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Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College celebrate winning partnership

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 4:41pm

The wining partnership between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College has been celebrated, after Exeter College’s U18 team recently won the AASE League for the first time.

Exeter College won the AASE League Championship Final at high-profile venue Allianz Park, London.

The outstanding victory comes after the launch of the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Academy at Exeter College in 2016. The partnership between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College provides aspiring rugby players the chance to nurture not only their rugby talent, but also to gain first-class education and training with the Aviva...

Hoping for a hopeful new dawn

Authored by Martyn Goss
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 2:37pm

In recent years politicians and decision makers around the world have been drawn to appealing to the human emotions of fear and hatred for their backing and support. It is clear that motivations such as ‘tribalism’ (expressed in prejudicial racism, sexism, nationalism, etc.) and ‘desire’ (culminating in global consumerism) have been woven into political discourse in ways maybe not so generally seen since the 1920s.

This rhetoric has coincided with enormous austerity cuts to welfare services, lower wages and also widespread deregulation of rules governing corporate economic...

Divorce survival guide launched as break ups set to peak post-Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:49am

As divorce enquiries are set to spike after the festive period, a South West law firm has produced a guide to surviving divorce, including advice from divorcees on hope to cope. The period straight after the Christmas holidays can be one of the peak times for couples to start divorce proceedings – so much so that the media has dubbed the first working day after the festive break “divorce day”. Liz Allen, partner and head of the family team at leading law firm Stephens Scown LLP explains: “The reasons for this spike in break ups are hard to pin point, but perhaps the financial stresses of...

Super slimmers shed 365 stone in 2016

Authored by Penniball
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 10:29am

Super slimmers in Pinhoe have lost a whopping 365 stone in weight in 2016 – that’s the equivalent of 1 stone for every day of the year or to 25 baby elephants. All together the members of the Thursday night America Hall Slimming World group are now 365 stone lighter than they were last December 2015. Consultant Penni Ball set up the group in January 2010 and has seen countless members reach their weightloss dreams and the group reach the fantastic accolade of being award winning Gold! Over 100 members, attend the group every week, following Slimming World’s Food Optimising eating plan...

Exeter Record Fair

Event Date: 
13/05/2017 - 9:30am
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter

A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with returning dealers.

With all the dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.

Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 3.30pm.

Exeter Record Fair is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289

Exeter Record Fair

Event Date: 
04/03/2017 - 9:30am
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter

A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with returning dealers.

With all the dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.

Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 3.30pm.

Exeter Record Fair is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289

Exeter Record Fair

Event Date: 
07/01/2017 - 9:30am
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter

A host of your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers from the South West along with returning dealers.

With all the dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.

Doors open at 9.30am, entry is £1. For the earlybirds entry can be from 8am with a £3 fee. The fair finishes at around 3.30pm.

Exeter Record Fair is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exeter-Record-Fair/229440997246289

The next Exeter Fair after this...

Chiefs show their fighting spirit

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Tue, 01/03/2017 - 12:30pm

Luke Cowan-Dickie hailed Exeter Chiefs’ fighting spirit after they emerged with a dramatic New Year’s Eve victory at Bath.

Trailing 11-0 following a disappointing first half at the Recreation Ground, Rob Baxter’s side were much improved during the second period, initially reducing the deficit with a Gareth Steenson penalty, before two late converted tries from James Short sealed a first-ever league win in the Roman City for the Devon club.

The victory not only maintained Exeter’s impressive run of form in the Aviva Premiership, but also allowed them to leapfrog their hosts...

Young Farmers gain places on 2017 travel scholarships

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/03/2017 - 10:32am

The Devon Federation of Young Farmers Clubs recently held their travel interviews which saw over 40 members from across the county apply for the 2017 scholarships. The members completed application forms and attended interviews at the Devon Young Farmers centre in Exeter.

Extended thanks to the interviewers; Marion Cann, Neil Grills, Clare Edworthy, Chris Berry, Faye Heal and Mark Davis who have all previously been members of Devon YFC and travelled on the scholarship programme.

Difficult decisions were made to who the places were awarded to, as the standard of members was...

Time to recognise 1,182 years of service!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/03/2017 - 6:28am

Over 50 members of staff from Devon law firm Wollen Michelmore have been recognised with long service awards at the annual Christmas party held in Torquay.

With an impressive 1,182 years of service between them, the 53 staff was presented with individual recognition pins, a gift of their choice and a monetary gift voucher to mark their continuous service delivering excellent service to many hundreds of clients across the region.

The longest serving member of the law firm is Chairman, Michael Cosgrave who will have completed 45 years of service on 2nd January, 2017. Michael...

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