As part of an ongoing road safety operation, police officers from Exeter have carried out a number of speed checks on Exeter Road, Topsham. The operation was in response to concerns raised by local residents as to the speed of vehicles travelling in the 30mph limit.

Nearly 30-drivers were stopped between 9am and 1pm for exceeding the speed limit.

The highest recorded speed of the vehicles stopped was 54mph. Ten on-the-spot fixed penalty tickets were issued and all stopped drivers were asked to view a road safety awareness video developed by the Fire service. The video...

Judges from the Royal Horticultural Society have started assessing Exeter's bid to win Britain in Bloom South West.

After an absence of over ten years, Exeter is taking part in this year’s prestigious competition. Judging in Exeter started this morning (Tuesday 8 July) before the results are announced in Trowbridge on 18 September.

In April, the Chairman of RHS Britain in Bloom South West, Jon Wheatley, said he was "delighted" to welcome Exeter back to the competition. Exeter was one of the 'highlight' cities when the competition started 50 years ago and although it has...

Seven Morrisons Exeter colleagues, led by store general manager Glen Allen, will be taking the plunge for charity with a 15,000 foot high sky dive on 9th July 2014.

The perilous feat is being undertaken to raise funds for Morrisons charity partner Sue Ryder, to support the provision of end-of-life services, care and support in Devon.

Sandra Mott, Richard Fleming, Nick Stevens, Ben Burton, Leanne Berry and Chrissy Carver will be jumping with the support of Sky Dive UK at Dunkerswell Airfield, Devon on the morning of 9th July 2014. Having collected sponsorships from over 400...

Regen SW welcomes today’s announcement by The Crown Estate that a number of new demonstration zones for the deployment of wave and tidal energy projects have been designated around the south west coast.

The demonstration zones will further strengthen the region’s position as a leading centre for marine renewable energy by providing larger sites for technology demonstration and energy projects of up to 30MW in size.

The new south west demonstration zones are for tidal energy off the coast of North Devon and for wave energy off North Cornwall. In addition a new demonstration...

Passengers on commuter trains across England and Wales are set to benefit from radically improved mobile broadband access under new government plans.

Under the proposals, more than £53 million will be invested in fitting out trains with new wifi equipment.

This will enable passengers to receive seamless mobile broadband connections, equivalent to speeds and bandwidth available at stations and off the railway, and at least 10 times better than services they currently experience.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "We all know how frustrating it can be to...

Everys Solicitors joined Exeter Chiefs players and fellow keen golfers to raise money for the Exeter Foundation.

The firm was the main sponsor of the ‘Play with the Chiefs’ charity golf day that took place at the East Devon Golf Club, close to Everys’ branch in Budleigh Salterton, last Thursday.

Everys entered two teams with one made up of commercial director Bruce Brooker, legal consultant David Wood, Chiefs’ fly-half Henry Slade and guest Lee Mayor. The other team comprised of some of the firm’s legal experts Hilary Quantick, Clive Dixon, Martin Justice and Sean Jenner...

Exeter Sustainable Business Network (ESBN), a sub group of Exeter Chamber of Commerce, is holding their next event at The Met Office on Thursday 24 July.

The event, which runs from 8am-10am, will be on the topic of ‘sustained growth through your people’ with speakers Mark Story, Head of Organisational Development at The Met Office; Chris Lorimer, Chair of ESBN; Shaun Durham, Managing Director of Crisp; Nicki Parker from Aspire and Sara Hope from The Internal Coach.

Chris Lorimer, Chair of ESBN said: “This is a landmark event for the Chamber, showcasing the rich people...

Over 2,600 two year-olds in Devon are either now entitled to, or will be from September, up to 15 hours of free Early Learning and Childcare per week.

This is roughly 35% of the County’s 2 year-old children who can benefit from the opportunity to make new friends, learn through play and have lots of fun at one of around 430 of our high quality specially approved childcare settings.

Those childcare providers include day nurseries, pre-schools, child-minders and school nurseries.

The DISC website gives more information and tells parents/carers the eligibility criteria...