Exeter’s annual Christmas market will finish for another year this evening.
Christmas shoppers will have until 9pm tonight to buy gifts from the market stalls made up of traders from the local area and all over Europe.
There’s a huge range of Christmas treats available for hungry shoppers to feast on with a over 50 traders selling roast Hog, Belgian chocolates, Baklava, crepes, specialty cheeses and meats from across the continent.
Local retailers make up over 30% of the traders selling a wide range of traditional Christmas crafts and local foods as well as...
Rory McCalllum, the head of children and adult protection at Devon County Council has left his £95,000 job.
The departure comes after an unannounced inspection by Ofsted found the county’ children’s protection services were “inadequate”.
Children’s protection, safeguards some of the most vulnerable of the County’s 141,000 children and young people (0-17 years old).
However the Ofsted report stated that: “There are systemic weaknesses in managerial oversight and quality assurance that enable inconsistent and ineffective practice to go unchallenged and as a...
2013 showed rock solid growth for Exeter based digital agency Rokk Media says Managing Director, Adam Stone.
"It’s been an incredible year for us. 2013 proved to be another record breaker thanks to our growing list of local, national and international clients with turnover and profit reaching new heights, staff levels increasing substantially and we’re now able to offer an unparalleled set of skills, professionalism and experience right here in Exeter - the South West's Silicon Valley!
We’ve become one of very few digital agencies in the UK that can truly boast both quality...
Exeter joins £18 million industry-academia networks scheme to boost industrial biotechnology and bioenergy
The University of Exeter is set to benefit from a share of an £18million initiative designed to boost interaction between academic research and industry in biotechnology and bioenergy.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has funded 13 collaborative ‘Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy’ to help promote the translation of research into tangible benefits for the UK.
Devon County Council is warning people to be be prepared for icy roads in parts of the county tomorrow (Thursday) morning.
Areas of higher ground could see road surface temperatures drop below freezing during the peak travel time and gritters will be out on Dartmoor, Exmoor, the Blackdown Hills and parts of north and west Devon overnight.
There is also the chance of sleet and wintry showers tomorrow morning, and everyone travelling on the county’s highways is urged to take extra care.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway...
The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Devon has risen for the first time since February 2013, with figures increasing by 66 claimants over the past month. Claimants in Devon have gone up from 6,513 in October to 6,579 in November meaning a 1% increase from last month.
The news comes the same day as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report reveals that the overall national unemployment rate has fallen.
The ONS reports that nationally 250,000 more people are now in employment since July this year.
Russian MPs have backed an amnesty law that may see the charges against Arctic 30 dropped allowing them to return home for Christmas.
If the amnesty bill passes at its final reading in the Russian Duma (parliament) tonight the 26 non-Russian members of the Arctic 30 will be able to leave Russia and return home.
Six Britons including three from Devon are among those arrested following a protest against a Gazprom oil-drilling platform in the arctic circle.
The amnesty law, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, could also see the release of two members of Pussy...
READERS of The Exeter Daily are being encouraged to vote for their Healthcare Hero for 2013.
The Exeter Daily has linked up with the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, which is running the Healthcare Hero Awards for the second year.
The Trust needs your help to find those staff who deserve to be recognised and rewarded for going above and beyond the call of duty.
The Trust manages a variety of services in Exeter including Exeter Community Hospital at Whipton and the NHS walk-in centre in Sidwell Street, while its community nursing and therapy teams care for people...
The Bank of England has confirmed plans to introduce its new polymer banknotes starting with the introduction of a new Winston Churchill £5 note in 2016. The first note will mark the end of a 320 year tradition of using cotton paper notes but will introduce a range of newly developed security features making counterfeiting the notes far more difficult. The new notes are also much more durable than the cotton paper notes lasting more than twice as long before becoming damaged by age. This includes dirt and moisture resistance which mean the new notes will remain cleaner for longer. The Bank...
