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An Exeter language school has teamed up with a Torbay-based work placement company to forge a new partnership set to bring business benefits to both.

The Globe English Centre, based at St David’s Hill in Exeter, provides English classes to people who want to learn it as their second language. The Training Partnership (TTPL) works with hundreds of Devon firms to provide placements in different sectors for trainees from across Europe and beyond.

The new partnership will see TTPL offer Globe’s teaching programmes to complement its own teaching packages and work placements,...

The works of an engineer turned professional artist who creates enchanting paintings inspired by the English countryside will be on display at an Exeter gallery this month.

Acclaimed painter Paul Corfield presented his charming new collection of land and seascapes at Castle Fine Art on Cathedral Yard on Saturday 25th July. The exhibition will be available to view for two weeks until Sunday 9th August.

An artist always at heart, Corfield started sketching at a young age and secured a place at art college, but decided to turn it down to make a living in the aerospace...

Children will have the chance to clamber on fire engines, get locked inside a police car and inspect an ambulance and first responder vehicle at an Emergency Services Blue Light Day, which takes place at Challaborough Bay Holiday Park on Saturday August 8th.

The event is free to attend and takes place between 10am and 4pm and is being held to heighten awareness of Devon’s emergency services.

Organiser Pete Watts, Watch Manager from Modbury fire station, said: “It’s a really fantastic opportunity for families to come along and find out all about the emergency services and...

A motorcyclist has died following a collision on the A38 at Tiverton this morning (Monday 27 July).

Emergency services were called at 8.30am following the collision between the Honda CBR 125 motorcycle and a fuel tanker near Burlescombe. A third vehicle, a white Citroen C2, was also involved in the collision.

The motorcyclist, a man 23 year old man from the Tiverton area, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Next of kin have been informed.

The road has remained closed while Force Serious Collisions Investigation Unit are conducting an...