CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today (December 12th) organised the biggest campaigning event in its 40-year history as over 1,200 of its members – as well as other members of the beer and pub industry – descend on Parliament for a Mass Lobby, calling for an end to the damaging beer duty escalator.
Members of the organisation have travelled from across the UK to speak to their MP as new figures show that since the beer duty escalator – a policy causing duty on beer to automatically increase by 2% above inflation every year – was introduced in 2008, the number of regular pub...
Findings from the 2011 census for England and Wales have revealed the number of people who say they are Christian has dropped from 72% to 59% in ten years. The statistics also show the number of people who say they have no religion has risen from 15% to 25%.
The census figures reveal that Muslims are the second largest religious group in the country at 4.8%. The third most popular religion was Hinduism, with 1.5 per cent of the population, while 0.8 per cent were Sikhs and 0.5 per cent Jewish.
Other polling data reveals a similar shift. The 2012 British Social Attitudes...
RUBY, Modern Diner’s flagship restaurant will open in January 2013, breathing new life into 74 Queen St, a landmark grade 2 listed building in the heart of Exeter.
Open all day every day, RUBY brings a modern twist to the roots of the American diner, serving fast food prepared with the finest, fresh local ingredients.
Richard Harrison joint managing director of Modern Diners said;
‘‘RUBY is named after the Devon Ruby Red cow. All our meat and dairy products are free range and locally sourced including beef from a single Mid Devon farm, where the herd is sired by a...
Tap dancing and jazz in the Cathedral? Christmas Jazz last Saturday, presented by Exeter Festival Chorus with soloist Jacqui Dankworth and the Big Buzzard Boogie Band, led by Andy Williamson, was the most joyous, exciting musical and spiritual experience. Jacqui Dankworth's perfectly modulated and clear voice transfixed us with the beauty of her sound and exquisite interpretation. Her voice has matured and developed so that she equals her mother Cleo Laine's range and expression, but absolutely asserts her individual style.
We were led by the musical director and conductor Nigel...
Exeter City Council has welcomed the news that Transport Minister Simon Burns is to consider electrifying a further stretch of railway line, from Newbury to Westbury. The line from Paddington to Newbury is already set to be wired, together with the line to Bristol and South Wales, as part of the current electrification programme.
"Exeter needs a modern railway to maintain its competitive edge, and electrification to Westbury would be a big step in the right direction," said Council Leader Pete Edwards.
"They are already considering the Bristol to Exeter route for a future...
Councillors will be asked tomorrow (Wednesday 12th December) to approve layout plans for two new railway stations for Exeter, prior to formal planning applications being submitted.
The two new stations, at Newcourt and Marsh Barton, will be part of the Devon Metro initiative, developed to help the local rail network improve capacity and quality of service.
They are supported by Devon County Council's Local Transport Plan and Exeter City’s Local Development Framework.
Newcourt station will be located adjacent to the former Royal Naval Stores Depot development area,...
With the enforced cash ban upon us, paying for small amounts of scrap just isn’t viable, what with the admin time and cost of cheques!!
At all of our depots, G H Newbery & Son Ltd – Exeter, G H Newbery & Son (Honiton) Ltd, E B Janes Ltd (Tiverton & Minehead), Gorman Metals Ltd – Newton Abbot, and Quarry Breakers (Paignton) Ltd, are giving our customers the opportunity to ‘donate’ their scrap to charity. Our charity account at present is the Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
If you would like to do this, quite simply turn up at any of our depots and let the weighbridge...
Exeter College student Adam Kelly talks to Ben Bradshaw about his life in Parliament and his 15 years as Exeter's MP.
Q: When you first entered Parliament, in 1997, what was the first thing you tried to achieve?
BB: Well I had a private member’s bill in that first year, which was very lucky. I came quite high up in the ballot. And I managed to get my private member’s bill onto the statue book, which was quite unusual if you know anything about private member’s bills. It was not a hugely significant piece of legislation, but it was about giving the public more...
Average train fares have risen nearly three times faster than wages since the recession began, according to new analysis published today (Tuesday 11th December) by the TUC’s Action for Rail campaign.
The research shows that between 2008 and 2012 average rail fares increased by 26.6 per cent, with average wages rising by just 9.6 per cent over the same period – well below the rate of inflation.
Train fares are set to outpace wages and inflation again in 2013 after the Association of Train Operating Companies announced a 3.9 per cent increase in average prices last week, with...
There was success for Newtown FC at the inaugural men’s Futsal Masters competition last weekend, run by Exeter City FC’s Community Charitable Trust. Twelve teams entered the competition at St Peter’s C of E School in Quarry Lane, Heavitree, with Newtown FC running out 3-1 winners by beating North Tawton FC in the final.
The competition was set up to raise awareness of the benefits of playing Futsal as opposed to traditional five-a-side football and now the Trust are looking for more five-a-side teams to join the first-even men’s futsal league in Exeter, which will be starting on...
