Crowds large and small came out across Devon today (Thursday 11 September) as the Friends Life Tour of Britain raced through the county.
Stage Five of this year’s Tour, hosted by Devon County Council, was the eighth consecutive year that Britain’s biggest cycling race had visited the county. The Stage started in Exmouth on East Devon’s Jurassic Coast with a welcome from the fans as warm as the weather.
A huge crowd greeted the riders when they arrived in Exeter but along the route villagers (such as those pictured above in Bow) also lined the route.
Exeter Chiefs newcomer Thomas Waldrom says the Devon club can ill afford to take a backward step when they lock horns with his former club Leicester Tigers this Saturday at Sandy Park (3.15pm). Having departed the East Midlands this summer for a new start in the Westcountry, the experienced No.8 wasted little time in making his mark for Rob Baxter's side, scoring two tries on his league debut in Exeter's 52-0 thumping of newly-promoted London Welsh. It was a dream start not only for Waldrom and the Chiefs, but the England international knows a much stiffer test awaits his new club when the...
Teens with an interest in high-flying careers as architects, interior designers and structural engineers can meet the team behind a new specialist school opening next year in Ashburton at the town’s Food Festival this weekend.
Called Atrium Studio, the new government-funded school will offer students aged 13-18 an education focusing on the professions within the Built Environment, and will be the first offering this specialism in the South West. Construction of the £3.7m state-of-the-art complex – designed by the award-winning Satellite Architects – will begin in January 2015 on a...
On October 22nd, Exeter Chiefs supporters will again have the opportunity to team up and pit their wits against each other in the popular Sandy Park Corporate Quiz night.
The quiz will be set and hosted by the Chiefs’ official Away-Day Quiz Master, Haydn Thomas and the first 20 teams to sign up will be joined by a member of the Exeter Chiefs squad.
Teams can have up to six members and the entry fee is £150 +VAT, which includes a finger buffet.
Proceeds of the Corporate Quiz evening will go to the Chiefs’ Charity, the Exeter Foundation.
Browne Jacobson has appointed corporate and commercial specialist Lynne Rathbone who joins the firm’s Exeter office as a partner. Lynne joins from Exeter law firm Stephens Scown where she was a senior associate.
Lynne specialises in advising on all aspects of corporate and commercial work to public and private sector clients, with a particular expertise in corporate transactions, business sales, shareholders agreements, partnerships, joint ventures, procurement and private equity investment work.
Her public sector experience has seen her advising a variety of clients from...
Bob Staddon says it’s a “huge honour” to have been asked to become the new president of Exeter Rugby Club. The long-serving club stalwart, who first represented Exeter’s first team during the 1964-65, has taken on the role from another former player, Dick Manley, who has decided to step down following a 15-year tenure in the post. Bob is no stranger to supporters of the club as not only did he represent the club playing wise until 1981, but since then he has occupied various roles such as Director of Rugby, Coach and Trustee. “I was somewhat shocked when I first got asked,” said Bob. “For...
Devon County Council has been involved in the national launch of the Digital War Memorial.
The project, which has enabled public libraries to help community groups work with artists, was launched at the British Library by the Society of Chief Librarians and Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and Digital Economy.
Across Devon, projects started with the rich and diverse materials held by Devon County Council libraries and archive services – photographs, newspapers, letters and other documents. Community groups then worked with artists to reflect on how the First World War...
Exmouth stretched their unbeaten league run to six games with a 3-0 thrashing of Stoke Gabriel on Wednesday evening.
The Southern Road side dominated throughout and had sufficient chances to score at least half a dozen, as well as keeping their third clean sheet on the bounce.
It took just four minutes for the hosts to open the scoring as they controlled the opening exchanges. Shortly after a couple of Dan Boere blasts were saved well by the Railwaymen’s keeper, who then gifted a chance to Alex Greening but his shot again could not beat the stranded goalie.
Exeter Chiefs are ready to hit new heights in the 2014/15 season after the club confirmed a new two-year sponsorship deal with Europe’s largest regional airline Flybe.
This will see the Exeter-based airline continuing its branding sponsorship with the Chiefs, that will now include appearing on the official playing shirts for the first time as the team competes again for Aviva Premiership honours.
Embarking on a fifth season of working together, the agreement helps underline the continued sponsorship Flybe has given to the Chiefs since their promotion into English rugby's...
Family ticket: £5 Adult ticket: £2 Child ticket: £1 National Trust members and under 5s go free
Killerton cider and apple festival provides entertainment for the whole family in celebration of national apple day. Set within the estate of Killerton, there will be various activities for all ages including a children’s bumble bee parade, William Tell archery, apple foraging and cooking, woodcrafts and cycle tours. This year will also see the grand unveiling of our ‘yarn-bombed’ apple tree which promises to be a spectacular collage of colours and pompoms. But that is not the only thing...
