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Two directors of a Devon insurance company are set to embark on a big health and fitness challenge all in aid of charity.

Northcott Beaton, insurance brokers based in Heavitree, Exeter, is launching The NB Big Challenge this summer, an annual event, which will see them seek out a new exciting encounter each year.

For 2016, Directors Nick Beaton and Keiron Northcott have chosen to do the Exe Valley Endurance, a 60 mile walk over two days in June. In the run up to the main event they will both be embarking on a journey to get fit and healthy with the support of local health...

Tracey Bleakley, the CEO of Hospice UK today praised Exeter Hospiscare and the RD&E for their end of life care and the difference it makes to patients and their families.

This morning Tracey who leads the national charity representing hospices, was visiting Exeter Hospiscare’s Searle House Hospice and its team working at the RD&E. On the day a national report criticised many hospitals for failing to provide good end of life care Tracey was told this story by a Hospiscare consultant working at the RD&E.

“I was really taken by the story of a patient who was on the...

Rising football stars at one of the region’s junior clubs are the envy of the Exeter & District Youth Football League after being reward for their hard work last season with a brand new training kit, courtesy of a local courier firm.

St Martin’s FC’s Under 15s team has been given the strip by sponsor, Deadline Distribution Services, based on Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter.

Deadline Distribution Services is part of the UK’s largest independent parcel network, APC Overnight, and has been delivering parcels to over 250 customers across the region for 14 years....

City centre based Exeter estate agency, Naomi J Ryan, made a special visit to St Leonards based Kinderkare Nursery in the run up to the Easter weekend.

Naomi and Vanessa from Naomi J Ryan visited Kinderkare’s Clever Crocs on 24 March as part of their efforts to be a part of the local community. This fun filled day at Kinderkare, which provides nursery care to those aged between 3 months and 5 years, included making Easter garden cakes, colouring in egg pictures and potato printing. They finished off the morning with an Easter egg hunt, prepared by Naomi J Ryan.

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The quality of clinical care for patients nearing their final hours or days at the RD&E is above the national average across a range of key indicators, according to End of Life Care Audit released on 31 March.

The 2015 audit, carried out by the Royal College of Physicians on behalf of NHS England, found that in the majority of cases RD&E clinicians had documented evidence clearly identifying End of Life patients in the hospital.

The audit also found that in more than 80% of cases, there was documented evidence that RD&E clinicians had given End of Life patients...

Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP is warning companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) that they must complete their register of Persons with Significant Control (PSC) by 6 April – with failure to undertake this being a criminal offence committed by the Company and its controlling officers.

Introduced under the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, the PSC register is designed to record which people own or control a company or LLP so as to provide greater public transparency. The register will also help combat the issue of shell companies in...

There is not much time left to help raise £10,000 towards repairs to the badly eroded Nun’s Cross bridleway near Princetown.

The Mend Our Mountains campaign was launched by the British Mountaineering Council earlier this month and will run until 16 May.

Working with eight national parks, they hope to raise more than £100,000 to repair damaged paths.

This is a fundraising appeal with a difference - powered by crowdfunding.

Through this campaign on Dartmoor, BMC are trying to raise funds to repair severe erosion on the spectacular and ancient Nun's Cross...