Police are appealing for witnesses after the theft of a £30,000 tractor from a farm in Bovey Tracey.
The red McCormick tractor [pictured] was taken from the farm yard overnight on Thursday 30 November to Friday 1 December.
Police are appealing for witnesses and asking anyone who may have seen the vehicle in the area to contact them. It carries the registration number WA10 KWT.
They would also like to hear from anyone who may have been offered the tractor for sale.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101@dc.police.uk or by calling 101,...
COSTUME divas will be squaring up next weekend to see who can wear the most outlandish costume. The fifth annual Steampunk Yule Ball:The Nightmare before Christmas will be held at the Exeter Phoenix on Saturday, December 9. Featured acts include Victorian hip-hop artist Professor Elemental, dystopian art-rockers Babal, surreal cellist Miss Von Trapp, and The Wattingers. As well as celebrating the weird and wonderful underworld of Exeter, the event hopes to raise awareness of homelessness and the of work local charity Exeter Community Initiatives. Headliners & BBC6Music Favourites “Fey...
A top scientist is swapping labs for lobbies as he spends a week in Westminster.
Professor Craig Williams, from the University of Exeter, is shadowing Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw this week to learn about his work.
An expert in exercise management for young people with chronic diseases, Professor Williams will attend seminars and discussions to see how scientific evidence is used in policy making.
The visit is part of a pairing scheme organised by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, with support from Government Science and Engineering.
Posting our plans on social media, leaving gift boxes we have bought in outside bins and forgetting to lock doors and windows… the simple mistakes that are inviting burglars into our homes.
As Christmas approaches, homes become filled with expensive gifts and gadgets. This sadly means that the festive season is also the peak time that domestic burglary increases due to opportunistic intruders.
New research from Verisure revealed it can take a long time to recover from a burglary. According to the research, 45% of victims felt angry for six months to over a year. A third...
Tech companies from across the region came together to celebrate and showcase the sector at a ‘Best of the West’ Tech South West event in Devon.
Held at Rockbeare Manor near Exeter Airport on Tuesday November 28, the event gave established and emerging tech companies from across the South West a platform to share their success stories with the tech community.
Acronyms IT, based at Plymouth Science Park, Dashboard from Exeter, YellowDog, Bristol and LimeCloud from Barnstaple were amongst those taking part.
Fifteen companies presented to the audience, and there were...
Congratulations to our winner, Nicky Brooks, whose name was drawn from the correct entries.
The correct answer to the question ‘When did the Exeter Chiefs first move into the Sandy Park Stadium?’ is of course 2006.
Thank you to everyone who entered.
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Exeter Chiefs will go head-to-head with Leinster Rugby, on Sunday (10 December) at 5.30pm, in the third round of the Champions Cup – and we have FOUR tickets to giveaway!
We are offering one lucky reader the opportunity to win FOUR tickets to the match at the Sandy Park...
Exeter and Cranbrook are jumping for joy after being chosen to trail-blaze new ways of getting people active for life. Sport England today (Tuesday 5 December) announced that Exeter and the East Devon new town of Cranbrook, are one of 12 places selected to work on a ground-breaking new approach to tackle inactivity in communities. Exeter and Cranbrook has been chosen by Sport England as a pilot area to work with on a bold new approach to build healthier, more active communities across England. Exeter and Cranbrook is one of only 12 places in England to be awarded Pilot status and the only...
One of Exeter’s historic attractions is opening its doors to visitors for free tours and cream teas.
Cricklepit Mill is the venue for the event which takes place between 10am and 12 noon on Friday 15 December. The historic watermill is home to the charity Devon Wildlife Trust and is located on Commercial Road close to the city’s Quay.
Visitors will get the chance to see the mill’s two waterwheels turning, while its team of volunteers will be on hand using traditional water-power to demonstrate the milling of grain into flour. Tours telling the story of Cricklepit Mill will...
Coming to Tapeley Park barn near Instow this weekend 8th and 9th December at 7pm and 10th December at 2pm!
Scripts for Supper is brought to you by MasterChef Semi-Finalist Annie McKenzie, following two 5* runs of our inaugural theatrical dining experience Twelfth Night in London earlier this year and features in Hello! Magazine, Luxury London and Devon Life, our Arts Council Funded Christmas production The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will follow Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy through the wardrobe and into the land where it is always winter and never Christmas.
There are many myths surrounding hospices, one of the biggest misconceptions is that if you get admitted to one, it’s because you are about to die. That’s certainly the impression Bronia Rosier and her family had when she was referred to local charity, Hospiscare.
Bronia, 56, from Ottery St Mary, was diagnosed with a tumour two years ago. After a course of chemo and radiotherapy which was unsuccessful in shrinking the growth, she underwent surgery to remove it. However, the cancer had already spread to other areas of her body and Bronia was given the news that no further treatment...
