Dave Ewers wants to help Exeter Chiefs become a real force within the English game after he today agreed a new two-year contract with the Aviva Premiership club.
A product of the club's highly successful academy set-up, the imposing 23-year-old forward has taken his game to new heights this season, not only establishing himself as a first-team regular with the Devon club, but also impressing enough to be named in Stuart Lancaster's England Saxons squad.
Ewers' decision to stay at Sandy Park offers yet another boost to Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter, who in recent weeks has...
Police in Newton Abbot are appealing for witnesses after a man was allegedly assaulted in the town on Tuesday 21 January. The assault happened on Powderham Road early in the afternoon, between around 1pm and 3pm. A man approached the 27-year-old victim and assaulted him with a brick. The victim suffered leg injuries as a result of the incident. The suspect is described as white, short and of stocky build. He was wearing an Adidas baseball cap, dark blue tracksuit bottoms, a light grey hoody and a short black jacket. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting...
The next Bishop of Exeter is the Rt Revd Robert Atwell, currently Bishop of Stockport in the Diocese of Chester. His appointment was announced this morning by the Prime Minister’s office.
Bishop Robert will become the 71st bishop of the Diocese of Exeter which comprises more than 500 parishes across the county of Devon.
Aged 59, he spent ten years as a Benedictine monk at Burford Priory in Oxfordshire, and then served as a parish priest in London before becoming Bishop of Stockport in 2008.
He said: “I’m immensely honoured and a little bit daunted to be chosen as...
An Exeter man with Parkinson’s disease and whose sight is severely impaired has defied the odds by releasing a book of poetry.
David Burchfield’s book has already proved a hit with medical professionals, local writers and friends and is now available to the public via his new website.
The book, called Reflexions on Life, includes material from the 1960s through to after David was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1995.
David is treated at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital by consultant neurologist Dr Tim Harrower and has received physiotherapy from the city’s community...
University of Exeter historian, Professor Richard Overy has been shortlisted for a new American military history prize for his book ‘The Bombing War: Europe, 1939-1945’.
The inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History has selected six books for the $50,000 (approximately £30,000) prize supported by The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and Lewis E Lehrman. Harry Guggenheim established the foundation to support research on violence, aggression, and dominance because he was convinced that solid, thoughtful, scholarly and scientific research, experimentation, and analysis...
Big six power company Npwower has come under criticism for misleading consumers with claims that rising energy bills are the fault of "old and draughty" houses. Npower Chief executive Paul Massara said the prices of gas and electricity in the UK are among the lowest in Europe and expensive bills are "because British houses waste so much energy". In the supplier's second "Energy Explained" report, Mr Massara said: "If we can increase the efficiency of the UK's old and draughty housing, we can ensure that annual energy bills are some of the lowest too." The claims have come under heavy...
Councillors at a budget scrutiny meeting of Devon county council have recommended a real terms spending cut of £21.4 million from the authority’s people services.
The authority’s people services which cover areas such as the youth service, child protection services, adult social care and schools and education will see some services reduce their abilities.
However due to ongoing spending pressures including those from the review of the council’s child protection services the people budget will only make savings of £4 million on last year’s budget.
It’s been all hands on deck as Devon Building Control Partnership ensures the recent bad weather has minimal impact on public safety.
With high winds, storms, flooding and plummeting temperatures have an effect on roads and buildings, surveyors have been out and about around the clock dealing with dangerous structures and road risks.
In December alone, DBCP dealt with 21 weather-related dangerous structures. Seven of those call-outs were on Christmas Eve. The team has attended nine incidents in 2014 so far.
Whenever there is an emergency or an incident where a...
The Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel is pleased to announce that Samuel Billson, Chef de Partie at the hotel, has fought off over 70 applicants from around the world to win The Accor Professions Challenge in the cooking contest category.
Finalist from all over the world came to Paris for the challenge this week after competing in 2 initial heats earlier in 2013. Those competing had to take part in timed challenges for their fields, which included reception, table service, cooking or bartending. Sam, 24, had to create and cook a unique and personalized recipe using the contents of a...
