Damian Welch’s last-gasp try snatched a dramatic draw for Exeter Chiefs in an enthralling derby with Gloucester at Sandy Park.
With less than a minute remaining, Gloucester’s hopes of a second Aviva Premiership victory of the season were dashed when the Chiefs mauled their way over in the left-hand corner to tie the scores at 27-27.
Even then Rob Baxter’s side could have won it at the death, but the normally deadly Gareth Steenson was unable to land the tricky conversion from wide on the touchline.
Following a disappointing 15-6 defeat at the hands of Bath Rugby...
Health chiefs from around the South West will gather together to hear results of a ground-breaking pilot to tackle hepatitis C in the South West. Learning from this work will be used to help inform the delivery of hepatitis C services nationally.
The Tackling Hepatitis C in the South West Summit will take place on October 14 at 2pm in the Kennford and Exminster Room at the Exeter Court Hotel, Kennford, Exeter. In 2014, national charity Addaction, The Hepatitis C Trust and pharmaceutical company AbbVie formed a partnership to pilot an ambitious project to improve access to hepatitis...
A local charity is playing a key part in an initiative which is protecting the nation’s ‘tree heritage’.
Throughout October Devon Wildlife Trust is collecting seed from a series of well-known local wild tree and shrub species including rowan, crab apple, raspberry, silver birch, honey suckle and elder. The collections are an important part of a national project to protect the UK’s trees.
The charity is undertaking the work as a partner in the UK National Tree Seed Project, which has been set up by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, with funding from...
This October visitors to Powderham Castle will have the chance to get a glimpse of one of Devon’s most spectacular natural phenomona, the rut of Powderham’s ancient fallow deer herd.
Many will remember how the stunning deer park and its ancient trees played host this summer to 50,000 revelers at the Radio 1 Big Weekend. But outside of concerts and events, the deer park is home to a majestic herd of 600 fallow deer who roam the 200-acre deer park, which has been maintained for centuries. Indeed Coldplay’s Chris Martin famously reminded the Big Weekend crowd that it is the deer that...
Police are investigating a burglary which took place at a property in Newton Abbot where precious military medals were taken.
The incident happened between 5:10am and 6.30am on Tuesday 20 September at a home in Queensway.
The offenders gained entry through a small upstairs window and stole eight military medals in bronze, silver and gold [pictured] which are of huge personal value to the home owner.
They include campaign medals achieved from the owner’s former military service in the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, the 2nd Gulf War and Afghanistan....
Exeter has won recognition at a number of influential awards ceremonies.
Local authorities Exeter City Council and Teignbridge District Council were singled out for their role in putting on the highly successful BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle.
Working in partnership, the two councils won the Tourism Event of the Year Award at the English Riviera and South Devon Tourism and Hospitality Awards.
Fifty thousand people attended the Big Weekend at the end of May, witnessing some of the best bands in the business, including Coldplay and Mumford and Sons....
The nationwide shortage of nurses in children’s palliative care has been making the headlines of late with reports of the lack of nurses affecting the care available to children with life limiting conditions. Yet the opportunity to provide holistic care to a child and their family is one of the most rewarding roles in nursing.
CHSW is taking a proactive approach to protect its services into the future and one of a range of initiatives is an exciting opportunity for nurses who may be considering returning to their career. Amanda Williams is a children’s palliative care nurse....
Zero tolerance to hate crime is the strong message at the core of the new anti-hate crime campaign being launched across Devon during this year’s national hate crime awareness week, which runs from 8th to 15th October.
The message is loud and clear: all forms of hate crime are completely unacceptable and will be dealt with robustly. Together with Devon & Cornwall Police, partner agencies and community leaders across Devon are working to prevent hate crime, support victims and deal with the perpetrators in the most appropriate manner.
Plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment of Exeter bus station have been approved by councillors. At a special meeting on Wednesday evening members of Exeter City Council’s planning committee backed applications to create a state-of-the art new leisure complex and a new bus station at the site. Both schemes are being funded by the city council. Work is expected to begin next spring and the new developments are expected to open in the winter of 2018. Speaking after the meeting Cllr Phil Bialyk, lead councillor for the redevelopment, welcomed the completion of the planning process and...
Devon County Council is committing more than £100,000 to its Community Road Warden scheme as it extends the roll-out of the initiative.
As part of a pilot in five parishes and towns across Devon earlier this year, trained volunteers repaired almost 200 minor potholes. The County Council supplied Road Wardens in Bradford and Cookbury, Broadclyst, Clyst Hydon, Plymtree, and Sidmouth, with a simple-to-use pothole repair material, Instarmac, to patch up small potholes in their parishes and towns.
Community Road Wardens can act as their town or parish’s primary point of contact...
