Exeter City completed a double for the season over Capital One Cup finalists Bradford City with a superb 4-1 victory at St James Park.
City’s first goal had a touch of fortune about it when Bantams goalkeeper Matt Duke bundled into his own net, and a debut goal from loanee Lawson D’Ath put the hosts two up at the break.
Kyel Reid cut City’s lead to a single goal late in the second half, but strikes by Scot Bennett and John O’Flynn put the sheen on a great victory and an important three points in the race for promotion.
Amongst the starting XI for the Grecians was D’...
Wednesday 3 April Belmont Park Gordon Road Exeter EX12DH
10.30am - 11.15am- 2.5yrs to 3.5yrs (45minutes) 11.30am - 12.30pm - 3.5 to 6yrs (1hr)
£3.50 per child
Come and join the Rugbytots coaches for some rugby based fun and games. There will be prizes and a special Rugbytots Easter egg hunt at the end of the session and all children will receive a medal for taking part.
Tea, coffee and toilet facilities will be available and sessions are also next to the children's play park
James Taylor has earned a reputation as the ultimate singer/songwriter over a legendary career that has spanned four decades. His best known hits include Something In The Way She Moves, Fire & Rain, Carolina In My Mind, and You’ve Got A Friend.
Guitarist and vocalist Nigel Challis and pianist/vocalist Dave Sanderson are an acoustic duo who have already delighted many theatre audiences with their heartfelt renditions of JT’s classic material. Come along to The Bridge Inn on Saturday 13 April for an evening not to be missed!
'Switch' the Exeter Together robot joined the team at Bedford Square on Saturday 16 March:
'Switch' has been sent to Earth to help energy users save on their gas and electricity bills, providing earthlings with some of the much-needed cash! He is 6 ft 3 in, weighs 90 kilos and wears space trainers. His internal processors and 1,000 TB hard drive will calculate the best possible 'switch' available for energy users across Exeter and the South West.
He is friendly and likes smiling faces, music and old batteries he can recycle, so bring some along. Switch will be at Bedford...
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that the Secretary of State has decided to drop his pursuit of an appeal at the Supreme Court on a case he had lost at the Court of Appeal.
The case, represented by Child Poverty Action Group, was Richard Gorry v (1) Wiltshire Council (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families and children.
It is the host organisation for the Campaign to End Child Poverty, which has over 150 member...
Pupils at a Devon village school are achieving above national standards as a result of good teaching, interesting lessons and their extremely positive attitudes to learning.
Following a two-day inspection last month, education inspectors say Silverton C of E Primary is a good school with outstanding features. Silverton was previously rated good in 2007 but since then the school standards agency, Ofsted, has twice increased the rigour of its inspection regime.
They conclude: “Pupils of all abilities and backgrounds do well. Teaching is good throughout the school and, as a...
Essential work to address persistent drainage and subsidence problems in Exeter’s High Street, between Mountain Warehouse/Martins Lane and Broadgate, has been completed almost two weeks ahead of schedule, Devon County Council has announced.
The problem, the cause of the subsidence it appears, was a failure of the street's drainage and poor condition of a 4" water main running through the High Street.
The work, which started on 16 January, has included drainage, footway and road works. Wales and West Utilities have also replaced a gas main from Broadgate to Burger King....
Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish has become a ‘citizen scientist’ to help Cancer Research UK fight cancer.
He took five minutes out of his busy parliamentary schedule to take a turn on the new Cell SliderTM website, which could help the charity to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.
With just a few minutes and a few clicks of the mouse, Cell SliderTM is the first ever interactive website to turn real archive cancer data into a format that can be analysed by the public.
It presents real images of tumour samples in the form of a simple game of snap....
In just over two weeks, the way in which public health in Devon is delivered and organised will change significantly, as responsibility for the health of Devon’s communities is handed back to the local authority for the first time in 39 years.
The move comes as part of a number of changes to the management of the health service, introduced by the government in its bid to ‘liberate the NHS’.
From 1 April, Devon County Council will be required to deliver services that improve the health of Devon’s population, prevent ill health and reduce current inequalities that exist from...
