Jack Yeandle has spoken of his delight as he today agreed a new two-year contract with hometown club Exeter Chiefs.
Signed during the summer of 2012 from Championship side Doncaster Knights, the hooker has adapted well to life another rung up the league ladder in English rugby - establishing himself as a first-team regular in Rob Baxter's Chiefs squad.
However, Yeandle remains hugely ambitious and with his future in Devon secured until 2015 at the very least, the talented forward is keen to push his game to new levels.
The trophies are gleaming, table plans are finished and the countdown has begun to this year’s Teignbridge Sports Personality Awards.
The awards, which celebrate local athletes, coaches, clubs and volunteers, takes place this Friday 29 November at Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish. The glittering awards ceremony is a highlight in the Teignbridge sporting calendar.
The 2013 awards are sponsored by Newton Abbot Races Ltd, the Mid Devon Advertiser, Palm FM and Stage Engage.
A new category has been introduced to honour a nominee which goes that ‘extra mile’ for their...
Getting savvy with social media, building networks and shouting loudly and proudly about South Devon were all on the agenda at Teignbridge’s third Talking Tourism Conference.
Seventy movers, shakers and influencers from the hospitality and tourism sectors took part in Teignbridge District Council’s free summit at Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren.
The conference, which was free of charge, was arranged by Teignbridge in partnership with Visit South Devon and the Dartmoor Partnership. Benjamin Mee, owner of Dartmoor Zoo, was the event’s keynote speaker.
South West Water is to freeze all its standard tariffs and standing charges for consumers and businesses until April 2015 and is also proposing to keep average bill rises below inflation to 2020.
The Exeter-based water and sewerage company is the first in the UK to freeze tariffs for all of its 800,000 customers in 2014/15. Otherwise, customers may have faced rises of four per cent – a £22 increase on the average annual household bill – under the price limits previously agreed in 2009.
This year, the South West was the only region in the UK to see bills tumble – by 7.3% –...
An official opening of Dawlish Strand will be held on Friday 6 December to coincide with the town’s Christmas lights switch-on.
The £1.5 million regeneration scheme, which is a joint initiative between Devon County, Teignbridge District and Dawlish Town Councils, has rejuvenated the Strand area since it was completed in the summer and it has been welcomed by traders.
Devon County Council Chairman, Councillor Bernard Hughes OBE, will conduct the opening ceremony at 4.30pm ahead of the festive lights switch-on from 5pm. The re-development has involved the removal of the wall...
The RSPCA is announcing a change in the way that reports of lost and found animals are logged. From 1st December 2013, members of the public will be asked to go to PetsLocated.com if they have lost a pet or found an uninjured stray domestic animal.
From 1st December members of the public who have lost their pet or have found an uninjured stray will be asked to visit the PetsLocated.com website as opposed to calling their local RSPCA branch.
The website, which is already frequently used, allows visitors to register a report of a lost or found animal and can be used to search...
Exeter Guildhall is the venue for Kaleider's current production, The Money, and there couldn't be a more appropriate setting.
Last night 13 "benefactors" were seated around a substantial oak table and an equal number of "silent witnesses" sat on the surrounding benches. This is a unique performance and the cast and audience are the same people. There are no roles or script, the comedy and drama are authentic and the tension is palpable.
At 7.00 exactly the participants were allowed into the vast chamber. After about 20 minutes the gothic door was shut, locked and guarded, £...
The owners of a Cornish bed and breakfast who turned away a gay couple have lost their legal battle in the UK Supreme Court.
Owners, Peter 74 and Hazelmary Bull, 69, said that their beliefs as Christian’s prevented them from renting a double room to civil partners Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall.
Speaking after the appeal Hazelmary Bull said: “We are just ordinary Christians who believe in the importance of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
“Our B&B is not just our business, it’s our home. All we have ever tried to do is live according to our own...
Police have made three further arrests in connection with the Murder of 43 year-old Stephen Crook who was killed last week (Thursday 21 November). A 40 year old man from Okehampton was arrested on Monday (25 November) and a 39 year-old man and a 17 year-old youth were arrested in Conventry yesterday (26 November).
All three men are being held at Launcestion Police station, in Cornwall. Ryan Singleton, 23 from Conventry was charged with the Murder last week and appeared in Exeter magistrate's court on Monday. Police were called to a home on Alphington road after neighbours raised...
