Harry and Amelia were the most popular first names given to babies born in England and Wales in 2012, maintaining the top spots from 2011.
They were also the most popular names in the South West according to records released by the Office for National Statistics.
Riley replaced Joshua in the top ten most popular names for baby boys, climbing five places from number 13 to number eight.
Mia and Isla replaced Ruby and Grace in the top ten most popular names for baby girls, climbing six and seven places from numbers 13 and 15 to numbers seven and eight respectively....
From the bustling streets of New York to the covered markets of London, there is a revolution in progress. Thankfully this is not the blood, sweat and tear gas sort of revolution, but a culinary one – a revolution in street food. This delicious uprising is being led by an ever-growing number of al-fresco gastronomes, each bringing their own brand of unique gourmet food to the masses quite literally at street level.
For us Brits the idea of street food may once have conjured up images of dubious burger vans serving suspicious looking “meat” deep fried to within an inch of its life....
The Provost of All Saints Cathedral, the Very Venerable Julius Njuguna Wanyoike is the Bishop Elect of Thika, following elections that were held at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Thika, Kenya.
The Very Rev Julius will now be referred to as Bishop Elect until September when he will be consecrated and enthroned by the Archbishop of Kenya.
He becomes the second Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Thika.
The Diocese of Thika is linked with the Exeter Diocese and the Archdeacon of Exeter, the Venerable Christopher Futcher and his wife Anne will be attending this ceremony...
More than 3,000 people in Devon have so far been helped with advice and support from Travel Devon Roadshows.
More than 120 of the free roadshows, organised by Devon County Council, have been held in Exeter, Exmouth, Newton Abbot and Totnes in the past 15 months.
The Travel Devon roadshows are one of the projects developed through Devon County Council’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund which aims to support jobs and businesses by tackling congestion and promoting greater use of sustainable travel.
The free roadshows enable staff to speak to Travel Advisors about...
A gorilla has enrolled at the University of Exeter.
The giant primate arrived wrapped in pretend brown paper, tied with mock string and covered in air mail stickers, stamps and franks from South Africa, Canada, Indonesia, Australia and Cuba.
This striking piece of public art is named Takamanda, after a national park in the Cameroon set up in 2008 to help protect the endangered Cross River gorilla.
She is part of the Great Gorillas Project, which is celebrating the 90th birthday of Paignton Zoo. Life-size model gorillas have been sponsored by businesses and community...
An opportunity to experience the unfolding excavations at the largest Roman village ever found in Devon is open to members of the public on Sunday 18 August, at the site near Ipplepen in South Devon. The site is of tremendous importance and has produced excitement in the archaeological world and beyond. The systematic excavation of the site originally began in the summer of 2012. Previously unknown, the Romano-British site was discovered as a result of metal detected Roman coin found by Mr. Phillip Wills and Mr Dennis Hewings which was recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. A...
Brewin Dolphin Exeter Office is delighted to be the main sponsor of this prestigious event, an exclusive evening with actor and creator of Downton Abbey, Lord Fellowes in aid of a worthy South West charity. http://www.familiesforchildren.org.uk/
This is the latest in a succession of highly successful annual fundraising events organised by prominent West Country businessman John Casson. Previous events have welcomed other high profile guests such as Sir Michael Parkinson, General Sir David Richards and the Falklands war veteran Simon Weston raising thousands of pounds for a large...
A 17-year-old boy from Exmouth has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft, arson and criminal damage following a fire at a property in Kay Close, Exmouth on Wednesday 7 August. No-one was in the property at the time.
The teenager has been released on police bail until 5 November, to appear at Heavitree Road police station.
South West Communications Group is preparing for the 20th year of its sponsorship of Exeter Chiefs with a celebratory photo shoot with the club's England U20s Junior World Championship winners.
The Exeter-based telephone systems and data networks and Internet service providers, first paid for the Exeter Rugby Club's first team shirts for the 1993/94 season when they were known as South West Telecoms.
South West Communications Group's involvement with the club has grown year on year throughout the following two decades, incorporating the Exeter Chiefs' rebranding, and...
As the results of Great Taste 2013 are released, a new category has been added to the Awards scheme - that of Great Taste Shop of the Year. The idea is simple, as producers go on line to discover their results, they will be invited to nominate and vote for the shop that in their opinion deserves to be Great Taste Shop of the Year. This is simply the best food and drink producers choosing the best shop - a butcher, baker, delicatessen, farm shop, village or community shop, or food hall - in fact any shop with a deli offering. John Farrand, Managing director of the Guild of Fine Food,...
