Exeter

Drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel now face tougher penalties.

From today (1 March 2017) both the fine and penalty points will double - from £100 to £200 and from 3 to 6 points.

Between 1 and 7 March Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police roads policing alliance will be out on the region’s roads ensuring compliance with the new legislation. The option of taking an awareness course and not receiving points on the driving license will no longer be offered.

Chief Inspector Adrian Leisk, head of the roads policing alliance, said: “These...

Co-bikes, the ground-breaking self-service bike scheme, is introducing the latest stage in its mission to create easy, enjoyable travel in Exeter's city centre.

The latest hire location, going live on Wednesday 1 March, is in the heart of the city centre, next to the Civic Centre, opposite the Tourist Information Centre. Staff will be at the docking station from 10.00 – 16.00 to tell you more about this innovative scheme. Co-bikes, the first city-wide network of electric bikes for self-service hire by the public from on-street docking stations, was launched on 13th October 2016....

A three hour non-stop, charity spinathon will go ahead this Saturday, despite original plans being foiled by the fire at the Exeter Riverside Leisure Centre. The charity event, which will see participants taking part in three hours of non-stop high intensity ‘spinning’ on static bicycles, is taking place this Saturday (4 March) and was originally scheduled to be held at the Legacy Leisure-run Wonford Sports Centre using spin bikes from the Riverside Leisure Centre. A total of 28 participants had signed up to the Spinathon, but the recent fire at the Riverside centre meant that the event,...

This Saturday bring your car along and have it washed in return for a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity, the UK’s leading provider of services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families.

Lee Howell, Chief Fire Officer for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said: “Monies raised through national fundraising initiatives provide a real boost to The Fire Fighters Charity. As well as being a fun and popular event the National Car Wash also gives our firefighters the opportunity to share important safety messages with...

Jack Yeandle believes Exeter Chiefs will need to replicate their defensive showing from the weekend for the whole 80 minutes when they travel to Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership on Friday night (7:45pm).

Having turned round 17-14 up against Newcastle Falcons on Saturday, Rob Baxter’s side produced a solid defensive display at the break to wrap up a 36-14 success that lifted them to second in the current standings.

Yeandle insists hard work put in on the training ground, coupled with a few half time tweaks by the coaching staff, proved key in them clocking up their...

Exeter Tennis Centre has been awarded £1,800 by the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) Play Tennis Fund to deliver a free tennis programme called Tennis 4 Teens.

Beginning on Wednesday 1 March, children aged 14 to 16 will learn practical tennis skills in fun and sociable sessions. These playing sessions will be complemented by the LTA’s Tennis Leaders training which provides the opportunity to gain organisational and coaching skills and gives young people an insight into the tennis environment and career pathway.

Led by coaches from the University of Exeter’s Tennis Centre,...

Woodbury Park Golf Club Captains Daryn Hunt and Mickie Ward have raised £10,500 to help with the rehabilitation of stroke patients on Clyst Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

As 2016 Captains, the pair chose the acute stroke ward as their Captains’ Charity for the year, after Mickie’s husband Robert, also known as Sharky, spent time being cared for there in 2011 and 2012.

Mickie said: “I have seen first-hand the amazing work the team on Clyst do. I owe my husband’s life and all of his achievements since then to them. They taught him how to start to live again and...

With spring in the air, and a spring in the step of race loving folk, March ushers in the first of the Festivals. Cheltenham is on the tip of everybody’s tongues and as the sports pages fill with the clatter and clamour of anticipation, Exeter Racecourse will play host to its own little corner of Festival heaven with its preview evening on March 7.

Just one week before that famous roar heralds the start of Cheltenham 2017, ITV Racing’s Luke Harvey, David Pipe, Philip Hobbs, Nick Scholfield and Harry Derham will run the rule over the runners and give their thoughts on possible...

CITY marketing agency McQueenie Mulholland has made a new appointment to its team to meet growing demand for its services.

The company, which was established by Sue McQueenie and Rob Mulholland in 2014 has experienced steady growth over the last two years. It has employed Emma Cottle as an account manager, in a newly created role.

McQueenie Mulholland offers clients a range of marketing and communications services, backed up by data analysis and research.

Emma has six years of experience in marketing, and will be applying her specialism of digital marketing and...