A group of ‘Mo Bros’ from Exeter-based chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards has so far raised over £400 by taking part in ‘Movember’ – and the total is set to rise when additional money raised from the staff Christmas party is added later this month.
Motivated by Partner Adrian Hemmings, who lost his father-in-law to prostate cancer 10 years ago, the Mo Bros included Jamie Brimblecombe, Jason Chant, Jon Dufty, Nick Feeney, Phill Hargreaves, Mark Simic, Jordan Mitchell, Antony Norman and Richard Holt who are all based at the Exeter office.
More flood drop-in sessions are being organised across the county to give local people the opportunity to say how they have been affected by the recent floods.
Devon County Council and the Environment Agency are organising the events, with the support of Teignbridge, West Devon, South Hams, East Devon and Mid Devon District Councils, Exeter City Council and South West Water, to enable communities to speak directly to staff from local authorities and agencies and raise any concerns they may have.
It will also give the Councils and the Environment Agency the opportunity to...
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...
Behind the gloom of this week’s Winter Statement from George Osborne promising at least six more years of austerity because of his failed economic policy there were two bits of potentially very good news for Exeter and the South West, writes Ben Bradshaw.
The first was that Exeter was being invited to bid for a slice of Government money to help fund the upgrading of our flood defences. It shouldn’t have needed the recent floods and Exeter’s “near miss” to spur the Government into action, but this is welcome none the less. We’ve been campaigning for more than two years – ever since...
The South West TUC has called on the NHS pay cartel to disband after the government rejected plans to introduce regional pay.
Unions are concerned the 19 health trusts in the region who have set up the cartel will ignore yesterday's announcement from Parliament and press ahead with tearing up the national pay agreement, replacing it with worse pay and conditions for NHS staff.
South West TUC Regional Secretary Nigel Costley said: "Unions have been instrumental in putting forward the arguments against regional pay and, as the government has now admitted, these arguments have...
With colder weather around the corner, Devon residents are saving thousands of pounds on their heating oil bills, thanks to a scheme delivered by the Community Council of Devon.
Using collective buying power, the Devon County Council -supported initiative is ensuring that the scheme’s members are getting the best prices for their fuel.
Its 272 members have bought approximately 264,000 litres of oil this year, paying typically 3 to 6 pence less per litre than the average price, saving them on average £45 per every 1,000 litres of oil. Collectively, they’ve saved over £11,500...
It’s official, I’ve got Christmas envy. Everywhere I go lights are twinkling and festive songs are ringing out. But, we have yet to put a single decoration up at home yet.
Now, everyone has a different opinion on when you should ‘deck the halls’ and get festive with it…but normally we will make our annual trip to a local farm, where they have mulled wine and reindeer to keep everyone happy, and pick out our Christmas tree in early December – I think if you’re splashing out on a Norwegian Fir tree you might as well get your money’s worth!
Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the M5 at Cullompton yesterday (5 December) which left one woman seriously injured.
At 13.35pm a red Volkswagen Transporter van and a silver Vauxhall Tigra collided on the southbound carriageway of the M5 two miles south of junction 28. The van had been travelling on the northbound carriageway when it struck the central reservation, crossing into the opposite carriageway where it was in collision with the other vehicle. The female driver of the Tigra sustained serious internal injuries and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital...
The man killed in the M5 fatal road accident on 5th December has now been formally identified as Alan Keith Clements, born on 24th September 1965, from Hengoed, just north of Oswestry in Shropshire.
Mr Clements was driving a black Ford Focus and other vehicles involved included a white Scania HGV, a black Honda Accord, a black Honda Jazz and a black Vauxhall Astra.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “The vehicles were involved in a shunt-type collision at the end of a tailback caused by an earlier collision on the same stretch of carriageway.
Local retailer Clive Sheppard of Exeter has this week been crowned the winner of a national competition, launched by Wrigley in August this year, to find a convenience store retailer most worthy of a ‘Trash Team’ visit.
As well as winning £500 worth of free stock, Clive’s prize saw Wrigley’s ‘Trash Team’ of devoted litter pickers descend on his Magdalen Road Spar store on Tuesday 4th December to clean up his local area.
From litter picking outside his shop front to making sure the surrounding area looks spic and span, the ‘Trash Team’ included staff from the local...
