Police are appealing for witnesses following a knife-point robbery at a newsagent in Tiverton on Tuesday 27 October.
Officers were to Exe Valley News and Cards in Bampton Street around 7.40am after a masked man threatened the shopkeeper with a small knife and demanded cash from the till.
The male shopkeeper was unharmed but the suspect got away with a small amount of cash and made off towards Tiverton Market.
Police are seeking a man who is described as aged in his 20s, around 5ft 7ins tall and of slim build. He was wearing a dark-coloured hoody with dark-coloured...
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement announcement on Wednesday 25 November, Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce, as part of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) network, is urging the government to fix the deep-rooted structural issues facing the UK economy.
While the UK economy continues to grow at a good pace, the slightly weaker numbers recorded in the BCC’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey, combined with major uncertainties over China and a continued weakness of the eurozone, are a stark reminder that the UK’s economy remains in need of care and...
New analysis from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) shows that more than 1.4 million households with a smoker are living below the poverty line.
The national data shows that, of the 5 million households in England that include an adult smoker, 1.4 million (27%) are below the poverty line, and an estimated 418,000 households could be lifted out of poverty if they quit smoking.
A new ‘Local Poverty Calculator’ launched today by ASH shows local councils how many households in their area have a smoker and are living in poverty.
Regular visitors to Costa Coffee in Tiverton will be familiar with seeing best-selling romance novelist, Jenny Kane with coffee cup in hand, tapping away on her laptop writing her latest novel in her very own dedicated corner of the town’s favourite coffee shop.
On Monday 23rd November, 6pm-9pm, the successful author of such books as Another Cup of Coffee (Kindle best seller and dedicated to Costa Tiverton) and Abi’s House (which reached no.1 in the Amazon Romance, Contemporary Fiction, and Women’s Fiction charts) will be doing a live book signing, selling copies of her books and...
The finalists of 2015’s Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year Awards have been unveiled.
The judges have been busy selecting and writing to the committed and talented people who have been selected as finalists for the Awards, which recognise sporting success and contributions at all levels around the district.
Winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony on Friday 4 December at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren.
Featuring a diverse range of categories, the Awards recognise athletes, volunteers, sports teams, committee members, coaches, and...
Catering for all collectors, walk, browse and look for those elusive and hard to find models - the list is endless:
Dinky, Corgi, Minichamps, Hornby Bassett Lowke, Meccano, Spot-On, Marklin, Scalextric, EFE, Actionman, Dolls,Teddies .......and much more all under one roof!
Sunday 1st November: 10.30am - 3pm
Admission:
Adults: £3.50
Children: under 15 years - Free of Charge with an accompanying adult
Admission:
Adults: £3.50 Children: under 15 years - Free of Charge with an accompanying adult (prices quoted are for 2015 admission)...
3 fun-packed days of festive shopping, all under one roof! Join us for our 20th anniversary fayre - it'll be the best one ever!
Every year exhibitors come from far and wide to transform Westpoint into an Aladdin's cave of wonderful gift ideas and essential Christmas items. It's a magical few days and we know they enjoy the Shopping Fayre as much as our many thousands of regular visitors.
This will be our 20th anniversary Christmas Shopping Fayre and we're going to make it memorable - an amazing Christmas spectacular, will you be joining us? Whether it's as a new exhibitor...
A local bingo club is set to host one of the most sought-after evenings of bingo in and around Exeter by offering a potential share of £100,000 in its free Mecca Firecracker prize draw* as part of its national live link game this Halloween.
The team at Mecca Exeter will be hosting its ‘Firecracker Evening’ from 6330pm on Saturday 31 October, with £100,000 up for grabs during the live link game at approximately 8.30pm, which will be shared equally amongst customers playing in the club that evening.
Mecca customers from all over Exeter will be flocking to the club on North...
