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For 29-year-old former Royal Marine Greig Mills, a chance encounter at a jobs fair has turned into a blossoming career.

The Tiverton resident is now on track to become a site manager for the country’s biggest housebuilder, after joining the Barratt Developments Trainee Assistant Site Manager Programme for the Forces Community.

Greig signed up for the Royal Marines after leaving college and enjoyed the lifestyle, which saw him travel all over the world. After six and a half years in the forces he decided it was time for a change and, having always been interested in...

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, today launches its third economic well-being survey.

The survey, in partnership with the Express and Echo, Radio Exe, Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber of Commerce, will highlight the current financial and employment situation in Exeter. It will help Citizens Advice Exeter to highlight trends with policy-makers and to further tailor their advice and information resources to meet the needs of local people.

The anonymous survey can be found on the Home Page of the Citizens Advice Exeter website – www....

ONE of the British Army's most senior members attended the 19240 Shrouds of the Somme exhibition in Exeter on Saturday along with thousands of visitors who queued patiently to see the project.

The 19240 Shrouds of the Somme project aims to commemorate every single one of the 19,240 allied soldiers who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 100 years ago.

Artist Rob Heard spent three years creating the exhibition which saw him hand-stitch every single shroud in order to remember every soldier who fell. After he had made every 12 inch figurine he would symbolically...

The search is on to find the UK’s most dog-friendly places, as the Kennel Club launches its Be Dog Friendly Awards 2016.

The competition, now in its tenth year, is part of the wider Be Dog Friendly campaign which aims to break down barriers for man’s best friend by encouraging more businesses and public spaces to welcome dogs.

With around 8.5 million dogs in the UK, and around one in four households owning a dog, the great British public are always on the lookout for places where their four-legged family members are also welcome. The Be Dog Friendly Awards recognise...