Solicitors Beviss & Beckingsale, which has offices in Honiton, Axminster, Seaton and Chard, has beaten off stiff competition to make it to the finals of the Devon & Somerset Law Society Legal Awards 2017.
A panel of judges selected Beviss & Beckingsale to go forward as a finalist in the category Law Firm of the Year (1 to 10 partners).
The awards, which were held for the first time last year, recognise the important contribution that law firms make to local communities and the economy in the two counties.
A team from the Tesco Extra Exeter Vale store donated has donated Tesco gift cards in the value of £100 for this year’s Wonford Community Centre & Learning Centre over 50’s raffle.
Colleagues from the store, in the shopping centre on Russell Way hand delivered the gift cards, as well as various other prizes valued at a total of £100 to the Wondford Community Centre’s raffle, held at the centre on Burnthouse Lane, Exeter. The charity provides activities, clubs and events for the benefit of the local community. Jo Evans, Community Champion at the Tesco Extra Exeter Vale store,...
In a typical month the Exeter, Mid and East Devon branch of the Samaritans charity receives 1,800 telephone calls from people in distress - and that figure increases in December and especially around Christmas time.
Those calls - along with SMS text messages, emails and face-to-face meetings - are dealt with by some 100 volunteers who work at the central Exeter base of the charity.
This Christmas and New Year - as always - they will be on duty around the clock.
“Many people love Christmas and New Year with their families and friends, but it’s not the same for...
Householders are being urged to think of the environment over the festive period and keep recycling to ensure that Devon has a ‘green’ Christmas.
Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year for households and often recycling, and the reason it’s so important, falls to the bottom of the priority list.
But with many homes generating more waste over the period than they would usually, Recycle Devon, says it’s the ideal time to recycle everything you can.
For instance glass bottles and jars can be recycled again and again. If everyone in the UK recycled one more...
Ring in 2017 our essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend:
THEATRE
Peter Pan Exeter Northcott Theatre Escape to Neverland this Christmas. Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter, to a magical land of mermaids and fairy dust, where children can fly and all sorts of exciting adventures happen every day. But beware – danger is just around the corner. Captain Hook and the pirates are looking for revenge and Peter Pan is top of their list! The show runs until 1 January. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk
Devon and Cornwall Police is launching a campaign designed to raise awareness of how domestic abuse can affect anyone and takes many forms.
The campaign will highlight the fact that domestic abuse can happen to anyone, at any age, in any kind of relationship. This phase will be highlighting the fact that domestic abuse can happen among groups such as the elderly, the disabled and same sex couples.
Domestic abuse isn’t just physical and can take many forms, such as intimidation, financial control, psychological abuse and others.
A trip to Newton Abbot’s markets turned into a Christmas surprise for one lucky Teignbridge resident.
Mr Roger Lloyd from Kingskerswell was drawn as the winner of a £100 Christmas hamper packed full of festive goodies supplied by Bakers the Butcher, The Market Deli and Home Bake - from Newton Abbot's Indoor Market. A popular annual event on the market calendar, the competition saw market shoppers completing an entry form for a chance to win the fantastic festive prize.
Earlier this year Teignbridge District Council, which is responsible for running Newton Abbot's range of...
The Exeter Forum have donated bags of knitted woollen hats to the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to help warm up hypothermic patients this winter.
The Forum is a social group for active retired people who meet regularly in Exeter. Members of the Forum were keen to continue their support for the Emergency Department after they donated a large number of knitted Twiddlemuffs to help patients with Dementia earlier in the year.
They asked staff what else they needed and the ED team gratefully took up their kind offer by requesting a batch of...
The second named storm of the season, Storm Barbara, which is bringing gales and squally rain to the UK today, is being followed by Storm Conor on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Those travelling today could face some travel disruption from Storm Barbara.
An Amber wind warning is in place for northern and western parts of Scotland for this afternoon and evening and two separate yellow wind warnings, one covering more northern areas where gusts of 60 to 70 mph are expected quite widely, and another covering parts of northern England, the South West and Wales where an intense,...
Cotley Christmas Tree Farm welcomed a highly unexpected arrival in the summer of this year.
Cotley Farm owner, Helen Bowker, says “It turns out that the calf was born a little early and her mother didn’t have any milk at first. Even if she had, the baby reindeer was so small she couldn’t have reached the teats! So for the first 10 days of her life, I had to hand feed her with a bottle. Luckily she grew quickly and was soon able to feed from her mother – which was a relief as reindeer milk is 20% fat so is hard to substitute for a long period. This just goes to show how vulnerable...
