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Saddened and upset by discovering her dad died alone in a bare, clinical hospital room, Jennifer Turner has included local charity Hospiscare in her Will.

Here she tells how this simple act has helped her, knowing she’s enabling other local people to face death with dignity, while supported by their family and end of life experts.

Jennifer’s story: “My dad died 30 years ago, aged 62. He was alone in a hospital room as there was no specialist end of life care. My mum was in a separate room and the rest of the family had to go home."

Now Jennifer has seen the care...

A leading South West law firm has appointed a new head of dispute resolution in its Exeter office as business continues to grow. Stephens Scown LLP has appointed partner Catherine Mathews to take over from Chris Harper, who is retiring, at the beginning of its new financial year. Catherine Mathews has been with the firm since 2002. She trained and qualified with the firm and joined the dispute resolution team in 2005. Becoming a partner in 2012, she will now lead the 18-strong Exeter dispute resolution team which includes six partners. Chris Harper retires at the end of a long career,...

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...