixture one year ago, switched goalkeepers after handing in the teamsheets, with George Long, the former Motherwell loanee, replacing Mark Howard in...
A new interior design service for homeowners has opened in Sidmouth town centre.
Sarah Yates, an interior designer with 25 years’ experience, has recently relocated her interior design business to Sidmouth and set up a showroom in Potburys on the High Street.
Sarah Yates Interiors provides services ranging from complete interior design projects and home styling solutions to bespoke window dressings and furniture re-upholstering.
Sarah comments: “It’s great to be back in Sidmouth - the town where I grew up and where my family are still based. Having established the...
New research released today by the new car buying and selling website Carfused.com reveals just how dirty the nation’s cars really are. With the help of cleaning expert Kim Woodburn – from Channel 4’s How Clean is Your House? – Carfused.com swabbed 15 car interiors and sent the tests to The University of Nottingham’s Microbiology Investigation Centre for analysis with some shocking results.
Amid the shards of fingernails, pet hairs and crisp packets, the cars of students, parents, office workers and van drivers were all found to be contaminated by an array of microorganisms. This...
An organised crime group bringing class-A drugs from Liverpool to Devon have been sentenced to 140 years in prison at Exeter Crown Court today (Thursday 23rd July).
Nineteen people in total have been sentenced for conspiracy to supply class-A controlled drugs. 17 pleaded guilty with the remaining two found guilty following trial at Exeter Crown Court in March.
Throughout 12-month long Operation Reform, heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.25 million and cash in excess of £91,500 was intercepted.
