Police have reported that a 16-year-old girl from Exeter was savagely beaten in Ottery St Mary following the recent tar barrels event on Monday 5th November.
The girl is said to have been involved in an altercation with a group of females earlier in the evening, and was grabbed from behind by a male while she was taking a shortcut near Broad Street. The male, who it seems was a stranger to her, covered her mouth and eyes and then pushed her to the ground and kicked in the head and back. He was then joined by a group of females who continued kicking her until she started...
Occupy Exeter is one year old and to mark the anniversary a talk is being given at 7.30pm on Wednesday 14th November at The Mint Methodist Church, Exeter by Mark Boyle, also known as the Moneyless Man. Mark is an inspirational speaker who has opted out of consumerism by living entirely without money for the past couple of years.
Mark became concerned about the rise of consumerism and the part he played personally in keeping going unethical trading practices such as sweatshop labour used by profitable companies producing goods very cheaply for the west. He decided that the...
Barnstaple-based SFL Flues and Chimneys has been named winner of the EEF South West Region Business Growth Award, for bucking market trends and achieving 24 per cent growth over the last year.
SFL manufactures stainless steel prefabricated flues and chimneys for residential and commercial use and won the award, sponsored by Westfield Health, for a remarkable performance brought about by its investment in lean business improvement techniques.
Commented Sami Caglar, Managing Director of SFL: “Despite facing challenging trading conditions, we managed to prove...
The head of the BBC's governing body says the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation of its chief executive in wake of a scandal over a botched report on child sex-abuse allegations.
Chris Patten vowed to restore confidence and trust in the BBC, which is reeling from the resignation of George Entwistle and the scandals prompting his ouster.
Entwistle resigned Saturday night amid a storm of controversy after a news program wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal, deepening a crisis sparked by revelations it decided not to...
LONDON (AP) — How will Justin Welby lead the world's Anglicans and heal their deep divisions? Even he is not sure yet.
Welby generated high hopes but few clear expectations Friday as British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the 56-year-old former oil executive was being promoted to archbishop of Canterbury after only a year's experience as a bishop.
"We don't know much about him and there are very few expectations because he has been a bishop for such a short time," said Paul Handley, managing editor of the Church Times newspaper.
NEW YORK (AP) — A return to 1970s-era gas rationing seemed to help with hourslong gas station lines that formed after Superstorm Sandy, but it didn't end a fuel-gauge fixation that suddenly has become a way of life for drivers in the nation's largest city.
With police monitoring lines, motorists in New York City and Long Island on Friday began dealing with a new piece of fallout from the monster storm: odd-even gas rationing.
"Even? Odd? Whatever it is, I didn't have the right one," said Joe Standart, a 62-year-old artist, whose car was ordered off a Manhattan gas station...
Having your hair coloured can be one of the best and most uplifting decisions you can make.
Colour in the clothes we wear can change our moods and lift us, make us feel strong and powerful or playful and carefree. This is exactly the same with colour for your hair.
There are countless options for colouring hair including keeping hair natural and adding warmth or tones to the hair by having an all over glossing colour, adding a few highlights to the hair or going for a total image change with a complete colour overhaul.
Ricky Pellow insists Exeter Chiefs are "raring to go" as they prepare to kick-off their LV= Cup campaign away to top flight rivals London Welsh at the Kassam Stadium on Sunday (4pm).
Having tackled the rigorous demands of the Aviva Premiership and the Heineken Cup in recent weeks, the Chiefs will now switch their attentions to that of the Anglo-Welsh competition.
With a European place up for grabs for the eventual winner, Pellow - who along with fellow coach Rob Gibson will take charge of the Devon club during the competition - it represents another worthy challenge for the Chiefs...
The Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has opened the floodgates for consumers to claim against 16 financial advisers (including Financial & Taxation Consultants based in Exeter) some of which were involved in Keydata and Arch Cru scandals.
The FSCS has declared 16 financial advice firms across the country in default, meaning that their customers can now put in a claim for up to £50,000 for any money they may have lost as a result of their dealings with the firms.
A default means that the FSCS is satisfied the firms cannot pay their...
A 24-acre development site off Harrington Lane in Pinhoe, Exeter, has been purchased by housebuilder Redrow. The new site, The Harrington’s, comes with detailed planning permission for 230 properties consisting of 172 private homes, plus 58 affordable houses and a care home. Infrastructure works will commence imminently, with show homes and the first properties being available in early spring 2013.
The Harrington’s, formerly the Brick Works, is situated just outside Pinhoe, Exeter, on the edge of the Devonshire countryside. The underutilized brownfield site will be brought...
