Everys Solicitors has boosted its investment management team with the addition of research analyst Vince Hawkes.

Mr Hawkes has joined Everys from Rathbones where he was as an investment manager responsible for managing portfolios for private clients and trustees.

He will join investment manager Tom Leahy to further develop the firm’s investment processes and management services.

Mr Leahy spent 17 years working in the City of London where he held various senior roles in equity research and investment management while Mr Hawkes has 25 years’ investment experience....

Hoani Tui believes Exeter Chiefs will have to be "on their toes" when they play host to local rivals Bath in the Aviva Premiership this Saturday (3.15pm).

With vital top flight points up for grabs as the season hits a crucial phase, Tui is well aware he and his team-mates can ill afford another slip-up following last week's last-gasp defeat to league leaders Northampton Saints at Sandy Park.

Currently the Chiefs sit in eighth spot, some seven points adrift of the last play-off spot which is currently occupied by Harlequins on 36 points. Bath, on the other hand, are enjoying...

If you're wondering how you're going to keep the kids entertained during the school half term holiday we've got plenty of great ideas...

15 February

Half Term Fun, World of Country Life, Exmouth World of Country Life will be open from 10am on Saturday 15 February with a fun-packed line-up for half term week. www.worldofcountrylife.co.uk Family Fun, Knighthayes Court, Tiverton Fancy a gander at golf? A dabble in croquet? Join the Knightshayes team over the half term holiday - it's all about the great outdoors, open 11am-5pm. For details of what's on offer visit www....

Labour leader Ed Miliband visited Exeter today to see the proposed site of resilience work at Cowley Bridge Junction.

The site was badly affected by floods in the winter storms of 2012/13 causing the main rail line into the South West to close for a several weeks.

Following the line closures, last year, the government promised to spend over £31 million on projects to improve the resilience of the South West’s rail network most of the money promised was never delivered and work never took place.

Earlier this week David Cameron announced that the money would finally...

During February half term the National Trust East Devon Rangers will be running another ‘family muck in’ day at Lower Halsdon Farm, Exmouth.

The session will take place on Tuesday 18 February between 10.30am and 2.30pm and families can stay for the whole session or just an hour or so to help the rangers cut back the hedges ready for laying.

Hedge-laying is a traditional method of maintaining and regenerating hedgerows and is generally carried out on a 12 to 15 year cycle which will prolong the life of the hedge, create a stock proof boundary, as well as a favourable habitat...

Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has pledged his support for ‘Mind the Gap’, a campaign aiming to raise awareness of the help available for people affected by fuel poverty.

The campaign, run by the national charity Turn2us, is focusing on the growing gap between household incomes and the cost of energy bills, and is highlighting the support available to those who are struggling to pay their energy costs.

The campaign features six steps, using Turn2us’ free tools and information to help anyone experiencing these problems. The steps, available at www.turn2us.org.uk/...

The re-opening of the popular Street Food Market at Exeter’s Guildhall Shopping Centre has been postponed until Friday 6 March due to the weather.

The market will be open on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then every Friday, Saturday and Sunday thereon-in.

Starting its second year in Exeter, the Street Food Market took the city by storm in its first year and quickly rose to fourth position on TripAdvisor for places to eat in Exeter.

The market channelled the energy of the street food movement and brought to the city a vibe and tastes that are as ‘on trend’ as...