Exeter City and Oxford United played out an entertaining goalless draw at the Kassam Stadium, with veteran striker David Kitson sent off in stoppage time for the hosts. For the first time this season, Paul Tisdale named a completely unchanged line-up as the previous game. Following the win on Saturday against Scunthorpe, an identical matchday squad and starting XI were named for the Tuesday-night trip to the Kassam Stadium.
And a day that had been mild and fresh in Oxford turned violently thunderous just as the players were limbering up...
Devon is buzzing with talented, award-winning chefs, many of whom are making Dartmouth Food Festival (Friday 25 – Sunday 27 October) their food and drink festival of choice. This year the festival is delighted to be showcasing even more high profile local chefs than ever before.
Commenting on behalf of Dartmouth Food Festival, chairman David Jones says: “Devon has so many hugely gifted chefs and it’s fantastic to see such a vast selection of them demonstrating their culinary skills at the festival.”
David continues: “We’re exceptionally lucky to have such an exciting and...
Having moved from Exeter’s historical Quayside to Southernhay earlier this year, Chalk & Ward Advertising have made another move to join the Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Chalk & Ward are the largest independent advertising agency in the region and are celebrating their 15th year in business in 2013. Offering clients integrated communications advice covering creative, marketing, strategy, public relations and digital services Chalk & Ward Advertising work with some of the region’s biggest names. Centrax, Glendinning, Mole Valley Farmers, DS Smith PLC and...
The Met Office has issued another yellow warning for the South West as the forecast for the next few days continues to bring rain and the risk of localised flooding to the region.
The Met Office said: "Further heavy showers are likely through the rest of Tuesday and particularly overnight into Wednesday, when organised bands of heavy showers and thunderstorms will move northeastwards, accompanied by squally winds.
"The public should be aware of the risk of disruption, mainly due to localised flooding, but also where squally winds occur."
Wildlife charities have welcomed the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) swift action to ban ships across the world from discharging all forms of high viscosity polyisobutylene (PIB) into the sea during tank cleaning operations. PIB was the chemical responsible for the deaths of over 4000 seabirds on the south west coast earlier this year.
The tragedy, the largest marine pollution incident of its kind in the region since Torrey Canyon, shocked thousands of people.
At a meeting of the IMO’s working group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals...
Update 24 October: Police confirmed today that they are no longer searching for the individuals in the photo as the suspects have been identified.
22 October: Police need help in identifying a man and woman following a theft from a supermarket in Newton Abbot.
On 6 October 2013 shortly before 3.30pm a customer requested £50 cash back from one of the self service checkouts at the Asda store in Highweek Street.
The customer picked up his shopping and walked away forgetting the cash. When he returned shortly afterwards the cash had been taken.
This year's Christmas Market in Exeter will run from Thursday 21 November until Thursday 19 December, on Cathedral Green. The Christmas lights ceremony will also take place on 21 November from 4pm-8pm, with Rob Baxter, Exeter Chiefs' Head Coach; Paul Tisdale, Manager of Exeter City Football Club and members of the Lympstone Military Wives Choir taking centre stage to jointly switch on the city’s Christmas lights during the event at 6.30pm.
Visitors will be treated to a festive programme of entertainment throughout the event. The Princesshay stage will light up with musical acts...
Chefs at Strada in Princesshay are sharing their skills and knowledge to teach families how to make pizzas at a special half term workshop on Sunday 27 October, in aid of WESC Foundation, Princesshay's nominated charity of the year.
Sami Alhuwaidi, Deputy Restaurant Manager, Strada, says, “Encouraging young people to cook and enjoy good food is important to us and we hope the families joining in will pick up new skills and have fun together.”
The hands-on workshop from 10.30am to 12.30pm will give parents and children the chance to create classic Italian style pizzas with...
