The finance conscious Humphrey family from Silverton are in the running to be crowned Britain’s savviest, having been shortlisted in the annual money-saving advice competition, Nectar Savvy Family.
The family were selected, along with seven other finalists, from thousands of entrants, to keep a savvy blog for five weeks. In return for sharing their best money-saving tips and advice, they are in with the chance of winning a bumper prize package worth £5,000 and being crowned Nectar Savvy Family 2013.
This year’s finalists are being judged by a panel of experts which is led...
From Saturday 13 April, the free Killerton parkrun event that takes place every Saturday at 9am returns home to its much-loved cross-country course in the parkland of Killerton National Trust estate near Exeter.
Back in February, Killerton’s historic parkland suffered water-logged ground conditions caused by months of persistent wet weather.
The slippery surface forced the popular community running event to temporarily relocate to a drier 5K course in neighbouring Ashclyst Forest.
Throughout this seven week relocation, volunteers and runners maintained their strong...
The University of Exeter Students’ Guild’s XTV welcomed the future of the television industry to Exeter as part of the National Student Television Association (NaSTA) awards. As well as putting on an incredible spectacle, transforming the Great Hall into a glittering ballroom with its very own red carpet, XTV also received five awards during the ceremony, making them one of the biggest winners of the night. Now in its 40th year, the awards were part of NaSTA’s annual conference, which also provides a series of workshops run by industry experts during the lead up to the awards ceremony in...
Higos Insurance Services sponsors Exeter’s raceday next Tuesday (April 16) where the first of seven races is off at 2pm.
Last year’s meeting saw the ever-popular Sea Saffron, trained locally at Exeter by Sue Gardner, win a competitive marathon handicap steeplechase run over three miles six furlongs, and the race is sure to be popular again with the country’s staying chasers who know how to keep up a relentless gallop.
Also on the card is a two miles seven furlongs novices’ hurdle, two handicap hurdle run over the same distance and two miles one furlong, a two miles three...
As the latest crime figures showed an overall fall of 6.7 % in the force area, Tony Hogg has once again stressed that keeping officer numbers well above 3,000, instead of dropping to a proposed level of 2,810, is key to continuing this welcome downward trend. A meeting this week of the PCC’s scrutiny body, the Police and Crime Panel, overwhelmingly gave support to Mr Hogg’s plan which sets out his policing priorities in tough economic times. Mr Hogg said: “Community involvement and neighbourhood policing are absolutely central to what I want to achieve. If the number of officers had been...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes his 2013/14 squad will be given the perfect build-up to next season's Aviva Premiership after today confirming the Devon club's pre-season friendlies. In the first of three warm-up games the Chiefs will undertake ahead of their fourth year in English rugby's top flight, Exeter will head into Wales to face the Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlets on Saturday, August 17 (3pm). It will mark the third time the two clubs have met in pre-season battle in recent years - and comes not long after the two clubs faced each other in this season's Heineken Cup...
A £660,000 improvement scheme to transform Exeter's Central Station forecourt has been given the green light.
Work is expected to start in August after Devon County Council's Cabinet approved a lease agreement at a meeting yesterday.
The scheme, which was approved by Cabinet last September and aims to encourage walking and cycling to Exeter Central Station, will be funded by Devon County Council (£330,000), Exeter City Council (£185,000) and Network Rail (£145,000).
The DCC cabinet supported the proposal for Devon County Council to lease the forecourt area from the...
Thompson Jenner LLP, one of Devon’s leading firms of accountants and business advisors, is delighted to announce the appointment of two new partners.
Paul Carnell and Dave Tucker, who were both previously experienced managers at the firms Exmouth office have become partners of the firm from the 1st April 2013. The appointment of two new partners is part of the firm’s medium term plan to grow and strengthen its practice across the firms Exeter and Exmouth offices.
Commenting on the appointments, Neil Curtis, Managing Partner, said: “I would like to offer my congratulations...
Overall crime across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has fallen by 6.7% - that is over 6,000 fewer recorded offences. This covers the financial year period April 2012 to March 2013. Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer is encouraged by these latest figures but recognises there is still much work to do. He said: “I am in no doubt that my officers and staff have responded and worked extremely hard these last 12 months, after some disappointing figures last year, so that once again we are back to some historically low crime levels. “There has been significant falls in domestic burglaries –...
Older adults who categorise themselves as old and frail may be speeding up the process, according to Exeter University researchers. A study conducted by Krystal Warmoth and colleagues at University of Exeter Medical School, is being presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Harrogate. Krystal interviewed 29 older adults in the South West of England face-to-face. Interviews conducted asked about their experiences of ageing and frailty. They found attitude could lead to a loss of interest in participating in social and physical activities, poor health,...
