The second round of the Ironbridge Runner Winter 3k Series 2012 takes place at Exeter Arena Athletics Stadium on Monday 5 November.
With runners seeded into races according to their pace, there is no need for anyone to be nervous about entering. There is even an event for the under 11s - they have their very own one mile race.
Full details can be found on the event website and entries can be taken on the night in the race headquarters in the Exeter Harriers Pavilion from 6pm.
More than 6,500 jobs are at risk across the UK as the troubled high-street electricals chain Comet has been officially placed into administration. Comet is estimated to have lost £35m in a year. In a sign of the toughness of the market US giant Best Buy pulled out of the UK last year after struggling to gain a foothold.
The 240-strong chain, including its Marsh Barton branch, confirmed plans for it to be placed into administration next week, marking on of the UK's biggest retail failures in recent years.
A Devon removals company is volunteering its services to the charity Operation Christmas Child for the second year running.
The idea of the organisation is to encourage donations of shoeboxes filled with gifts. These shoe boxes are then delivered around the world to children who without this donation may not receive a Christmas gift. In 2011 Van Man Exeter contacted Operation Christmas Child’s Exeter base to offer our assistance.
We moved approximately 1400 cubic feet of boxes from Plymouth to join the 16,000 shoeboxes to leave the Exeter depot destined...
An eighteen year old man from Axminster has died after a car crash last night at Musbury.
He was driving a black Porsche on the A358 when it was in collision with a van. Emergency services attended but he died at the scene... the driver and passenger of the van escaped serious injury. Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact them.
The publishers of the Daily Mirror have confirmed they are in talks about buying a minority stake in a new company that would take over the running of Exeter's Express & Echo and the Western Morning News in Plymouth.
It has been reported that Northcliffe Media, which owns the E&E and WMN, is considering a merger with another publisher, Iliffe News & Media, to form a new business called Local World.
The Mirror Group, which also owns more than 100 regional and local titles including the Liverpool Echo and Newcastle Journal, said it was in discussions about taking...
Officers have released an Evofit of the man they wish to question in relation to the assault on a bus driver in South Farm Road, Budleigh Salterton on 25th October.
The driver, a man in his mid 50s, was out of the Stagecoach bus at the time when he was approached by a man who assaulted him in a completely unprovoked attack, sustaining a stab wound to his right thigh. The offender then ran off.
The offender is described as being white, aged over 25, slim to medium build with long dark hair just off the collar.
Whilst some youngsters may have been happy putting their feet up and relaxing this half-term break, there were those others who opted to take part in the latest Exeter Chiefs Community Camp right here at Sandy Park.
In the region of 70 children, aged between six and sixteen, took to the field for the two-day October camp, which allows them to hone their skills alongside our experienced coaching team of Marc Dibble, Tom Viljoen, Mark Lee, Gary Kingdom, Tony Yapp and Henry Cast.
Like all the Community Camps held at the club, youngsters are given the opportunity to experience...
It’s been a busy week for Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines and the city’s college proving once again that the city is in the forefront of driving excellence in hospitality and catering.
Last week the busy chef and restaurateur met up with the new group of eager students who have just started at Exeter College at the prestigious Michael Caines Academy and are keen to follow in his footsteps and those of the first group of Academy students already showing off their skills that have been honed in the last year. Designed to nurture the region’s future generation of talented...
There was standing room only at a public meeting organised by KONP South West and 38 Degrees in Exeter on Monday evening.
The packed meeting heard from five keynote speakers who described the threats now faced by the NHS. They then suggested ways in which the fight to protect the NHS could be taken forward. These will involve action that individuals can take, as well as group activities. All the proposals were received enthusiastically.
The Exeter meeting was the third to be held in Devon, bringing together signatories of the 38 Degrees online petitions aimed at the new...
