Exeter Chiefs may be gearing up for a busy festive period of fixtures, but on Thursday members of the first-team squad took a morning out to pay a special visit to the Bramble Children’s Unit at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.
Players Dean Mumm, Tom Johnson, Brett Sturgess, Jack Yeandle, James Hanks, Jason Shoemark, Carl Rimmer, Hoani Tui and Chris Whitehead took on the role of Santa Claus for one very special day and made their annual visit to the local hospital to spend time with youngsters who are facing up to the prospect of remaining on the wards for Christmas and...
The Grecians slipped to a 2-0 defeat at St James at the hands of Chesterfield, as the visitors went to the top of the Sky Bet League 2 table.
The scoring was opened by Ollie Banks mere minutes after the restart after the break, as the midfielder – who had been announced as League 2 Player of the Month earlier in the day – headed in Callum McFadzean’s corner.
Banks turned provider for the Spireites’ second midway through the second half as he slotted in Marc Richards who stepped round a defender and slotted in.
Following two goals against Accrington, 20-year...
Police are investigating the theft of over £1,000 of charity money stolen from a Hospice charity fundraiser in Ilfracombe last Wednesday (18th December).
The money- thought to total £1,130- was stolen sometime between 8:45pm and 9:30pm, during the interval of a well attended Charity Bingo event in Combe Martin Village hall.
The money was taken from a tin on the hall’s stage at an event attended by over 150 people.
Police are asking that any witnesses or anyone who knows anything about the crime contact 101 quoting police reference CI/13/1457 or alternatively call...
Join us at the home of the Exeter Chiefs on Friday 31 January for our third b2b Business Breakfast
Begin your morning with a hearty breakfast and listen to our guest speaker , Exeter Chiefs Assistant Forwards Coach, Rob Hunter.
He will be exploring how the Chiefs are using a player's personal attributes and preferences to ensure that their training programme is geared to achieve the maximum benefit and identifying similarities in personal development within the business sector.
Exeter Chamber of Commerce helped eight local charities raise over £900 at their Christmas Charity Auction Lunch last week, held at the Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel.
Paul Nero, chief executive of Radio Exe was the auctioneer on the day, taking bids from over 100 business people that were in attendance. Items for auction included an Exeter Chiefs Rugby weekend experience for two, in aid of St Loyes Foundation, and a beautiful framed print of the cover photo of the BBC Radio Devon Countryside Calendar from Devon Community Foundation.
Two former Exeter Chiefs players are urging people to help them row the distance to the Philippines to raise money for two charities.
Former Chiefs Captain Sam Blythe and teammate Shane Kingsland will start on January 1st and want to complete 11 million metres by the end of the month.
They are planning to row a million metres each - that’s around 32 kilometres (or 19 miles) every day.
Now they want members of the public to get on the rowing machine for the event - called Janurow - to help them reach their target.
The Exeter Daily is bringing Devon and The X Factor’s golden boy Luke Friend home to perform live at Exeter Phoenix to say thank you to his fans for their support.
Seventeen-year-old Luke came third on this year’s show despite an incredible performance in the final alongside Ellie Goulding.
Luke will be joined by fellow talent show star Adam Isaac, who made it as a far as the quarter final stages of The Voice UK with his coach Sir Tom Jones.
Also supporting Luke is brand new teen sensation, 15-year-old Charlotte Ward from Exeter. Charlotte is in the finals of...
The RSPCA is braced for a busy festive period after dealing with a bumper number of calls about cruelty over Christmas last year (2012).
Last year staff answered 833 calls about neglect and cruelty on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day – 53 per cent more than the same period in 2011.
Calls to help collect injured and abandoned animals were also up by about a third (32%) from 584 in 2011 to 769 last year.
Chief Inspector Dermot Murphy said: “We are ready for a busy time. Last year the number of calls about animals which needed our help was significantly...
Teignbridge businesses could be in line for an EU funding boost after parts of the district were included in a draft map for Assisted Area Status.
Five Teignbridge wards covering parts of Newton Abbot, Ipplepen, Coffinswell and Kingskerswell have been included in the Assisted Area Status Map (AAS) that will cover the next European Union funding period from 2014 to 2020.
Assisted Area Status permits the granting of additional financial support to small businesses and large enterprises in economically disadvantaged locations.
