The Donkey Sanctuary is celebrating the arrival of the smallest miniature foal to be born into its care.

Weighing just 14kg and standing at knee height the tiny fluffy brown and white colt is a real beauty.

At just a few days old he is already racing around the paddock keeping his proud mum busy but has yet to be named.

Vet Elena Barrio who has been at The Donkey Sanctuary for nine years says: “As his mum is a miniature donkey he’s one of the smallest foals we’ve ever had. About the size of a dog. To give you an idea he’s about 14kg as opposed to about 50kg for an...

Organisers of this weekend’s Chagstock Festival have confirmed that the event will go ahead as planned.

Festival organisers have been made aware of rumours circulating online that this year's festival has been cancelled due to adverse weather, which, they say, is completely false.

Si Ford, festival organiser said: “We have absolutely no idea where these rumours originated, but we can categorically state that Chagstock Festival is NOT cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

“We are set up, ready to go and looking forward to welcoming thousands of people for what...

I just can’t resist the temptation to ask the difference between English football and English wine...

Answer: At least our wines can hold their own at international competitions. But that might invite our friends in the Mosel to join in and Germany is having quite enough of a good thing already.

Anyway - sport apart - it’s turning out a perfect summer for Devon’s growing band of vineyards.

The fruit set ( from the Pinot Noir to the red grape Rondo) has been magnificent, and we have built in a week to 10 days of extra ripening for the grapes thanks to the early...

Come and join Exe Hockey Club for two days of hockey coaching on 26 and 27 August 2014.

The days will be 10am-3pm at Exmouth Community College, Exmouth.

There will be Level Two coaches and many others, coaching the two days of skills and games to suit various ages and abilities for boys and girls.

Ages 5-14 welcome, please email dupain@hotmail.co.uk to request an entry form as soon as possible to ensure you get a place!

Entry will include TWO days of coaching and a free t-shirtt - £20 for one day or £35 for both.

Hooker Elvis Taione hopes a big year with new club Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership can help secure him a spot in the Tongan squad for next year's Rugby World Cup.

The 31-year-old is one of seven new signings brought to Sandy Park by head coach Rob Baxter this summer and already the experienced forward is setting his sights high ahead of the 2014/15 campaign.

Not only is Taione keen on playing a key role within Baxter's first-team make-up, but he hopes his on-field actions will be enough to put him in contention for the South Sea Islanders.

Ironically, Tonga...

Recorded crime remains static across Devon and Cornwall, new figures released today (17 July), show.

The figures show an average increase of one crime a day in the last year.

Year on year, recorded crime up to June 30, 2014, showed an increase of 0.4 per cent – an increase of 345 offences.

The updated picture shows the Force continues to see reductions in non-dwelling burglary, (down 9.1 per cent), dwelling burglary, (down 7.4 per cent), vehicle offences, (down 13 per cent), and criminal damage, (down 4.2 per cent). Victim Based Crime (not DA Related) is also...

A new feminist group called Exeter Feminists has been created. The group, which aims to promote gender equality in the community, hope to help local charities and will hold regular meetings.

Exeter Feminists was created by Ellis Taylor after discovering a lack of feminist groups in the city.

Currently Fawcett Devon, which is linked to Fawcett - the UK’s largest equality campaign, hosts meetings around the county, but there was no other feminist group in the Exeter area.

“I have called myself a feminist for many years,” Ellis explains, who was born and raised in...

Exeter Chiefs star Kai Horstmann was on hand to proudly hand over the keys to the new FORCE Cancer Charity van, which has been partly funded by the Exeter Foundation.

Set up in 2010 by some of Exeter’s top names in business and sport, the Foundation not only helps to raise vital funds for worthwhile local charities, but it also supports key projects across the region through money raised not only at Chiefs' match-days, but at various fundraising events throughout the course of the year.

For Kai, these latest handover to FORCE (Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre...

Prospective MP for Exeter Dom Morris has welcomed the announcement that Exeter Cathedral will receive a grant from the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund.

Dom met with the Minister for Culture Sajid Javid in parliament ahead of last week's announcement, hoping that Exeter's historic focal point wouldn't miss out.

Dom said: We're not just about fixing the economy. This grant is about remembering that our city is steeped in history by remembering those that sacrificed their lives for us in the Fist World War."

"The Minister and I had a great discussion...

A real rarity has been discovered at a Devon nature reserve.

The rarity in question is an aptly named dragonfly known as the scarce chaser. It was seen recently at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Old Sludge Beds nature reserve on the outskirts of Exeter. The charity’s site is a well-known haven for local wildlife, but the sighting of a scarce chaser still came as something of a surprise. The nature reserve is now thought to be one of only a handful of places in Devon in which scarce chasers have ever been recorded.

The dragonfly was spotted by Keith Richards, a member of the British...