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Rat Attack is very proud to announce the release of its newest single 'Bad Catholic' accompanied with music video. The music video was made by local TV/Production company Pangaea TV, and once it had reached 500 views the band released a free download of the single through their facebook page.

The band will also be releasing their Peter Miles-produced (Frank Turner, Tellison, We Are The Ocean) eponymous debut EP in February 2013 (date TBC), which will feature the second single ‘Heartbeat’, with guest vocals from Liam Cromby from We Are The Ocean. The whole EP, in fact, has...

A group of ‘Mo Bros’ from Exeter-based chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards are preparing for a particularly hairy few weeks as they raise money for men’s health programmes by taking part in ‘Movember’.

Led by Partner Adrian Hemmings, who lost his father-in-law to prostate cancer 10 years ago, the team also includes Jamie Brimblecombe, Jason Chant, Jon Dufty, Nick Feeney, Phill Hargreaves, Mark Simic, Jordan Mitchell, Antony Norman and Richard Holt who are all based at the Exeter office.

Movember is an annual international campaign which takes place...

An investigation was this afternoon underway after a blaze at a three-storey office building in Exeter's Southernhay.

The alarm was raised at 7.30am by a passers by who spotted smoke billowing from the property.

Initially two appliances from Danes Castle and Middlemoor together with an aerial platform were sent to tackle the incident.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus forced their way into the building which was well alight.

At 7.49am they requested a further two appliances, which came from Danes Castle and Topsham, together with support appliances...

Devon Life announced the winners of the 2012 Devon Life Food & Drink Awards at a glittering black tie event held at Exeter's Sandy Park last night. The ceremony honours the finest food and drink producers in Devon.

The Exeter Daily would like to congratulate all winners and finalists, but especially Exeter's St Peter's School for winning Best School Food Award, Ben Bulger of the Magdalen Chapter Hotel for winning Best Chef of the Year and The Hunstman Inn at Ide for winning Best Dining Pub of the Year. Special mentions also go to the Rodean Restaurant (Best Restaurant...

Following Energy Saving Week (22nd October- 28th October) the UK’s largest home improvement company, B&Q has rounded up their top tips for saving energy and money this winter. B&Q’s eco experts have highlighted the best products and day-to-day tips that will help shrink energy bills in any type of home. Just follow these simple suggestions to a more cost-efficient and comfortable home.

• Check that the central heating is on when people are in the house as heating an empty house is a waste of energy and money. For example, set the heating to come on 20

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A Devon removals company is volunteering its services to the charity Operation Christmas Child for the second year running.

The idea of the organisation is to encourage donations of shoeboxes filled with gifts. These shoe boxes are then delivered around the world to children who without this donation may not receive a Christmas gift. In 2011 Van Man Exeter contacted Operation Christmas Child’s Exeter base to offer our assistance.

We moved approximately 1400 cubic feet of boxes from Plymouth to join the 16,000 shoeboxes to leave the Exeter depot destined...

Exeter is about to experience a completely different kind of theatre. In You With Me , there’s no stage, no visible actors, no audience sitting comfortably. Instead, this production offers a personal, unique and totally different experience, taking participants on a journey through Exeter and guiding them on a playful adventure in which unexpected incidents cause familiar routes to be seen with fresh eyes.

Participants are asked to meet in a well-known Exeter location. They receive a phone call and the performance begins. For 45 minutes, they talk to a stranger whilst...

There was standing room only at a public meeting organised by KONP South West and 38 Degrees in Exeter on Monday evening.

The packed meeting heard from five keynote speakers who described the threats now faced by the NHS. They then suggested ways in which the fight to protect the NHS could be taken forward. These will involve action that individuals can take, as well as group activities. All the proposals were received enthusiastically.

The Exeter meeting was the third to be held in Devon, bringing together signatories of the 38 Degrees online petitions aimed at the new...

The TUC has warned the government not to forget the South West when it implements Lord Heseltine's report on boosting regional growth.

Commenting ahead of the report, which will be published tomorrow (Wednesday), Nigel Costley, the South West TUC's regional secretary, said it must recognise the role of government in reducing equality between and within regions so recovery takes place all over the country, not just parts of London and the South East.

He said: "We don't want the South West to be left behind in the back waters. Instead we need thoughtful...

An Exeter butcher has pleaded guilty to misleading customers by claiming his Danish gammon steaks were ‘local’.

Devon County Council prosecuted Mr Kevin Hollamby (aged 56 of Cherry Gardens, Exeter) after their trading standards team found he was passing off smoked and un-smoked gammon steaks on sale at his Hartnell Fresh Foods store on Longbrook Street, as ‘local’ when in fact they were supplied by the Danish Bacon Company and were of Danish origin.

Enquiries with My Hollamby’s suppliers also revealed no evidence of ‘local’ gammon being supplied or ordered in the last three...