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Nine well known members of the business community are going to be ‘jailed’ on Friday 13th May at Exeter Castle and will have to raise a bail of £999 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) in order to be released. Each ‘prisoner’ has been charged with a fictitious crime and they will be held at the castle until they raise their bail money. Exeter Castle was the City’s former Law Courts and still boasts some original cells and Naomi Dymond, Corporate Fundraiser at CHSW said: ‘This is such a fun event and I’m delighted that so many members of the local business community have agreed to take...

Kier Construction Western and Wales wins national Gold Award and is runner-up to the UK’s Most Considerate Site for its Exeter school project Kier Construction Western and Wales has won a Gold Award, and was shortlisted for the Most Considerate Site, at the prestigious Considerate Constructors Scheme’s 2016 National Site Awards. Its award-winning St Leonard’s School project was to construct a new six-classroom building and ancillary teaching facilities to the rear of the large junior school in St Leonard’s Road. The award, presented at The Mermaid in London on Monday 18 April, was given...

The drums in Devon are beating a little louder as Exeter Chiefs moved back into second spot in the Aviva Premiership with an impressive victory over play-off rivals Wasps at Sandy Park.

Unlike some other venues where they feel the need to crank up the atmosphere somewhat artificially, Sandy Park brought it’s own unique crescendo of noise on a decisive day in English rugby’s top flight.

Virtually from start to finish, Rob Baxter’s side dominated proceedings – avenging last month’s European exit at the hands of Wasps – with a powerful and workmanlike display.

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The Pattern Book is a new greetings card publisher which curates vintage graphics from science, art and literature and reinvents them for the contemporary eye.

Started by two publishers, Nick Crowe and Neil Baber, both with backgrounds in art history and design, The Pattern Book sells directly to the public and retailers via its online shop, and has plans to supply galleries, bookshops and upmarket retail outlets in the South West and beyond.

Launching with nine different ranges totalling fifty designs, the business is already developing its next set of designs, and hopes...