Latest technology brings Newton Abbot church into 21st Century and maintains its character.

When St Paul’s Church in Newton Abbott was looking for a solar PV solution to reduce its carbon emissions it wasn’t a simple challenge, as its Grade I listed status meant that any alterations had to fully maintain the character of the 19th century church.

The modern look of standard solar PV panels had already been turned down by planners, so when the church’s architects (LSN Architects) suggested solar slates, they approached Exeter-based SunGift Energy who designed a 4 kWp system...

Over 2,000 building sites across the UK will be visited by Government health and safety inspectors this month.

Local inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - Britain’s national regulator for workplace safety - will be making unannounced visits to target poor safety standards in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.

HSE inspectors will be checking high-risk activities such as working with harmful materials is managed properly and checking that the welfare facilities are adequate.

In the South West last year 4 people were killed while working on construction...

We need your help – Go Team Relay!

Thistle Hotels are participating in one amazing relay challenge. Together as a team our employees will run, bike, and swim 1,400 miles from Inverness to London.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime and we're all in it together. We'll pass all 36 of our hotels up and down the UK, racing miles to raise smiles for some truly outstanding children's charities.

For more details go to http://www.liteatnite.co.uk/employee-hotel-relay.html

Please sponsor the Thistle Exeter Team who are cycling from Exeter to Poole on 4 September which...

Declassified spy photography has uncovered a lost Roman Eastern frontier, dating from the second century AD. Research by archaeologists at the Universities of Glasgow and Exeter has identified a long wall that ran 60 kilometres from the Danube to the Black Sea over what is modern Romania. It is considered the most easterly example of a man-made frontier barrier system in the Roman Empire. Built in the mid-second century AD, ‘Trajan’s Rampart’ as it is known locally, once stood 8.5m wide and over 3.5m high and included at least 32 forts and 31 smaller fort lets along its course. It is...

Jenny Brown and Paul Colebourne are the first residents to move into their new home at Wyndham Place, Tisbury built by independent developer C G Fry & Son, well-renowned for their triple-award winning Wyvern Park in Exeter. Site manager Adrian White was recently awarded a Quality Award in the ‘Pride in the Job’ 2013 for the development organised by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the South West region. A ‘Pride in the Job award’ is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive.

Jenny together with partner Paul own a house in London and are looking to...

Police in Exeter are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was attacked in the Exe Bridges area of the city.

At around 1am on Sunday, September 1, 2013, the victim was walking near the Pizza Hut at Exe Bridges. As he approached the bridge he passed a group of people. An unknown offender has then kicked him in the back.

The victim fell to the floor and was further kicked, before he was forced into the river. An unknown male attacker then further assaulted the victim in the water while a second man shouted verbal abuse from the riverbank while also throwing...

A new guide aims to promote safe driving techniques for people who use low powered motorbikes particularly mopeds to get to and from work.

Research shows that there has been an increase in the number of crashes in Devon involving lower powered motorbikes.

One theory is that more people are using low powered bikes these days as they are more economical to use and riders can make savings on fuel costs.

The guide has been developed with the help of a Max Rider instructor, who has 25 years riding experience, a police advanced riding qualification and 10 years of...