A 10th Century silver Penny is forcing historians to reconsider the known history of Lydford, and in particular their understanding of its Anglo-Saxon coin mint.
Prior to discovery, it was thought no coins were struck in the ‘burh’ town of ‘Hlidanforda’ prior to King Edgar’s reform of the coinage in 973. That was until a chance discovery by a metal detectorist on 24 August 2020 whilst searching a Warwickshire field.
Posting the find to social media, Senior Coin Specialist, Gregory Edmund of Spink advised the unnamed finder of the importance of the discovery. Having...
A leading national property consultancy has strengthened its South West team after making a key appointment at its Exeter office.
Fisher German has welcomed Tom Lockton to its newest office, based at Exeter Business Park, as an associate director.
Tom will head up the firm’s valuation team in the South West, specialising in residential and agricultural property valuations for a variety of purposes including taxation, lending and expert witness.
The team already provides an extensive range of property advisory services to clients in the South West across the...
The UK’s biggest citizen science project has been recording the winners and losers in the garden bird world for over four decades with the help of half a million people, and now the RSPB is counting on Devon residents to join in too.
Set to enter it’s 42nd year this month, the largest wildlife survey in the world, the Big Garden Birdwatch, runs from the 29th to 31st of January and combines over 40 years of records to monitor vital bird trends. People across Devon are set to get involved, spending just an hour of their time recording the birds found in their gardens, balconies or...
Gambling has always been a favorite activity of many people around the world and surely, this industry has come a long way since it started in the early days. While land casinos are still appealing to many, more and more gamblers are turning to online casinos and bookies to place their bets. This is especially now that we are dealing with a pandemic. Mobile gambling is becoming more popular than ever.
2020 has been quite a year for the gambling industry, especially for the sports betting sector as there weren’t many sports events when the pandemic began. Sports betting did suffer...
A series of overnight road closures on the A382 near Newton Abbot will get underway this evening (Monday 18 January) to enable final surfacing and road markings to be completed.
Overnight closures will be in place on Ringslade Road to Whitehills Cross each evening from 7pm-6am, starting tonight (Monday 18 January) and continuing until 6am on Thursday (21 January).
Ringslade Road to Forches Cross will then close from 7pm-6am each evening, from Thursday (21 January) until 6am on Saturday 23 January.
Work will then return to Ringslade Road to Whitehills Cross for...
Stagecoach, Britain’s biggest bus operator has announced that it will become the first bus operator in the country to invest in the national roll-out of new bridge alert technology across its fleet.
The £4m project will strengthen existing measures in place to prevent bridge strikes and build on Stagecoach’s industry-leading use of the GreenRoad driver safety and fuel efficiency system.
GreenRoad’s core safety system is installed on all of Stagecoach’s 8.000 buses in England, Scotland and Wales. The technology also serves professional drivers from companies across Europe...
Swiftclean, one of the UK’s longest established specialist ventilation hygiene providers, has announced a remarkable reduction in fuel bills, on-road accidents and vehicle damage following the installation of Chudleigh-based Lightfoot’s in-cab driver guidance system across its fleet of 34 vehicles.
Recording an MPG uplift of 6.1%, record savings in fuel expenses of circa 10% and a dramatic fall in insurance premiums of 20%, the Southend-on-Sea headquartered business has seen a dramatic change in the way its fleet of vehicles are driven, thanks to Lightfoot’s pocket-sized dashboard...
GripHero, the maker of the world’s only static-safe hand-protection and on-the-nozzle dispensers for fuel pumps and fuel bays, has announced that it is offering its dispensers free to forecourts across the globe. The announcement comes as more transmissible variants of Covid-19 have emerged, highlighting the need for the public to be protected from the transmission of coronavirus at high-touch point locations where the virus can survive and be passed on to others.
By not charging for its dispensers over the next month, GripHero hopes to help forecourt owners and networks put an end...
SPECSAVERS colleagues in Exeter have been praised for helping to save the sight of a woman with a rare eye condition.
Gillian Panter, a 30-year-old interior designer from Exeter, had been suffering from debilitating headaches and blurriness at the edges of her vision for two months. She saw her GP and a physio, but they couldn’t find anything wrong.
The headaches got worse, so she booked an appointment for an eye test at the Specsavers store in Exeter. It comes as the Exeter store, along with other Specsavers stores, announced this week that they will stay open for all...
Do you have some electrical knowledge? Well, that might be sufficient enough to change bulbs and adjust the breaker occasionally. However, if you need anything more, it’s a good idea to hire a qualified, certified, and licensed electrician . You should hire a residential electrician for tasks such as changing the light switch or adding an extra power outlet.
Bates Electric shares what you need to do when hiring a new electrician.
Do Your Research
You need to do your due diligence when hiring a residential electrician. Look for a few electricians near you and...
