Student rents in Exeter are the 4th highest in the UK behind only London, Oxford and Cambridge, a new report states. Students in Exeter pay an average rent of £385pcm despite most students only willing to pay up to £300 in rental costs. The rise has been attributed to a national rise in applications to Universities in turn seeing a rise in demand for student rental properties in the city. Exeter University has seen a 34% rise in applications for university places this year well above the national average of 2.5% seeing a particular demand on rental costs. The report by easyroommate.co.uk...
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is marking the role South Devon played in the career of the man regarded around the world as the father of modern tree surgery.
John Davey served a six-year apprenticeship in horticulture and landscape gardening in Torquay. He moved to the US and became a leading tree expert, publishing his first book, 'The Tree Doctor', in 1901.
Now, Paignton Zoo is planting a tree to commemorate his Devon connection. Catherine Mortimer, Paignton Zoo Head Gardener, explained: “John Davey is almost unknown in this country, but in the US he is...
In preparation for the upcoming talk: ‘Bone Head: A Heads up on the Most Fascinating Bones in the Body’ at the RAMM, The Exeter Daily caught up with the broadcaster Nick Baker to discuss the function and beauty of skulls.
For those who may not be aware of the up-coming lecture you are doing at the RAMM could you tell the readers of The Exeter Daily , a little bit about the talk?
It’s an insight into not only the fascinating biology of skulls, but also the sorts of things that happen to a collector. Not everybody...
Award-winning homebuilder Redrow has announced that the early information centre at its new development, Otter Grange, is now open. Located on the eastern edge of delightful country town Ottery St Mary, this stylish development is surrounded by open farmland, making for an idyllic setting.
The marketing suite and showhomes will officially open in early December. Redrow is encouraging house hunters to pop along to find out more now and learn about the benefits of purchasing off plan.
Emma Solman, area sales manager for Redrow (South West) said: “Buying off plan has proved...
A petition calling on the Government to put a stop to the pilot badger cull climbed to 300,000 in the two weeks since the first animal was shot.
There has been a marked rise in the number of people signing the number 10 e-petition since the pilot culls began in areas of Somerset and Gloucestershire.
It had already become the biggest ever petition on the Government’s website in July when it passed 258,000 signatures. Now more than 40,000 extra people have agreed that the policy is not the answer to controlling bovine TB in cattle.
If there’s a few people there watching, they get to see the next crop that might be coming through the Academy to be playing for the first team." Lee Skyrme
The Grecians’ new under-18 coach Lee Skyrme is hoping for a healthy turnout of City supporters for Tuesday evening’s prestigious friendly against Manchester City at St James Park.
As well as giving the players some necessary experience of playing in front of a larger crowd than a normal Youth Alliance fixture, it also offers fans a chance to see some of the uncut diamonds...
Premier League Darts will be bigger than ever in 2014 with the introduction of an additional league night as the ten-player tournament, which will open in Liverpool and end in London, visits Leeds for the first time.
Darts' biggest roadshow event will celebrate its tenth staging next year, with reigning champion Michael van Gerwen set to defend his title against the likes of six-time winner Phil Taylor across 16 weeks of action around the UK and Ireland, live on Sky Sports.
The season will kick off on Thursday February 6 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, as the ten players...
Sixteen members of staff from leading Devon law firm Kitsons faced the challenge of a lifetime this weekend when they tackled the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West.
Three teams of walkers left the comfort of their desks to don walking boots and waterproofs and undertake the gruelling 10,000 feet ascent across uneven terrain and more than 450 miles of driving in challenging weather conditions.
Two of the teams, including five Kitsons partners (James Cross, David Turner, Cameron Caverhill, Nick Johnson and Tony...
Ed Miliband will today (Tuesday 10 September) declare his ambition to build a mass membership One Nation Labour Party rooted in the lives of working people and communities across Britain.
In his speech to the TUC in Bournemouth, he will acknowledge that the reforms he proposes are a massive challenge and that some people are worried about change. But he will say the current system of affiliation for trade unionists must change so that they have a real choice as individuals about being part of the party - and a real voice within it.
Exeter is fielding no fewer than six teams in the finals of the Blackthorn British Skittles Championships next week in Torquay (Saturday 21 September). And in something of a record, four of the teams come from the same home alley at St Thomas Social Club.
In the men’s competition, the Allstars, Heavitree Heroes, Two Tribes and the Saints will be fighting it out for top honours. Meanwhile the pressure in the ladies’ competition falls on the Hustlers and the Sinners, who were ladies’ champions in 2011.
Dave Rowe, team secretary of the Saints and Sinners, confessed that his...
