Encouraging start for new commercial property agency Charles Darrow
Two former Exeter agents have launched their own niche estate agency. Charles Darrow, based in Newton Abbot, will specialise in commercial property and aims to tap into the growing demand to buy and...
View ArticleSandwich bar ban for jilted boyfriend who did not use his loaf and stay away
A jilted boyfriend has been sent on a course to improve the way he treats women after be caused a scene at the sandwich bar where his ex partner worked. Luke Down also sent unwanted messages and...
View ArticleExeter drug mastermind must pay back £200K or get more jail time
A drug ring mastermind has been ordered to pay £200,000 from his ill gotten gains or spend an extra two years in jail. Matthew Deny is already serving an 18 year term for his role in organising a gang...
View ArticleExeter City fan Mike Mullarkey proud to be chosen as World Cup match official
Exeter City supporter Mike Mullarkey says he is honoured and proud to be one of the match officials selected to take charge of games at the World Cup finals in Brazil this summer. Mullarkey, who also...
View ArticleFather and two sons jailed following planned expedition to steal catalytic...
A father and his two sons have been jailed after they went on a carefully planned two day expedition to steal £30,000 of catalytic converters in Devon. Alexander Stewart and his sons Johnathan and...
View ArticleRSPCA appeal after charred remains of poodle found on bonfire near Exeter
The RSPCA is appealing for help to find the owners of a dog found burnt on a bonfire in Woodbury Woods near Exeter. The badly charred remains were found by a member of the public on a bridleway leading...
View ArticleExeter hotel chef takes top award in Paris
Samuel Billson, chef de partie at The Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel in Southernhay, has fought off over 70 applicants from around the world to win The Accor Professions Challenge in the cooking...
View ArticleFormer Exeter Chiefs youngster added to Saxons squad
Former Exeter youngster Matt Hopper has been added to the England Saxons squad after Bath's Jonathan Joseph pulled out through injury. The 28-year-old Harlequins centre, who also played for Exmouth and...
View ArticleMan whose death in Exeter launderette sparked manslaughter probe is named
TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who was found dead in a city launderette. The deceased male has been named as 52-year-old Peter Roberts who has been a resident at Gabriel House in Smythen Street,...
View Article'Shaken baby' injuries worse than car crash, doctor says
A baby girl who died after allegedly being attacked on Christmas Day had brain injuries which were more severe than those caused by a car crash, a jury have been told. Kimberley Barrett had a pattern...
View ArticleMorrisons store plan for Middlemoor given green light
PLANS for a major new Morrisons supermarket at police headquarters in Middlemoor have been approved. The proposal includes a big supermarket, petrol station, 83 homes and a new criminal justice centre...
View ArticlePlans for Ikea store in Exeter approved
PLANS for an Ikea store in Exeter were approved by city councillors at a meeting this evening. Councillors backed the recommendation to approve plans for the store at a meeting of the city council's...
View ArticleNew town won't be built in Mid Devon for more than a decade
NO new town will be built in Mid Devon for at least 12 years, a leading councillor has said. Richard Chesterton was reassuring members of Uffculme Parish Council who say they feel "under siege" from...
View ArticleThe mystery of the River Otter beaver
You might expect to see an otter on the Devon river which bears the animal's name, but not a beaver which has been extinct in this country for hundreds of years. Now one has been spotted on the River...
View ArticleAudio: Exeter supermarkets asked to join talks to cut alcohol-fueled crime
Exeter supermarkets are being asked to join in top level police talks to help cut booze-fueled crime. The talks have been called for by Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg's...
View ArticleTrain cleaners on strike in union wage row
Transport union RMT has confirmed that its members working for sub-contractors Mitie on First Great Western trains as cleaners, will be picketing at Paddington Station today tuesday january 11on the...
View ArticleCouncil accused of vandalism after it felled healthy trees
Mid Devon District Council has been accused of "wanton vandalism" for cutting down healthy trees on a busy road in Tiverton. The authority said the four fastigiate hornbeam trees were felled at Lea...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police release CCTV images following Exeter mum's warning of car park...
These images show a man Exeter police would like to talk to in reference to a bank card theft in a city car park. Exeter mother Sharon Jackson is warning shoppers to be on their guard after falling...
View ArticleSurf's up for brightest Clyst Vale students with Exeter tech firm Blur Group
Technology firm Blur Group has teamed up with Clyst Vale Community College in Broadclyst to inspire students studying computing by bringing the spirit of Silicon Valley to Devon. As well as giving them...
View ArticleHockey round-up: Wallis scores twice as Isca beat Plymouth Marjon
WOMEN'S HOCKEY West Premier 1 Isca A 2 Plymouth Marjon 1 LOREL Wallis scored twice as Isca A beat Plymouth Marjons 2-1. Isca soaked up some early pressure before taking the lead when Wallis skilfully...
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