Exeter kept up their challenge for top spot in the Devon RFU Colts Shield competition hosting Brixham at Withycombe RFC. This season the boys have been rewarded with kit sponsorship from Astley Media, who have kindly provided warm up tops and playing shorts and socks.
They took to the pitch with pride in their new clothing. The ground staff at Withy had done a good job and the pitch was in great condition considering the atrocious weather we had after Christmas.
Brixham started well, trying to feed their forwards who were...
Seven people from West Cornwall have been charged with drugs offences following a two-year Police investigation.
The six men and a woman have all been charged with conspiracy to import drugs into the UK and also with supplying Class B drugs.
All seven will appear before Truro Magistrates Court on Thursday 28 March 2013.
Those charged are: Martyn Couchman, 34; Aaron Lampshire, 34; Valerie Isaacs, 48; Ryan Clapp, 24; Brian Hendra, 26; Jonathan Taylor, 24, who are all from the Camborne area; Peter Cuffe, 30, from the Redruth area. Police ref: AC/13/754
David Walliams will be revealing an intimate secret with some of his closest celebrity friends in a sketch recorded for Comic Relief - Funny for Money (Friday 15th March, BBC One).
The sketch will see David dropping in on a number of celebrity acquaintances he has become close to over the last year including Alan Carr, the Chuckle Brothers, Gwyneth Paltrow and Dr Christian Jessen to name just a few.
With his news causing quite a stir, a furious Alan Carr chases his friend and fellow Red Nose Day presenter down the road with a slipper. Want to know what secret David has to...
Designer fashion store Dukes, based in Exeter's Harlequin Centre, hosted an event last night to celebrate the arrival of a new range of lifestyle fitness, swimwear and loungewear by London-based brand Vevie.
Vevie was launched last year by Caroline Greenslade, who has designed lingerie, swimwear and loungewear for brands such as Heidi Klein, Agent Provocateur, Pistol Panties and Hoola, as well as being Head of Design for Debenhams.
About 80 people turned up to last night's launch event, which was a great success, with drinks and canapés by Exeter caterer Bon Gout served by...
Thousands of people are reported to have gathered at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday in protest of an 'Israeli invasion' of the site on Wednesday.
Eight Jewish settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police on Wednesday. The settlers prayed in front of the mosque before clashes broke out with Palestinian Muslims.
On Thursday Israeli occupation authorities barred the entry of Palestinians, especially women, to the mosque.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam. Israeli violations at the site are a major source of...
A man has admitted to repeatedly groping young women across Exeter in a series of attacks between 16 and 20 February.
Szczepan Majcherczyk, who lives on Powderham Crescent, faces jail after pleading guilty to five charges in front of city magistrates, including three sexual assaults and two public order offences.
The 32-year-old’s victims were mainly students from the university; in all cases he would proposition the victim before groping them.
Majcherczyk’s first attack took place at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum, where he followed a woman around before...
A Barnstaple man has been jailed for nine months following an attack on a 15-year-old boy.
Exeter Crown Court heard that Mark Angell lashed out at the boy in an unprovoked attack last August, after receiving a call from his daughter claiming she was hiding in a shop after being harassed by a group of youths.
By the time the protective father arrived on the scene, the group had moved on, causing Mr Angell to turn his attention to the innocent passer-by.
Mr Angell denied causing actual bodily harm, but was found guilty by magistrates in North Devon. The case was then...
A prayer has been written to be said in Devon's Anglican churches in the wake of the hundreds of job losses caused by the collapse of Axminster Carpets. The historic company went into administration this week, announcing 300 job losses. Bishop Michael is asking all clergy to pray for those who have lost their jobs this week in Axminster and Buckfast, and also for all those affected by unemployment at this time.
Churches in Axminster and the surrounding area will also be appealing for food for affected families in services this weekend.
It was exciting to hear that the great and the good ventured up to London recently to see the launch of Exeter’s Triple Crown status on Bill Boards and in Underground Stations, maximising Exeter’s profile to London businesses who may be contemplating doing business with the region or relocating to this beautiful area of ours. BUT, what about the businesses based in Exeter that would also like to shout about Exeter’s buoyant, trend bucking successes; something all of us based in Exeter are part of?
A little while back we raised the idea of a Triple Crown logo to be developed for...
The enthusiasm for sport generated by the Olympics and Paralympics is still going strong months after the closing ceremony, according to new research published today (Friday, 8 March).
A survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) found three-quarters of councils have seen an increase in people accessing their sports facilities or activities, with one-third reporting a rise in people with a disability getting involved. These latest figures are even higher than during the Olympics themselves, when a similar survey found 44 per cent of councils had an increase.
