Perfect Getaways, the leading holiday home search engine, has announced (2nd Jan) a new partnership with Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, which will offer self-catering accommodation including villas, cottages, gites, apartments and holiday homes to Flybe customers.
This new partnership between Flybe and Perfect Getaways will give the 8M passengers of Flybe across Europe, access to thousands of holiday homes around the world direct from the owner and their managing agents on the website www.flybe.com .
Jamie Matheson, Executive Chairman of Brewin Dolphion announced at the end of last year that despite extreme economic uncertainty at home and abroad, 2012 will largely be remembered as a year of better news for investors.
According to Brewin Dolphin's Group Strategist, equity markets have a sound backdrop for further gains next year and most markets have the potential to see around 10% earnings growth - he is predicting that the FTSE 100 will reach 6350 in 2013 - which is welcome positive thinking.
However, continues Matheson, the road for 2013 remains...
A month-long national campaign has seen a sharp rise in the number of Devon smokers quitting, early figures have revealed.
Early indications for the second part of the year, which includes the Stoptober campaign run by NHS Devon and Devon County Council as part of a national quit smoking attempt, show a 15% increase in the number of people stopping smoking.
And the increase has been across a wide age range. 25% of the increase was for those in the age category 18-34. Figures also show the increase is more marked in men than women.
Millions of rail travellers are set to be hit by another hike in regulated fares, which include season tickets, which are increasing by an average of 4.2%, with the overall average rise for all tickets being 3.9%.
Fire Crews from Exeter Danes Castle and Middlemoor were called to Princesshay at 9.37pm on Tuesday evening to rescue a member of the public following a fall into a confined space.
Fire Service personnel used safety equipment and two short extension ladders to rescue the casualty, who was conveyed to hospital by the ambulance service.
Three fire appliances from Crediton and North Tawton were mobilised to a report of an outbuilding involving a fish smoker on Bow High Street, Crediton.
Upon arrival crews found a small fire involving contents of a two storey outbuilding.
They donned breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
The cause of the fire was accidental and was caused by a fish smoker catching a wooden bench on fire. There was 10 per cent fire and smoke damage and the fire was extinguished using two BA and one hose reel jet.
Police are appealing for information following an incident on the Torpoint Ferry at around 9.15pm on New Year's Eve, 31st December 2012. Officers are concerned for the welfare of 16 year old Jordan Cobb from Plymouth, who was seen to jump from the ferry into the Tamar river at around 9.15pm. Police Coastguard and the RNLI attended and conducted an extensive search for Jordan, who at the time of writing remains missing.
Chief Inspector Ian Drummond Smith said " We are treating Jordan as a High Risk missing person and we are working with the coastguard to try and locate him. The river...
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! It has been an exciting start for us, with an overwhelmingly positive welcome by the various communities in Exeter, but that is nothing compared to what is to come in 2013. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the website so far, but to those who have not posted a story yet, why not add this to your New Year's Resolutions?
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Police are appealing for information after a number of items of jewellery were taken in a burglary in Sampford Peverell, near Tiverton.
The house in Higher Town was broken into between 11am on Friday 21 December and 2.30pm on Wednesday 26 December. The occupants are a couple in their 60s.
A number of items were stolen including a valuable 18-carat gold ladies ring with rubies and diamonds, several other gold and silver rings and a Panasonic 26in flat screen TV.
Anyone with information is asked to call DC Paul Feeney on 01884 233819 quoting crime reference KU/12/1277...
