The productivity gap that has puzzled economists during the UK’s long-running economic downturn has largely been avoided by the South West, according to a new study.
Professor James Mitchell , of Warwick Business School, has used figures from the Office of National Statistics and then updated them to give a “nowcast” of each region in England.
The Professor of Economic Modelling and Forecasting found that the gap between employment in the North East and real Gross Value Added (GVA), relative to their pre-crisis levels, stood at between 15 and 20 per cent. This indicates...
Police are appealing for information to trace a man who has absconded from prison and may be in the Devon and Cornwall area. John Loveridge, 28, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2011 for offences including burglary and theft. He absconded from HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire on Monday 11 February. It is believed that Loveridge may be in Somerset, Devon or Cornwall and members of the public are asked to remain vigilant. He is described as around 5ft 8 to 5ft 9inches tall, of slim build, with short black hair and hazel coloured eyes. He has a four inch scar on the back of his left...
The fact that Toby Kearney won the percussion section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition in 2006 speaks volumes for the calibre of this young percussionist who, together with renowned pianist Harvey Davies, will be performing at St Michael and All Angels Church in Great Torrington, on Saturday 9 March, for the new 2013 Concerts in the West's series.
Toby Kearney is a must for audiences of all ages. As a percussionist his technique is first class and the energy he puts into his performances makes for compelling and exciting entertainment.
A series of special events for anyone interested in fostering will take place this month, as Devon County Council continues its drive to recruit carers. The Council is hosting a mixture of information events and stalls in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them. Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to recruit new carers. The children and...
If your child fancies themselves as the next Jamie Cureton, why not bring them down to Princesshay on Saturday 9 March, when Exeter City’s Football in the Community team will be running a Quick Feet skills competition - and they could win themselves a season ticket!
The event, in Princesshay’s Bedford Square, will run from 11am to 3pm and the under 12 who gets the highest score on the day will win a child’s season ticket in the Stagecoach Family Stand at St James Park. There are also special offers available on the day for all season ticket purchases for next season.
Pupils at an East Devon village primary greatly enjoy coming to school and achieve standards which are well above average, according to education inspectors. They say Woodbury Church of England Primary is a good school with outstanding features. Pupils would encourage other children to attend the school and parents are unanimous in saying they would recommend it to others, say the inspectors. “Achievement has improved since the previous inspection, partly because pupils are very eager to learn and partly because the quality of teaching has improved,” they say. “Teaching is consistently...
Street Motion Freerunning Academy is the leading provider of Parkour / Freerunning lessons in the Southwest. Freerunning is an exciting style of urban movement popularised in many recent action movies which combines ultimate functional fitness training with big jumps, acrobatic moves and super-human balance.
Exeter City’s full-back, Tiverton born Craig Woodman, has recently moved back into the area of his hometown and now faces the task of renovating the family’s newly bought house. Fortunately for Craig, one of the club’s strong partnerships is with RGB Building Supplies – locally-based but with branches across the South West. The company specialize in supplying products for every part of the building trade and welcome both trade and retail customers; so the next step for Craig, with his wife right behind him making sure there was no slacking, was to visit his local branch, set up an account...
Any book with the title "Jerusalem" is a challenge for both authors and readers, given the complexities, misrepresentations and confusing images inherent in that city. For the visitor, first impressions of Jerusalem, perhaps to do with the light or the architecture, give way to questions, about the different cultures and their histories, and then on to concerns about how these cultures mix (or rather, don't) particularly the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. And then beyond these concerns come others less obvious, but which surface from time to time.
The Exeter Daily has featured on a BBC Spotlight report about the future of news.
The regional programme highlighted the plight of several local newspapers that had seen sales tumble in the past 12 months.
Among them are Exeter's Express & Echo which has seen declines of almost 20 per cent. The Western Morning News fell by 7.6 per cent and the Plymouth Herald by 8.9 per cent.
The BBC interviewed Marc Astley, a former editor of the E&E and founder of The Exeter Daily.
He told the programme how site traffic had rocketed in recent weeks and that further...
