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Several of Davie Gibson’s former teammates will be at St James Park between 5pm-6pm on Wednesday 5 June, to welcome Gibbo back to the Park and to attend their former colleague’s book launch. The four guests that are booked in to be there racked up over an astonishing 1,000 appearances in City colours during their playing careers. So City fans are being urged to come and meet some of Davie’s former teammates and true greats of their club, who will also be in attendance. Among the guests joining Gibbo will be Keith Bowker and Jimmy Blain. Bowker, originally from the Midlands, moved to St...

Guests enjoyed an evening of colour and cocktails at luxury kitchen and bathroom showroom Sapphire Living Space.

Owners Mark Newbery and Ross Pollard teamed up with Exeter's Gloss art gallery and Magdalen Chapter Hotel to stage the VIP event.

The pair organise regular themed nights in collaboration with other local business at their 3,500 sq ft showroom, opposite Darts Farm in Topsham.

Guests sipped on a specially-created 'Sapphire' cocktail and admired work by artists including Yvonne Coomber, Louise Davies and Isobel Osborne.

Mark said: "We really enjoy...

Police were called to the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the westbound carriageway of the A30 near Honiton this afternoon.

Officers were called at 3.30pm after reports of a collision between a car and a motorcycle.

The motorcyclist was treated by paramedics at the scene and then airlifted to Derriford Hospital with serious injuries.

The A30 is reported to be closed with queueing traffic westbound between Daisy Mount Cross in Marsh Green and the B3184 junction in Poltimore.

Devon County Council has received £4.7 million of funding towards two vital road schemes which will help deliver economic growth and tackle congestion.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today (Friday 31 May) announced the latest £165 million of Local Pinch Point funding, with Devon successfully bidding for £2.96 million towards the Crediton Link Road and £1.75 million for the Tithebarn Link Road which accesses the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point.

Final plans for the Crediton Link Road were approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet earlier this week. The single...

Six teams from Stephens Scown solicitors in Exeter will, on Friday 7 June, take on the Cotswold Way PLOD for children’s charity Action Medical Research.

The walking challenge is no walk in the park, covering 40 miles through the night.

The Action PLOD walking challenges are long and strenuous, requiring team work, stamina, coordination and willpower. Money raised will go to help the charity fund vital research for sick babies and children.

Phil Gregory, Partner at Stephens Scown LLP says: “Being an adventurous bunch at Stephens Scown, we are always looking for new...

Plans are being drawn up to regenerate the Axminster Carpets’ spinning mill at Buckfast, just weeks after it closed with the loss of more than 100 jobs.

The ambitious project has been undertaken by The Buckfast Abbey Trust which bought the 9.24 acre site from administrators at the end of March.

Consultants have been appointed to help develop the masterplan which will be discussed with local residents.

Although the area closest to the Abbey will be enhanced, it is envisaged that much of the large building erected in the late 1980’s will eventually be occupied by...

Staff at a Devon County Council recycling centre in Exeter were shocked to see a cat stranded in a deep container amongst unwanted materials deposited by local residents.

SITA UK employees Chris Murphy and John Hallett who were working at the Pinbrook Road recycling centre on Sunday 12 May, sprung into action to rescue the cat.

They placed it in a second hand cat basket, that was fortunately available in the recycling centre’s resale shop, and called the local people at Cats Protection who were soon on the scene and took the male cat into their care.

The cat has...

Need some inspiration for the weekend? Look no further than our round up of what's happening in and around Exeter:

THEATRE

The Elves and the Shoemaker Friday, 3pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Sitting in his kitchen workshop, Sam Lacey makes terrible shoes and tries to sell them online. They are so bad that no-one really wants them, not even his neighbour (who thinks he should give up and get a real job!). Then one night, two tiny visitors climb in through the window and start cutting and stitching and gluing...and Sam's life is never quite the same again! Tickets: £10, £24...

Financial advice has changed dramatically in recent years. I have heard it said – admittedly by another financial planner – that my chosen field of work has moved from being an industry to a profession. I’m personally of the opinion that there is still work to do, by the profession as a whole, before the wider public accept this distinction.

However, it is clear that gone are the bad old days of insurance salesmen knocking on your door at all hours to flog you a product that you didn’t really need and would be unlikely to ever be able to claim on.

I myself had a relative (...