Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours. The service will be held on Wednesday 17 April at St Paul's Cathedral.
In line with the wishes of her family and with the Queen’s consent, Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours. The service will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday 17 April. A wide and diverse range of people and groups with connections to Lady Thatcher will be invited. The service will be followed by a private cremation.
The funeral will be a mix of the public and private. The service at St Paul’s...
Average winter gas bill will be up by £132 on a year ago to around £460 because of the extended cold spell.
The figures were compiled by economist Alan Clarke of the wholesale banking division of Scotiabank, Scotia Capital and do not factor in price rises which could come later this year.
Mr Clarke said average household gas use was up by some 30 per cent between January and March compared with a year ago. On top of that gas tariffs are now around 8 per cent higher.
Based on these calculations, he estimates that the average gas bill for the first three months of...
Wildlife is suffering the effects of an exceptionally late spring with rare birds found dead and summer warblers absent from the countryside.
The bodies of eight stone-curlews (pictured) – one of the UK's most threatened birds – have been found in fields in Norfolk, Suffolk and Wiltshire in the past few days.
The birds are believed to have returned from their wintering grounds in Africa and Spain and struggled to find enough food to survive. The bodies weighed around 300 g, compared to a healthy weight of 450 g.
This follows the deaths of hundreds of puffins and...
Today, many people consider stress to be part of life, yet most of us have little understanding of what the concept means or where it comes from.
In his new book The Age of Stress, University of Exeter historian Professor Mark Jackson explores the history of scientific studies of stress and how stress became a buzzword of the modern world.
The Age of Stress reveals how the science of stress and our experiences of stressful life events have both been shaped by a wide range of socio-political and cultural, as well as biological, factors.
An Exeter business celebrated its third anniversary by combining beauty and brawn. Purity Day Spa on Cathedral Green threw a VIP birthday bash with a little help from three rugby stars. VIP guests enjoyed complementary make overs while Exeter Chiefs first team players Carl Rimmer, Chris Whitehead and Phil Dollman served them with champagne. They were joined by staff from nearby Saks hair salon who also offered free treatments. Purity owner Mariam Bavadi said: "We launched in tough economic times and, as we all know, the situation hasn't improved during the three years we have been in...
The inaugural Flybe Under 9 Schools Futsal Cup tournament has taken place, with the three regional winners being Stoke Hill in the Exeter section, Drakes from East Budleigh in East Devon and Ilfracombe in North Devon.
The tournament proved so popular that Exeter City’s Football in the Community department is to launch a schools futsal league, for Under 10s and Under 11s.
The first Junior Futsal League will begin with two series of round-robin friendly games on Monday 15 and 22 April in the sports hall at St Peters High School, Quarry Lane, from 6-8pm, with a view to...
Exeter City’s Football in the Community department is launching a private car parking scheme at St James Park stadium, following the Charitable Trust’s move into the Fountain Centre. There are a limited number of spaces available to contract customers that wish to use the car park on a daily basis at a cost of £60 per month – around £2 per day - and all money raised will be used to support the department’s work in the community, which engages with around 50,000 adults and children a year throughout Exeter and Devon. The car park is well-surfaced, lit, patrolled and open 24 hours a day....
Have you heard the story of the colossal customer-service bungle over the “bedbug letter”? A guest in a hotel finds himself attacked by bedbugs during his stay. He writes an angry letter to the president of the hotel company. Within days, the president sends the guest a heartfelt apology, which reads, in part: “I can assure you that such an event has never occurred before in our hotel. I promise you it will never happen again.” Sounds good, except for one small detail: Included with the apology is the guest’s original letter. Scrawled across the top is the message: “Send this idiot the...
Working from home presents many challenges: What is an acceptable time to get out of bed? Which Australian soap opera should I work my lunch around? Does posting a Facebook status really count as business development? But quite possibly the biggest challenge is what boring clichéd local disc jockey should I tolerate for a couple of hours?
Whether it is the background soundtrack to my working day or the drive time escape, music plays an integral part of not only mine- but most people’s existence. Yes, I enjoy a Radio 1 chart topper as much as the next guy and sure Jeremy Vine’s...
Exeter Chiefs hooker Simon Alcott has today spoken of his disappointment after it was confirmed he will have to retire from the game with immediate effect due to a neck injury. The 29-year-old forward, who joined the Chiefs in 2008 from Worthing, has made the decision following extensive consultations with a number of leading surgeons and specialists around the country. Alcott’s decision to call time on his playing career – which has seen him feature 71 times for the Devon club, scoring ten tries in the process – has been “tough”, but it’s one he knows he has to make with regards to his...
