Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes tonight's European Challenge Cup encounter at La Rochelle could prove to be a “defining game” in Pool Two of this year’s competition.
Sitting top after the opening two rounds, the Chiefs will be looking to record only their second-ever victory on French soil when they tackle Patrice Collazo’s side at the Stade Marcel Deflandre.
Buoyed by an impressive run of recent results, which has included Premiership wins against Northampton Saints, Wasps and Saracens in as many weeks, Devon’s finest will be hoping for more of the same...
To celebrate the start of Christmas and the opening of a brand new Christmas tree site in Exeter, Cotley Farm Christmas Trees are having a special Charity Christmas Tree Event on Sunday 7 December.
Cotley Farm Christmas Trees will be providing high quality non-drop Christmas Trees just 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter throughout December.
Join Cotley Farm Christmas Trees on 7 December from 10am until 5pm at their Exeter site, Matford Home Farm, EX2 8XT for a Charity Christmas Tree Event in support of local charity Hospiscare.
Stagecoach South West confirmed today that it will be operating Boxing Day bus services on key routes across Exeter, East Devon and Torbay.
For anyone wishing to travel into and around Exeter the following services will be running:
Red Park & Ride will run a Sunday timetable, with the last bus from Honiton Road at 1718 and the last bus from the city centre at 1736. Buses will show ‘M2’ on the destination blind to serve all stops along the Pinhoe Road route
Route ‘A’ will run a Sunday timetable. The last bus from Alphington will be at 1721, the last bus
Firefighters in England today announced a further 24 hour strike to take place from 9am on Tuesday 9 December.
This follows the government’s decision to commence the Parliamentary procedure to implement regulations for an unfair, unaffordable and unworkable pension scheme. After almost three years of discussions firefighters still face a stark choice of either being sacked or a severely reduced pension if they fail fitness tests as a result of naturally declining fitness through age. The evidence presented by the Fire Brigades Union has created considerable political opposition to...
CHILDREN and young people from across the region will come together on Sunday (DEC7) for the second in a series of three B Sharp Voices concerts of music and song inspired by Beer Quarry Caves.
The afternoon show at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis finds secondary school age soloists who have been working with professional musicians as part of the B Sharp Voices project performing with the 94-strong choir of primary school children from St Michael’s and
Mrs Ethelston’s in Lyme Regis, Marshwood Primary and Bridport St Mary’s who made their concert debut in October.
Rolle Exmouth Limited (REL) has been awarded a grant of £99,000 by Social Investment Business (SIB) Group from the Community Ownership and Management of Assets Feasibility Fund to develop plans for the future of the Rolle Centre site.
The seven acre site remains the property of Plymouth University, but has been unoccupied since the University relocated its Faculty of Education from Exmouth to its main Plymouth Campus in 2008. The site is located just half a mile from the town centre and the sea with views over the Exe Estuary and Haldon Hills.
BBC Radio Devon today (2 December) announced Simon Bates as its new Breakfast presenter, his new show will start on Monday 12 January 2015. Simon, who lives on a farm near Tiverton, mid-Devon, is joining BBC Radio Devon to present a mix of news and music each weekday morning between 7.00 and 10.00am.
As ever, quality local journalism will be the cornerstone of the new programme, and Simon Bates will use his interviewing skills honed over decades of broadcasting to interview the day’s newsmakers. Simon will also be out broadcasting from around the county and hearing from BBC Radio...
An Exeter dentist has become one of the first in the UK to become officially registered as 'safe and qualified' to carry out aesthetic treatments like anti-wrinkle injections.
Pradnya Apte, Clinical Director at revitalise rejuvenate clinic in Exeter, is one of the first aesthetic practitioners in the country to make it onto the Save Face register.
The register, which is the first of its kind in the industry, visits and assesses practitioners to check they are qualified and safe to carry out non-surgical cosmetic treatments. It shares the information with the public to give...
The Royal British Legion has thanked Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, for taking the time to meet with Legion Area Manager, Dymphna Knowles.
The Royal British Legion is the country’s leading welfare provider for the Armed Forces community, and on Wednesday 19th November local MP Neil Parish attended an event in the Houses of Parliament dedicated to showcasing the Legion’s work throughout the South region. Neil used the opportunity to discuss with Dymphna Knowles the changing face of Armed Forces welfare provision in the local community, and to understand more about the...
A new loyalty promotion called “Swipe and Win” will see Co-operative members in the South West in with a chance to win thousands of prizes - worth a total of £1.3 million - up until 9 December.
Co-operative Food customers, presenting their membership card at the checkout, will be entered into a daily draw with the chance of winning a host of prizes.
On offer every day will be: £2,500 of Co-operative Food vouchers; a Samsung television; a Hotpoint American fridge freezer together with £100 of Co-operative gift vouchers and a £1,000 voucher to spend on Bosch branded products...
