Having put in the hard yards off the field during a gruelling pre-season programme, it's on-field matters that take centre stage for the Exeter Chiefs tomorrow as the countdown to the new season edges ever closer.
This weekend Rob Baxter's side travel to Wales to face Scarlets in their opening pre-season fixture at the Parc Y Scarlets (3pm). It represents the first of three warm-up clashes for the Devon club - Bristol and Glasgow Warriors follow over the next two weeks – before they engage in their fourth season of Aviva Premiership action at Northampton Saints on Saturday,...
Brake, the road safety charity, is warning drivers to shape up their act as a new fixed penalty notice for 'careless driving', and higher fines for many other offences like speeding and mobile phone use, come into force today (Friday 16 August).
From today police can stop drivers and issue a ticket on the spot for risky driving such as tailgating or poor lane discipline. Drivers who commit the most serious 'careless driving' offences will still face charges in court and much higher penalties.
Fines for most fixed penalty notices for traffic offences such as speeding, mobile...
My sister has always had a tendency to faint at the slightest thing - blood, manual labour, needles... but her worst weakness is heat.
Exeter has had amazing weather this summer, and I always appreciate the city more in the sun.
However, being stuck on a train for 3 hours, without air conditioning, is a downside.
My sister found herself on a delayed, and therefore highly congested, train from London to Exeter. People were standing up the aisles, sweating with a proximity far too close for comfort. Just as she was about to exit the train, she found herself fainting...
Palmers Whitton and Laing’s brave Pam Preston is doing a skydive fundraiser for Hospiscare.
Employees at Palmers Whitton and Laing are rallying around Pam Preston, as she prepares to skydive for Hospiscare. Pam is taking part in a ‘tandem’ sky-dive on 24 August 2013, with her employees, along with family and friends, giving their sponsorship pledges in advance of the big day.
Pam is hoping to raise much-needed funds for Hospiscare, a charity working to provide high-quality care and dedicated support to people who are terminally ill living in Exeter, mid and east Devon....
The Exeter Spitfires have continued to improve as their inaugural season in the South West Baseball League is approaching the finish. The Spitfires took on the Torbay Barons for a double header recently at Chadwick Field. The Spitfires, behind good pitching and some excellent hitting, including the first home runs for the club, managed to win both games.
In a back and forth battle in the opening game the Spitfires eventually came through 23-18 winners. In game two, after initially allowing the Barons to jump into an 8-0 lead, the Spitfires fought back strongly for a convincing 29-...
Eventing’s stars of the future will be out in force at Bicton Arena’s affiliated horse trials this weekend with Emily King, recently named as a squad member for the Junior Europeans in France next month, among the entries.
Emily, from Sidmouth in East Devon, recently finished third in the advanced section at the Festival of British Eventing on Brookleigh, a horse she has entered in the open intermediate class at Bicton.
Janou Bleekman, who competed at the Pony European Championships in 2011 and 2012, is another Devon-based rider with a huge future who is competing at the...
Prostate Cancer UK – the Official Charity Partner of The Football League - has launched a national campaign to find the greatest captain in the history of The Football League and is calling on football fans to vote for their favourite skipper. The newly extended three-year charity partnership between Prostate Cancer UK and the league aims to reach over 16 million fans across the terraces, raising awareness of the disease which affects 1 in 8 men sometime in their life and kills over 10,000 men a year. This season, the 125th anniversary of The Football League, fans are being urged put aside...
Experience the exquisite world of Dolls House Miniatures at our public fair where you will find exhibitions, displays and demonstrations by some of the leading crafts people in this field.
A range of stands will be exhibiting everything from charming miniature figures and delightful dolls houses to every imaginable accessory and item of furniture.
Whether a keen miniaturist collector or enthusiast, or someone just wanting to visit for casual interest, you can be assured of a warm welcome.
Yorkshire Building Society in Exeter announced the voting in their Charity Choices ballot today - and ELF won the top prize of £500.
Thank you so much to the staff who nominated us and all of the customers who voted for us, and to the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Trust for funding the awards.
Also winners were Hospicare (£300) and Balloons (£200).
Staff at the branch have been wonderfully supportive of ELF recently and all three charities were delighted with their awards.
