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PARTNERS and staff at Exeter-based PKF Francis Clark are celebrating being shortlisted for the British Accountancy Awards 2016 in the category of National Firm of the Year.

The multi-award winning firm will now have to wait until a gala dinner at the Brewery in the City of London on November 29 to find out whether it will be adding to its already impressive array of national awards.

Andrew Richards, the managing partner at PKF Francis Clark said: “We are naturally delighted and honoured to make this prestigious shortlist particularly as it is judged by some of the most...

Killerton’s annual apple harvest is fast approaching and the National Trust property is calling out for volunteers large and small to help with their ‘Big Pick Up’ weekends. This year looks to be a bumper crop and the trees are heavy with fruit which shows the summer rain was good for something after all!

Killerton needs your help to collect the fallen apples that make its award winning cider and apple juice. If you can help then join the ‘Big Pick Up’ weekends in Sparrow Park Orchard, Killerton on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October or on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October. Armed with...

Tributes have been paid to Jerry Daniell, a “Big hearted man” who died following a serious collision in Newton Abbot on Thursday the 22nd September.

Emergency services were called to Shaldon Road at 2.10pm after the collision between a red Mercedes B180 and the black Yamaha V-Max motorcycle outside Milber Service Station.

The motorcycle rider, 53-year-old Jerry Daniell from Torquay, sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to Torbay Hospital where he sadly died the following day.

Jerry’s family paid the following tribute: “On the 23rd September we lost our...

Staff, volunteers and patients at the city’s hospice were celebrating after being awarded £2,000 from the E.ON Energy Action Fund towards the cost of replacement lighting throughout the building.

In a bid to improve its energy efficiency, charity Hospiscare has now begun fitting LED lighting in its day care and in-patient units, education facilities and staff offices. Hospiscare expects the new, high efficiency lighting to reduce its electricity use by more than 60%, with resulting savings to the charity of around £5,000 a year. The donation from E.ON covered the cost of improved...