The Friends Life Tour of Britain has today (13 August) announced its biggest ever line-up of teams for next month’s race.
It has been confirmed that a record 120 riders from 20 squads will be competing for the Friends Life Yellow Jersey.
Devon County Council will host Stage Five of the race on Thursday 11 September. Starting at The Strand in Exmouth and finishing in Exeter High Street, the Devon Stage, sponsored by South West Highways Ltd, will cover 110miles (177km) of the county.
Among the field are 10 teams who raced in last month's Tour de France, including Team...
Frustrated by a last-gasp loss at home to Northampton Saints last weekend, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is hopeful his team will not suffer a similar fate when Bath Rugby rock into town for tomorrow's sold-out Aviva Premiership encounter (3.15pm).
George Pisi's converted score two minutes from time left the Sandy Park faithful - including Baxter himself - licking their wounds as they came within a whisker of claiming a prized scalp.
Not for the first time this season, it was yet more late heartache for Devon's finest to deal with in the top flight.
Knightshayes, a National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton is looking for feedback from dog walkers, runners and den builders alike.
Newly-appointed Senior Ranger, Raef Johnson, is looking to meet and get to know as many users of the grade II listed parkland and woods as possible when he hosts two walks in December.
Knightshayes has recently seen the creation of a new ranger team, whose role it is to care specifically for the park and woodland areas of the estate. Raef joined the team at the end of October, after a number of years working for the Forestry...
In this video local expert Phil Sampson from Sampson Hall gives advice on how to get the best out of your team. The information from Phil includes personal leadership, direction and feedback.
"You've also got to work and play together so you get to know each other better and respect the diversity in the team , just because people are different doesn't mean that anyone is wrong and finally be fair and equitable in how you treat everyone"
Leading Devon legal firm Stephens Scown LLP has recently secured a top funding specialist to boost its renewables team across the region.
Mike Rowe, appointed as consultant with Stephens Scown, brings with him a wealth of experience, including 30 years of blue chip company involvement within the agri-business sector. Much of this experience came through senior management roles within both Barclays Bank and Clydesdale Bank within the South West.
For the last four years, Mike has been running Moorhayes Consultants , a consultancy specialising in the strategic development and...
Exeter Soccer Sixes start their brand new season on Wednesday 6 November at St Luke's Science and Sports College in Exeter.
Their six-a-side outdoor league runs every Wednesday between 8pm and 10pm and they are are looking for new teams to join them for the forthcoming season.
Teams can be made up from work colleagues, friends and family, drinking buddies or even from your 11-a-side Saturday or Sunday teams.
All their leagues are FA affiliated and have FA qualified referees and it’s free to join Soccer Sixes.
Exeter-based marketing agency Big Wave Media announces the new appointment of local marketer Ronnie Halden to expand its marketing and creative services team and to engage a new local and regional client base.
A full service marketing agency with a team of creative designers, digital developers and marketers housed under one roof, Big Wave Media provides innovative and cost effective marketing support to over 200 clients across the UK and Ireland. The agency specialises in the leisure, tourism, local government and Business to Business sectors. Well known in other parts of the UK...
Police officers from Exeter are holding a ‘meet the team’ event on Saturday 15th December at Bedford Square, Exeter.
Members of the public are invited to come along to meet the team and discuss any policing concerns they have about their local community.
Information received will help them determine the policing priorities for the local area.
Police officers will be on hand to offer crime prevention advice around personal and property security, as well as carry out free property marking for bicycles.
Young people will be interested to look around the police...
