Did you spent Valentine's on your lonesome? Maybe these tips for bar scene success will help for next year..
#1 – First Impressions Last a Long Time
When you’re in a social setting such as a bar – you are in a setting where you are under more scrutiny because people are checking you out. These days it’s not uncommon to find both sexes noticing you. So, whether you are there for a date or for friendship, make sure you watch your attitude. Engage in positive conversation and never let the “demon rum” take over and lead you into spilling the beans about your last relationship...
Police officers from Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly have been working through the night after being called to a high number of flood related incidents. Devon and Cornwall Police have said their control room took around treble the average number of calls yesterday ( 14th Feb).
The force also saw a record number of police generated incident logs at 1549 up until midnight on Friday night (14th Feb). (The previous highest was 1542 during Christmas 2012).
The majority of the calls the police recieved were relating to weather incidents. Police were called to help with...
Frustrated by a last-gasp loss at home to Northampton Saints last weekend, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is hopeful his team will not suffer a similar fate when Bath Rugby rock into town for tomorrow's sold-out Aviva Premiership encounter (3.15pm).
George Pisi's converted score two minutes from time left the Sandy Park faithful - including Baxter himself - licking their wounds as they came within a whisker of claiming a prized scalp.
Not for the first time this season, it was yet more late heartache for Devon's finest to deal with in the top flight.
Hurricane force winds once again battered Devon overnight and into this morning bringing down trees and power lines.
Residents were evacuated from their homes in Dawlish last night as a precaution and were not expected to be allowed to return until later this morning at the earliest.
Supt Claire Armes told the BBC: "Thirty people have been evacuated from Sea Lawn Terrace as a safety precaution because of high tides and strong winds.
"The residents have been taken to Dawlish Leisure Centre and Teignbridge Council is sorting out their accommodation."
Former Government Minister and Strictly Come Dancing star Ann Widdecombe is to be the latest in a long line of distinguished speakers to address the Michelmores Business Breakfast at Exeter Golf and Country Club.
The often outspoken politician, who vehemently opposed abortion and supported the reintroduction of the death penalty, is a rare anti-hunting Conservative.
She showed a softer side after retiring from politics when she began a range of media work including appearances on Celebrity Fit Club, Strictly Come Dancing and Have I Got News for You. She is also an...
Students of Exeter College got a taste of the big apple this month as 39 students of the Media faculty jetted off across the pond, drawn in by the bright lights of one of the most revered global hubs for media and entertainment. The students spent five days touring the city of eight million inhabitants, taking in sights ranging from the Empire State Building, the Staten Island Ferry and the Museum of Moving Image in the heart of Queens. First year Creative Media Production student, Ellie Guest said that “Being up the Empire State Building at night really showed that New York is not only...
Rod and Ben’s soups has joined forces with Exeter-based Hillside Foods to develop three exciting new organic soups for its summer range.
Hillside brothers Jay and Will Allan, who have won numerous Great Taste awards for their handmade fruit pastes, relishes, chutneys and biscuits, have turned their hand to food of a liquid variety, and have come up with the following flavours - Roast Chicken, Lemon and Thyme; Devon Potato, Creamed Onion and Rocket; and Fresh Summer Carrot and Herb - for a real taste of the Devon countryside.
Staff and volunteers at A la Ronde are busy putting the finishing touches to the ‘A la Ronde’s Got Talent’ exhibition, which takes place 1-12 March.
The National Trust property at Summer Lane, Exmouth is well known for its extraordinary collection of arts and crafts works by Jane and Mary Parminter, the founder cousins of this remarkable sixteen-sided house. The legacy of creativity continues to this day as the A la Ronde team showcase their talents to visitors.
The exhibition contains items crafted in a variety of mediums submitted by about twenty staff and volunteers who...
DEFRA Minister George Eustice MP praised the Heart of the South West Rural Growth Network (RGN) pilot on a recent visit to Devon.
The Food and Farming Minister spoke on support for rural business at the “Growing the Rural Economy” event at Cullompton Community Centre.
The event, organised by Devon County Council, was part of the work of the Heart of the South West LEP Rural Growth Network (RGN) pilot. The pilot was awarded £2.9 million from DEFRA to develop a network of rural enterprise hubs to support micro and small businesses across rural Devon and Somerset, and is...
Stagecoach Bus confirmed today a package of measures to help communities affected by the closure of the storm-damaged railway line at Dawlish in Devon.
Around 80m of sea wall was destroyed by high tides and storms last week, causing a significant stretch of railway to collapse into the sea.
Work is underway to repair the sea-wall, but Network Rail estimates that the damage means the line between Exeter St David’s and Newton Abbot will not re-open until mid-March at the earliest.
Stagecoach, which operates around 330 buses across the south-west of England, is...
