Last year 54-year old special school teacher Edward Thompson from Torquay set out to walk round Dartmoor on foot and climb 100 tors in 10 days for charity while living rough on the moor.
203 miles and over 105 hours of walking later, he had conquered 156 tors, walking at an average speed of 1.93 mph, and raising over £3,000 for the charity Dream-A-Way in the process.
Now, on the back of that success, Edward has set his sights on visiting a marathon 200 tors, hills and rocks in 10 days, a feat that will require him walking for up to 12 hours a day in order to complete a...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter hopes a return to home surroundings will provide the perfect pick-me-up to get his ailing side back on track in the Aviva Premiership.
With just one league defeat at Sandy Park this season - that came against Northampton Saints back in early January - the Chiefs welcome Premiership newcomers to London Welsh to Devon tomorrow (3pm).
Like the Chiefs, the visitors have also been experiencing some tough times of late and last weekend's narrow home defeat to Sale Sharks has pulled Lyn Jones' team into the division's relegation fight.
Moody's Investors Service is the first to cut the UK's top AAA credit rating down a notch to Aa1, based on its expectation that growth will "remain sluggish over the next few years".
Moody's said that the UK's huge debts were unlikely to reverse until 2016 and that the country's debt reduction programme faced "challenges" ahead.
Fellow agency Standard & Poor's in December became the last of the three main rating agencies to put the UK's top AAA rating on "negative outlook" and said it may lower its rating if the UK's economy worsened.
A Copplestone woman has died following a road traffic collision on the A377 that occurred last November.
78-year-old Patricia Anne Daniels was the driver of a red Nissan Almera, which was in collision with a silver Volvo C70 on the A377 just before 5pm on Tuesday 27 November 2012 at Barnstaple Cross between Crediton and Copplestone.
Mrs Daniels was taken to hospital following the incident but died on 19 February 2013.
The cause of the collision is still being investigated and officers are particularly keen to speak to the driver of a Peugeot 306, which was being...
I have been a keen family historian for over 10 years. I also coordinate the ‘Exeter Single Parent Family Friendship Group (Exeter Gingerbread)’. Since becoming a single parent two years ago I have developed a connection with the single parents in my family tree. I have researched the circumstances that led to them becoming single parents and how they made a living in the historical and social context in which they lived.
My journey into researching family history began with my great, great grandfather’s birth certificate. Tubal Casely was born in 1848 in Wanstead, London. He is...
Devon County Council is calling on small and medium-sized businesses to think about the benefits of offering an apprenticeship.
The Council is organising a special event at Sandy Park in Exeter on Tuesday 12 March to bring young people and potential employers together.
Businesses are being encouraged to sign up to the event to see how they could get involved and maybe find a suitable apprentice for their organisation.
The day starts with a Business Breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00 am for those considering taking on apprentices to find out more information.
Mohammed Syed Walid has been named Exeter and Teignbridge Curry Chef of the Year.
The curry chef from the Real India, South Street, Exeter, proved to hot for the other competitors in the contest held at Exeter College's @34 Restuarant.
Mohammed's nearest competitor was runner-up Rajender Singh Hatwel, of the Dana Pani Indian Cuisine, in Sidwell Street Exeter. Izzadur Rahman of Saffron, Newton Abbot, came third.
The competition was organised by Exeter City Council and Teignbridge District Council's Environmental Health teams, to promote food hygiene.
Did you know that quitting smoking is the most important thing you can do for your baby?
If you are pregnant and smoke yourself, or live with someone who smokes around you, your baby is exposed to a number of dangerous chemicals.
Your baby may receive a restriction in the amount of oxygen it needs, causing its heart to have to beat harder. Smoking can cause a greater risk of miscarriage and still birth and a lower birth weight.
After they are born, your baby is more at risk of ear infections and asthma. Plus they are more likely to become a smoker themselves....
Exeter residents who want to look after their pennies and help save the environment can now take advantage of a new reuse shop at the Exton Road Recycling Centre.
In a joint initiative between Devon County Council and SITA UK the shop will provide a wide range of items including furniture, ornaments, clothing, golf clubs, bathroom fixtures and fittings and crockery.
Councillor Roger Croad at Devon County Council said: “This is an excellent development and one which we believe will prove popular with people living in and around Exeter. We want to reduce the amount of waste...
Since its move to Exeter, the Met Office's partnership with the University has made Exeter an international hub of expertise in weather and climate research.
Together the two organisations have developed collaborative ideas with a potential value of over £30 million.
Collaborative initiatives currently in development are worth over £17 million, of which over £12 million have successfully gained funding, and four professors are employed jointly.
Together our scientists are working to improve weather and climate prediction models and researching many key environmental...
