Increasing numbers of people in the Exeter area are struggling with debt and are only just able to meet their living costs, according to new figures released today by StepChange Debt Charity.
During 2014, the charity’s helpline was contacted by 1201 people from the Exeter postcode area, compared to 1123 in 2013, a rise of 7% year. Household budgets have shown slight signs of improvement, with those contacting the charity from the Exeter area an average of £35 better off than the previous year. Still, the average person had only £55 left to put towards their debts after covering...
Ian Whitten believes he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates must use the joy of European qualification as the driving force to kick on further in the defence of their LV= Cup crown.
Having booked a home date with Newcastle Falcons in the last eight of this season’s European Challenge Cup with victory over Bayonne last weekend, attention at Sandy Park this week has now switched to this Sunday’s showdown with the Dragons at Rodney Parade (2:30pm).
With home wins over league rivals Gloucester and Bath already accrued in this season’s LV= Cup, the Chiefs will be looking to further...
Festive Winter Bride Wedding Fair 18th century Georgian country house, The Deer Park Country House Hotel, is the perfect setting for Blue Fizz Event's Festive Winter Bride wedding fair on Sunday 1 February.
This fair will be beautifully styled and very ambient with candles and fire pits helping to create the dream of a festive winter wedding.
Between 1.30pm and 4pm some of the finest handpicked suppliers in the South West will be showcased. You'll also find:
Hot cocoa bar, marshmallows and blazing fires A glass of cranberry spice cider or prosecco wine on arrival...
18th century Georgian country house, The Deer Park Country House Hotel, is the perfect setting for Blue Fizz Event's Festive Winter Bride wedding fair on Sunday 1 February.
This fair will be beautifully styled and very ambient with candles and fire pits helping to create the dream of a festive winter wedding.
Between 1.30pm and 4pm some of the finest handpicked suppliers in the South West will be showcased. You'll also find:
Hot cocoa bar, marshmallows and blazing fires
A glass of cranberry spice cider or prosecco wine on arrival
Staff and volunteers are preparing for toddlers to take over the Knightshayes for its first ever Toddler Time on Thursday 12 February.
Between 11am and 3pm the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton, is opening its doors to tiny explorers and their families. Each Toddler Time has a seasonal theme, with sensory activities for little ones to enjoy.
This February, the under-fives can discover the wonder of the weather, with messy play activities exploring ice, snow and muddy puddles. Children can take part in crafts, explore the gardens, listen to stories and...
An evening of myths and legends at Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor National Park’s grade one listed medieval longhouse.
Higher Uppacott forms the backdrop for this exciting and fun evening of storytelling and songs featuring just some of the spine tingling myths and legends of Dartmoor.
A wonderful atmosphere awaits you and your family, with the house lit by oil lamps and candles. The evening begins with a quick tour of the house before settling down to see if the hairy hands will put in an appearance!
Booking is essential as places are limited and family half term events...
A new community musical, which Transition Towns’ founder Rob Hopkins has referred to as the 'West Side Story of rooftop gardeners’, is set to become a huge hit with schools, amateur dramatic societies and Transition groups.
Transition Town: The Musical – the brainchild of Matt Harvey, writer and host of Radio 4’s Wondermentalist; award-winning composer Tomas Hewitt Jones; and arts and energy programme manager Chloe Uden – sets out to explore questions and issues presented by oil dependency, sustainable energy and climate change in a friendly, uplifting and inspiring way. Transition...
A man has died following a collision on the outskirts of Exeter.
Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today, 27th January after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the death but police are investigating if he was in collision with a lorry.
The man has not been formally identified and his family are currently being traced.
The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.
Police have been called to a serious collision on the outskirts of Exeter.
Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today (Tuesday 27 January) after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish how the man came to be injured but he is thought to have been in collision with a lorry.
The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.
Traffic in the area is already congested due to the earlier collision on the M5. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area.
Police and other emergency services are at the scene of a serious collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton.
Officers were called just after 12.10pm on Tuesday 27 January after reports of a collision between a car and a lorry, about one mile before junction 28, Cullompton.
The female car driver has been seriously injured.
The extent of injuries of the other occupants in the vehicle and the lorry driver are not yet known.
The northbound carriageway has been closed between Exeter, junction 29, and Cullompton.
