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...

Thirty three children in Devon are currently waiting to be adopted, if adopters were available, says Devon County Council as it launches a campaign to encourage more prospective adopters.

Devon County Council's Devon Adoption service has children ranging in ages from six months to eight years, including sibling groups, waiting for a loving, safe, permanent home.

The service has, this year, cut the length of time it takes to approve adoption applications in a move to make the process simpler, and to encourage more adoptive parents to come forward.

There is now an...

Police officers cautioned a newsagent selling copies of the Private Eye magazine near the Old Bailey that they could be in contempt of court. A news vendor said a policeman asked him to “consider” taking down issues of the satirical magazine due to the proximity to the phone hacking hearings of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson. The issue which has a picture of Ms Brooks with the caption horror witch costume withdrawn from shops was shown to the jury and said to be a ‘joke in exceptionally bad taste’ by Mr Justice Saunders, presiding judge on the phone hacking case. The newsagent refused to...

On 6 November, the University of Exeter will be hosting a special gig by renowned Devon folk singer, Jim Causley.

At the gig, Jim, accompanied by guitarist Lukas Drinkwater, will be singing songs he has crafted from the words of poems by Charles Causley, one of Cornwall’s most celebrated 20th century poets and a distant relative of the folk singer. Charles Causley’s papers, including draft manuscripts of the poems which Jim Causley set to music, are held in the University’s Heritage Collections. As part of his research for developing his recent album of songs based on Charles...

A survey has revealed that people in Devon rank horror movies as their number one fright.

The Heart of Devon Tourism Partnership carried out the poll, asking people in Exeter and online at heartofdevon.com what scared them most at Halloween.

Horror movies came out top, with 13% of people citing scary flicks as their biggest fear. Second was spiders, named by 12% of people and joint third was trick or treaters and the mask from the movie Scream, each receiving 6% of the poll.

Other fears highlighted included ghosts, being alone in the dark and scary novels, while 4%...