Rob Baxter believes the incentive of a home quarter-final can act as the ideal motivation for his Exeter Chiefs side ahead of their final Pool Two fixture against Bayonne in this season's European Challenge Cup (5.30pm) today.
Having already bagged themselves a last eight spot courtesy of last weekend's 33-24 win at Connacht, the Chiefs will be looking to put the gloss on what has been an impressive European campaign to date. Standing in their way, however, are their Top 14 rivals, who despite not being able to advance to the latter stages, will themselves be looking to finish on a...
Members of Natural Devon (Devon Local Nature Partnership) have met with Defra Minister Lord de Mauley.
The meeting was an opportunity to inform the Minister of the achievements and challenges faced by the Partnership, which brings together those working to protect and enhance our natural environment for the benefit of everyone in Devon.
Nicola Bulbeck, Chief Executive of Teignbridge District Council, and Tim Jones, from the Local Enterprise Partnership, discussed issues of development around Exeter and the importance of maintaining green spaces, cycle routes and footpaths...
Monitor is investigating the commissioning of community services in Devon worth more than £100 million over three years. The health sector regulator stepped in after receiving a complaint from Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, a provider of acute and community services including district nursing and community matrons. The complaint is about NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group’s decision to name the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust as its preferred provider of community services for the eastern part of the CCG’s area. Monitor will review the...
Community spirit and friendly people make it a special place to live!
Survey results reveal that East Devon’s new community of Cranbrook has continued to remain happy overall during the past 12 months. Results from the second survey of this kind show that community spirit and friendly people are what makes Cranbrook special.
Residents responded to questions in the Cranbrook Community Questionnaire across five sections entitled your community; services; Younghayes Centre; outdoor activity; and about you. The first one was carried out at the same time in 2013. The headline...
Eighty-two prisoners took their own lives during 2014 as the suicide rate behind bars rose to its highest level for seven years.
They included 14 young adults, aged between 18 and 24, data compiled by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal.
In total, 235 people died in prisons in England and Wales during 2014. More than 120 prisoners died of natural causes, and a further 24 deaths are yet to be classified by authorities.
A man was killed in an alleged homicide in Cardiff prison last March. A second alleged homicide, in Altcourse prison last November, has been...
Figures have been released for Devon and Cornwall Police’s Christmas drink driving campaign 2014.
Police officers administered a total of 1,766 breath tests of which 156 were positive, refused or failed to provide. This represents 9% of the total and is a decrease of 3.5% on last years result.
Last year the figures were 167 positive, refused or failed to provide from a total of 1,316 or 12.5% of the total.
The total number of positive breath tests following a collision was higher this year at 69 or 9% of the total (742) compared to 6% (21 out of 361) last year....
The modelling industry can be very tough to break into as well as competitive, with young people often asking questions such as: how do I get started? Who do I approach? Do I have what it takes? Lack of confidence and reluctance to venture away from your comfort zone commonly puts people off the fashion industry. But it shouldn’t.
Harriet Isobel is a part time model based North Devon.
After being in the industry for seven months, she has already been published ten times across nine different magazines, as well as modelling for a number of clothing companies such as ‘Hidden...
Ben White is looking forward to an exciting future after he became the latest Exeter Chiefs player to commit his long-term future to the Aviva Premiership club.
Now into his fourth season at Sandy Park, the 31-year-old forward has established himself as a key member within Rob Baxter’s first-team squad, amassing 84 appearances and 15 tries since his move from Cardiff Blues in 2011.
Australian-born White follows the lead of Gareth Steenson, Dave Lewis, Ben Moon, Carl Rimmer and Kai Horstmann in agreeing terms on a new deal with the Devon club in recent weeks.
A total of 150 exhibitors have snapped up the available space Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle, four months before the event, which takes place on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May.
The annual two-day Garden Festival was launched last year by horticulturalist, nursery owner and TV presenter Toby Buckland, and was an immediate success, drawing around 8000 visitors, with several exhibitors having to restock several times during the event to keep up with demand.
The new festival showcases many local nurseries from the Westcountry who otherwise are overshadowed...
A YOUNG Exeter trainee accountant has been once again been recognised as one of the best in the South West, after coming first in his accountancy exams.
25-year-old, Mark Johnstone, who works at Thomas Westcott in Exeter, came first and joint first in two of the most difficult exams trainees face during their training.
All trainee accountants have to pass the Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ACA) which then grants access to the professional accountancy body the ICAEW. They have to pass a series of 12 initial exams, then three advance...
