French tourism chiefs enjoyed a Red Coat Tour in Exeter as part of a tour of Devon to see how the county is successfully promoting cycling tourism.

The group of 32 business people were given a tour of some of the county’s cycle trails in a visit arranged through the Cycle West project, which has helped connect cycle routes in Devon and South West England with Brittany, and Normandy.

The visit was an opportunity to highlight how Devon County Council is establishing a county-wide network and how it is working with Britanny and Normandy on the Cycle West...

His Royal Highness the Earl of Wessex was today taken on a whistlestop tour of Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), which was recently named Museum of the Year by the Art Fund and gained its 300,000th visitor last Friday. After arriving at 11am, the Earl was welcomed to the Museum by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rob Newby, Leader of the City Council, Cllr Pete Edwards, and Chief Executive Philip Bostock and introduced to chief patron Michael Morpurgo and patrons Show of Hands.

The Earl was then walked around the Queen Street building by the Museum Manager, Camilla...

The president of Diabetes UK will talk about the ground-breaking treatment he underwent to gain control of his diabetes at a meeting in Exeter.

Richard Lane, 68, was among the first people in the country to receive a transplant of insulin-producing islet cells in 2005. Following three transplants, he was the first person in the UK with Type 1 diabetes to come off insulin altogether.

Richard will be discussing his own experience of diabetes and the work of Diabetes UK at the meeting at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry on October 18....

Princesshay Centre Management are promising a huge party atmosphere for the Princesshay Christmas light switch-on – complete with top entertainment from some household names.

Television and radio presenter, Toby Anstis, will be presenting the event on Thursday, November 22, and there will be performances by the Military Wives Choir and Adam Isaac, who rose to fame in the popular TV show, The Voice.

Exeter’s own celebrity chef, Michael Caines, will turn the lights on, accompanied by two ladies from the Military Wives Choir who will be escorted by the Lord Mayor Rod Newby and...

This month sees a jump in new seller average asking prices of 3.5% (+£8,310), the biggest increase for eight months, with a regional boost of 4.8% (+£21,834) and a 6.2% increase on last year's prices. This goes a long way towards reversing the Olympic-induced price lull over the summer, which saw asking prices of property coming to market fall by 4.6% (-£11,377) over the three months between June and September. This price rebound indicates the market is not performing as badly as some feared.

However, sellers looking to try for a higher price should note Rightmove research which...

The search for missing 65-year-old Mary Unwin, has been called off in Cornwall, coastguards have confirmed, following the discovery of the remains of what they believe to be her yacht in Sennen Cove.

A police spokesperson confirmed that the wreckage is thought to be missing 65-year-old millionairess Ona Mary Unwin's boat, although there is no sign of a body on board the stricken vessel.

Mary left Mousehole to go to Bideford at 6.30pm on Saturday evening, but the alarm was raised on Sunday by relatives in Bideford when she failed to make contact.

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Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter admitted he was left with "mixed emotions" after seeing his slip to a narrow 9-6 defeat against Leinster in their first-ever Heineken Cup fixture.

Pitted in the so-called 'Group of Death' against the reigning champions, French giants Clermont Auvergne and Welsh region Scarlets, the Chiefs came within a whisker of snatching a share of the spoils in their debut outing.

Exeter's Argentine fly-half Ignacio Mieres had the opportunity to ensure a draw with the very last kick of the game, but sadly his penalty from just shy of 50 metres...

More dramatic images have been emerging of the wrekage of a triple fatal plane crash that a Devon man miraculously survived.

Michael Hudson, 23, who The Exeter Daily understands is from Teignmouth, was visiting Antigua en route to Montserrat for a business trip when plane plunged to the ground just after 4pm last Sunday (Oct 7).

The pilot, Captain Jason Forbes and 29-year-old Annya Duncan, of Jamaica, were killed on impact.

The other passenger, 57-year-old Sandrama Poligadu, of Guyana, was taken to hospital but died shortly after.

Mr Hudson is understood to...

A national newspaper has praised the joint effort that went into securing the new John Lewis store for Exeter.

Observer journalist Zoe Wood wrote:

Despite the rearguard action being fought by government high street tsar Mary Portas, town centres around the country are being pushed to breaking point as retail chains are felled by the recession. One in seven high-street shops lies empty, with the recent failure of JJB Sports, which resulted in more than 130 closures, making a grim picture worse.

Against that backdrop, the strength of Exeter's retail centre – albeit...