Exeter City lost 1-0 to a late Marc Richards goal at the hands of Northampton Town at Sixfields.

An open game saw chances at both ends, with City looking particularly potent in the first half but unable to beat Matt Duke in the Cobblers net.

Christy Pym was called upon on several occasions after the break and made a string of good saves as the hosts pushed forward, and City looked to have secured at least a point from the visit.

But the Exeter defence was breached a minute from the end when Richards volleyed in acrobatically to give Northampton all three points and...

Local charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau today publishes its latest advice trend statistics which shows that at the end of July 2014 it helped 2090 people directly with advice and information in the first four months of the financial year.

The amount of advice that the charity has been able to provide has increased in the following areas compared to the same period last year:

Welfare benefit enquires • 59.4% increase about local support for council tax • 34.7% increase about tax credits • 30.7% increase about attendance allowance • 27.2% increase about housing benefit...

Work has started on a £400,000 project to expand and redevelop the Security Search Area at Exeter Airport.

The new enlarged design for the area, with additional screening equipment, will make the passenger journey through the security process faster and more efficient.

Exeter Airport’s operations director Stephen Wiltshire said: “The completion of the work will coincide with the start of the new London City Airport service which starts on 27 October.

We expect to see a lot of demand on this Flybe route which will operate up to three times a day, so it is essential...

Chris Down, Managing Director of Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park and his PA, Sam Curtis, got a soaking when they took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon which is sweeping the nation in aid of The ALS Association.

Chris Down was nominated by Devon tourist attraction The Big Sheep Family Attraction based in Bideford. Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park’s Managing Director in turn nominated the World of Country Life based in Exmouth.

Chris and Sam were cheered on by guests to the Park and members of the team, as well as Buddy and Blossom, Devon’s Crealy’s mascots...

Exeter Chiefs wrapped up an impressive pre-season programme by making it ‘three from three’ with victory over Dean Ryan’s Worcester Warriors at Sixways.

Having already accrued pre-season wins at Cardiff Blues and Ulster during the past fortnight, the Warriors provided the final opposition for Baxter’s side ahead of their Aviva Premiership opener against London Welsh next Sunday.

However, the Midlanders could not contain the powerful Chiefs who claimed tries through Jack Yeandle (2), Mitch Lees and Thomas Waldroms, as well as conversions from Gareth Steenson (2) and Henry...

In the early evening of 29th August police attended the Old Railway Line, Cowleymoor, Tiverton, following a report that a 27 year old female had been stabbed at that location by a male known to her.

The female is currently receiving treatment and her injuries are not life threatening. Enquiries are ongoing to locate the male. This was an incident between two people known to each other.

If anyone has any information regarding the incident please contact Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 quoting Log 708 29/08/14 or alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or...