Many of the staff at Stagecoach’s Exeter depot have been looking more hirsute than usual.
Almost fifty drivers, engineers and managers gave up their razors for a month in response to the rallying call from drivers Martin and Karen Milton to ‘grow a mo’ for Movember.
In just a decade ‘Movember’ has grown from a few friends in Australia raising awareness of men’s health issues to a global phenomenon in which over 3 million men and women have participated, raising millions of pounds for men’s mental health, testicular and prostate cancer research.
Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale has held talks with League Two rivals Portsmouth who are in the hunt for a new manager.
Local newspaper The News in Portsmouth has reported that the Grecians boss has been interviewed for the position left vacant by former manager Guy Whittingham’s sacking.
City had given permission for Pompey to approach the long-serving boss out of respect for their manager.
As a result, it is believed he was interviewed on Tuesday by the Blues’ board at a hotel in Newbury.
A statement issued by Exeter City this afternoon said: "We can...
Following last year’s event held at Exeter University, nearly eight hundred people visited Paignton Library recently for the eagerly-awaited Torbay return of the annual Devon Festival of Faith and Belief.
The specially-staged weekend event was held to mark National Inter Faith Week, and returned to Torbay after a 3 year absence that saw it hosted at hosted at Plymouth University in 2011 and on Exeter’s campus in 2012.
Interfaith Week 2013 provided an opportunity to increase awareness of the different and distinct communities in the UK, celebrating and building on the...
Thousands of people were evacuated Britain was hit by a massive tidal surge.
It comes after a powerful Atlantic storm, packing winds of up to 140mph, claimed two lives and caused widespread disruption.
In some places along the east coast, sea levels have been higher than they were during the devastating floods of 1953.
The Environment Agency has more than 129 flood warnings and alerts in place across England and Wales, including 23 severe flood warnings which are only issued when flooding poses a "significant threat to life".
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The National Trust East Devon ranger team is offering volunteer ranger placements for up to a year to help them manage 755 hectares of coast and countryside. Based at the ranger’s yard in Branscombe, you will be working on a variety of habitats and sites within East Devon and along the Jurassic Coast. The role will include footpath maintenance, woodland management, working with community and volunteer groups, and assisting with events. As well as on-...
A local artist and Christmas market trader is desperately seeking help to recover her lost portfolio.
Mary Tempest, who also works for Exeter City Council’s tourism centre as an illustrator misplaced the portfolio after stopping at a busy cashpoint in the City Centre yesterday evening.
After realising she had misplaced her work Mary returned to the cashpoint but it had already gone. The portfolio held in a black A3 size Art bag held many finished and unfinished pencil drawings that Mary had sold on her stall in the Christmas market on the Cathedral Green.
A University of Exeter professor is on a research team creating videogames which blur the boundaries between real and virtual worlds.
Gabriella Giannachi, The University of Exeter’s Performance and New Media Professor, is part of the Videogames Research Network being led by the University of Lincoln’s Games Research Group.
The Network aims to bring together games developers, performance practitioners and academics to explore new concepts in the design and creation of movement-based games.
An Australian organisation called Arts Queensland is also part of the...
70,000 business premises in the South West will see their business rates freeze or fall in new cap to business rates introduced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today.
In the plans many businesses will continue to receive discounted rates from the Small business rates relief while business worth less than £50,000 will gain a £1,000 discount to their business rates.
The plans will also see 44,000 South west businesses pay no rates at all.
The cap is introduced alongside a range of other measures designed to aid businesses and the high street. These measures...
Irishman Ian Whitten is looking forward to exciting times ahead after he became the latest Exeter Chiefs player to commit his future to the Aviva Premiership club.
The 26-year-old back follows club-mate Jack Yeandle in agreeing terms on a new two-year contract to remain at Sandy Park.
Signed in the summer of 2012 from Ulster, Irish international Whitten has settled well to life in the Westcountry, establishing himself as a prominent member of Rob Baxter’s first-team squad.
To date, Lisburn-born Whitten has featured 34 times for the club, either in the centre or on...
