Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series squad Double R Racing is thrilled to confirm it will field a minimum of three cars for the mid-summer race meeting at Thruxton, having agreed a deal with multiple category race winner Harry Tincknell to make a one-off return to the championship. The 22-year-old from Exeter, who this year makes his sportscar racing debut in the European Le Mans Series as a JOTA Sport driver, jumped at the chance to link-up with Anthony ‘Boyo’ Hieatt’s front-running squad for the fifth event of the British F3 season on 16th/17th August. With ultra-fast...

A former head teacher of an Exeter Technology College, who was paid a salary three times more than the average head, will appear in front of a professional conduct hearing today.

The hearing by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) will consider if Steve Maddern, the former head of West Exe Technolgy College, is responsible for bringing the profession into disrepute.

Steve Maddern, who resigned as head teacher of West Exe Technology College in May 2012 received national attention after it emerged that he was being paid £152,000 per year, around £10,000...

Thousands flocked to Exeter High Street to watch Exeter Chiefs players take part in a victory parade.

Exeter's favourite players posed for photographs with fans before jumping aboard an open top bus provided by Stagecoach.

The parade was organised to celebrate the Chiefs victorious triumph over the Northampton Saints during the LV=Cup final.

As well as meeting fans the players also took part in a civic reception with the Lord Mayor of Exeter in the Guildhall on Saturday.

Staff and officials from the rugby club also joined the players on the open top buses...

Local community projects are to be recognised as model sustainable development initiatives in a new course offered by Bicton College at Dartington.

This all-new NCFE Level 1 Award in Sustainable Development from Bicton College is scheduled to start on Tuesday 22nd April. It will be a 10 week course, 4 hours per session, every Tuesday with a break for half-term. It is free to anyone over 19 and looking for work, and available to anyone else for a course fee of £250.

As well as the Level 1 qualification, students will learn from a host of pioneering local initiatives, and...

On Friday 11 April, Casa Maroc in Exeter will be laying on a special menu for Headway Devon in their function room.

For just £10 each, you will be able to enjoy a three-course meal in the lavishly decorated Casablanca Lounge.

Fundraising Manager, Holly Keatings, said: “We’re really grateful to Casa Maroc. The team there have really gone out of their way to support the charity – not only will the food be a bargain, they are also doing discounted drinks for us plus the staff are donating their wages for the evening to Headway – so we really hope that you will consider coming...

Exeter’s only working mill has been undergoing a recent renovation. A team of volunteer millers have used traditional techniques to make the waterwheel run more efficiently.

Cricklepit Mill stands close to Exeter’s historic Quayside and dates back to the 19th Century with some parts of the building dating from the 1600s. It was once a mill containing several waterwheels producing flour, animal feeds and woollen cloth. Today the Mill represents one of the most important remaining chapters in the story of Exeter’s industrial estate.

However, Cricklepit Mill’s history hasn’t...

Students from the University of Exeter are celebrating after winning a national competition with their innovative system which could reduce the headache of searching for a parking space, and help reduce vehicle emissions.

Computer Science students Nicholas Sanders and Humphrey Shotton secured victory in the undergraduate category of the prestigious Raspberry Pi programming competition, held at the Science Museum in London.

Their pioneering system, called PiPark, allows motorists to see whether spaces are available in car parks. The device uses a camera attachment that...

Staff at an Exeter-based national charity welcomed local MP Ben Bradshaw to their Barnfield Hill office to discuss the future of family mediation.

The visit came just two weeks before a landmark law change makes it compulsory for divorcing and separating couples to attend a Mediation Information Assessment Meeting before they apply for a court order.

“We were delighted to have the opportunity to discuss with Ben the challenges that mediation services across England and Wales have been facing since Legal Aid entitlements were slashed a year ago”, said Jane Robey, NFM’s Chief...

Dispute resolution expert Simon Bean has joined Everys Solicitors in Exeter to enhance its strong litigation team.

A former head of dispute resolution, Mr Bean joined Everys from Dyne Drewett in Somerset having previously worked at Michelmores, where he undertook and developed specialist experience in all types of employment work, debt recovery and commercial disputes, including disputes between directors, shareholders, partnership disputes, contractual issues and professional negligence claims. Mr Bean also has experience in intellectual property disputes and defamation.

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Devon firm AndyLoos has given the ‘all cisterns go’ ahead for amateur athlete Marcus Mumford to attempt to set a Guinness world record for running the London Marathon in the fastest time dressed as a toilet!

But Marcus will need to ensure he’s quick out of the ‘toilet’ blocks as there will be two other runners dressed as WCs also attempting to break the world record.

AndyLoos, whose Exeter Depot is located in the Greendale Business Park at Woodbury Salterton, is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and providers of portable toilets and shower facilities; supplying...