Leading fashion and homewares retailer Matalan have announced the relocation of their current Exeter store.

The new, bigger and better store opens Thursday 21 November at the Stone Lane Retail Park on Marsh Barton in Exeter.

The new store is three times larger than th current store on Haven Banks and will see a larger offering of products including The Statements collection and a homeware section, bringing you this season's must have home essentials making staying in the new going out.

The new 24,000 sq ft plot is a unique and inspiring space for this much loved...

Exeter PR business owner Glen King is to appear on the hit Channel 4 reality show Come Dine With Me.

Publicity material for the programme describes Glen as 'self assured' says she is confident she will be 'the hostess with the mostess' cooking dishes reflecting her name.

Appearing with Glen are New Zealander Steve Levy who goes to town with his home inspired menu, cooking prawns, fish and two desserts.

Music-mad foodie Richard Kaye is second to host in Exeter and is confident he can impress his guests with his culinary know-how. He especially hopes to dazzle one...

Just when you thought it was safe...

Forecasters are predicting strong winds and heavy rain will return to Devon this weekend.

Gusts could reach gale force in some areas, accompanied by persistent showers.

Trick or treaters face a damp night and the wet weather looks set to continue into the early part of next week.

This is the Exeter-based Met Office forecast:

Today:

Some bright or sunny spells this morning and becoming breezy. Scattered showers will spread from the west by midday, becoming increasingly frequent through the afternoon and...

James Blake has walked away with the 2013 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for his album Overgrown . The 25-year-old musician triumphed at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday night (30 October) at the Roundhouse in London, chosen ahead of 11 other artists who included David Bowie (for his comeback album The Next Day ), Arctic Monkeys, Laura Marling and the favourite Laura Mvula.

The winner, who takes away a cheque for £20,000, was selected by a jury of industry people from a shortlist of twelve albums. The list included five debut albums, while Overgrown is Blake's second album. His...

Budget supermarket Lidl will be selling an unusual seasonal delicacy - reindeer meat.

The German-owned chain is about to launch a multi-million pound advertsing campaign aimed at wooing middle class shoppers. The advert has been be voiced by comedian Harry Enfield and features music by One Direction.

But it is the company's decision to put Rudolph on the menu which is likely to to be the biggest talking point.

Packets of the frozen meat will sell at £7.99 each. Other products in the Deluxe range include a whole cooked lobster for £5.99, a large Serrano ham for £39....

Today marks two years to go to the final of Rugby World Cup 2015, and to mark the occasion the Young Rugby Ambassador programme kicked off in Exeter, one of the Host Cities.

The RFU has unveiled plans to develop more young volunteers in rugby clubs across the country through its ‘Young Rugby Ambassadors’ programme.

Rugby clubs are being asked to nominate sixteen to twenty year olds to become Young Rugby Ambassadors, whose role will be to excite and inspire other young people in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup 2015 (RWC 2015) and beyond.

Today an event was being...

A Royal Mail workers' strike by the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) due to take place in Plymouth and around the rest of the country on Monday (4 November), has been called off after significant progress in talks between the two sides over pay and pensions.

In a joint statement issued on Wednesday (30 October), the Royal Mail and the CWU said they are committed to finalising an agreement in the next two weeks which will include the following:-

• Legal protections for employees that extend beyond the current three year offer.
• An improved pay and reward
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A group has been formed in Chulmleigh, Devon in an attempt to stop the conversion of their beloved pub into two dwellings.

Hundreds of local people and visitors alike have signed a petition objecting to the current Planning Application 56317.

The final decision will be made known on Monday, 4th November.

The group have also prepared and submitted an application to nominate the pub as an Asset of Community Value. If successful The Globe Inn will remain on the register for five years. This would also mean the community could exercise their right prepare a Right to Bid...

The clocks going back signal the end of summer and it seems the weather has duly obliged.

The beginning of half term week didn't start too well and it seems it will end in similar fashion.

Forecasters are predicting more rain, strong winds and temperatures as low as 3C for Exeter, Mid and East Devon.

If you haven't dome so already, it's time to dog out your winter wollies and wellies.

The Met Office forecast is as follows:

Today

A bright start for many with only isolated showers. Rain, locally heavy, arriving in western parts before...

Youth unemployment is a ‘public health time bomb’ according to new research from the World Health Organisation. Young people not in education, employment or training, have risen to more than 1 million in the UK. There is a large range of health risks associated with even a short period of unemployment. In the short term depression and suicide rises sharply amongst the unemployed, while in the long term chronic illnesses such as cancer increase. “Unemployment, particularly the persistent high levels of youth unemployment, is a public health time bomb waiting to explode,” said Professor Sir...