Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink day.
The theme of wear it pink this year is to ‘look good, do good’ in support of breast cancer research.
On Friday 24 October people across the country will come together to find fun and stylish ways to wear pink in the office, at home or at school. Donations raised by this year’s fashion inspired event will go to Breast Cancer Campaign to fund lifesaving breast cancer research.
Exeter-based baker Glenn Cosby is sharing his baking expertise to support Epilepsy Action’s National Tea and Cake Break. Epilepsy Action is the UK’s leading epilepsy charity. Glenn, who was a contestant on the BBC’s Great British Bake Off in 2013, has donated a recipe to the charity to inspire other budding bakers to get involved and bake a difference for people with epilepsy.
National Tea and Cake Break takes place on Friday 17 October. Tea drinkers and cake lovers are encouraged to get their mixing bowls and teapots at the ready and host an event to raise funds for Epilepsy...
South West Communications Group (swcomms) has leveraged its position as main sponsor of Exeter Chiefs by using four of its heavy-hitting players in a new marketing campaign.
The Big Four campaign aims to give personality to its four core business products: landlines, call charges, broadband and mobiles.
The advert will make its first appearance in Exeter Chiefs’ match day programme at this Saturday’s sell-out game against Leicester Tigers at the new-look Sandy Park.
It features England international Tom Johnson, captain Dean Mumm, lock Damian Welch and back-row Don...
More two-year-olds in Devon are now entitled to up to 15 hours of free childcare and early learning each week.
Devon County Council’s 2gether funding has been extended to children whose family is receiving certain benefits, has a household income under £16,190, or if the child has a disability, special educational need or if they are adopted or placed under a residency order.
The 2gether funding scheme has been extended to help improve more children’s learning and development, giving them the opportunity to make new friends and learn through play in one of the county’s...
Countryfile comes from Devon on Sunday (21 September) where Matt Baker discovers the story of a Second World War bomber which crashed on the moor and hears about one man's mission to find the truth behind what happened on that fateful night.
Matt helps with a geophysics search of the site to see if the key to the crash can be unearthed. The continued research into the crash site is just one of the projects being funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the Moor than meets the eye project on Dartmoor
He also meets with a farmers' co-op in Dartmoor, where 50 farmers...
Parents in the South West fear their children will be locked out of their home towns in future as house prices and rents continue to rise.
According to figures from a new YouGov poll for the National Housing Federation, 72 per cent of English parents are worried about rising rent levels and 81 per cent about rising house prices and the impact of both on the next generation. Of those in the South West, over a third (39 per cent) believe it is unlikely their youngsters will have the chance to rent or buy a home in the area where they have grown up.
With One Year to Go to Rugby World Cup 2015, Prince Harry has been appointed as Honorary President of England Rugby 2015, the Organising Committee delivering Rugby World Cup 2015.
Prince Harry is a keen Rugby fan, and Vice Patron of the Rugby Football Union (RFU). In his role as Honorary President of England Rugby 2015, the Prince will play an important role in welcoming the 20 qualifying nations to Rugby World Cup 2015.
In the last year, England Rugby 2015 has made strong progress with planning and delivery of the Tournament. Key milestones include:
Ian Whitten believes a more clinical approach from the Exeter Chiefs is key if they are to topple the elite sides in this season’s Aviva Premiership.
Not for the first time in his playing career at Sandy Park, the 27-year-old Irishman saw his side fall just short of overcoming one of English rugby’s leading lights as they went down 24-20 to Leicester Tigers last Saturday.
In a theme similar to that of several encounters last season, the Chiefs failed to hold onto their half-time advantage and it was the Tigers who came back to claim a vital away-day win.
An explosive new production casting Jesus as a rebel leader, and featuring a terrorist strapping a bomb to himself, is set to challenge traditional church goers when it opens this month.
Edgy theatre company Applecart claims the controversial modern day makeover of St Mark’s Gospel: “i am Mark” will rid the story of “its stuffy religious baggage".
Instead they plan to show the Son of God as a revolutionary leader in the dramatic production that features a bomb-laden man counting down the seconds until he blows himself up.
A speed awareness event took place this week at Middlemoor Fire Station, with Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service working alongside Devon and Cornwall Police.
Sidmouth Road outside the fire station was targeted and education was the focus of the day.
Over a four hour period 23 vehicles were stopped and eight speeding tickets were issued.
PC Steve Parsons, Neighbourhood Beat Manager for the area said: “It is ideal for us to be working with Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and make people more aware of the 30 miles an hour speed limit on this...
