Local News and Updates
- 12th July 2017
Aviva Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs will have a stunning new look to take them into the new 2017/18 season following today’s official kit launch at Exeter Cathedral.
- 12th July 2017
A Cullompton student thanked Petroc after she was honoured at this year’s The Diana Award ceremony, which celebrated outstanding young people who embody the Princess’s qualities of kindness, compassion and service.
- 11th July 2017
This could just be the strangest animal on the planet - With its swivelling gun-turret eyes, tong-like gripping feet and rapid-fire tongue, the chameleon has an appeal that’s all its own.
- 7th July 2017
Petroc art student Joanna Collins has been awarded the Pearson BTEC Art and Design Student of the Year 2017 at a ceremony in Westminster yesterday (July 6).
- 6th July 2017
Paignton Zoo is hoping that not one but two huge smelly flowers will bloom this summer.
- 6th July 2017
A team of firefighters from Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service will run 200 miles in relay from Exeter to Kensington North Fire Station to raise money for a fund to help the firefighters involved in the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
- 5th July 2017
Exeter-based waste management company Devon Contract Waste is celebrating the launch of its new £1.2 million Distribution Hub on Matford Business Park - The construction of the 1.2 acre facility has been supported by the South West Growth Fund with a grant of £80,000, and ensures the company continues to drive its market leading position as the only provider of Zero to Landfill services in the South West.
- 4th July 2017
Over the last two weeks residential areas within Wells, Somerset has had a spate of wheelie bin and rubbish fires....
- 4th July 2017
A major Devon conservation charity has hosted a key national conference - The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust held the BIAZA Native Species Working Group 2017 annual conference on 27th and 28th June.
- 4th July 2017
Exeter-based Lightfoot, the creator of a trail-blazing in-car device that aids and rewards smoother driving styles (which cuts fuel bills, pollutants and accidents) has today announced that it plans to increase the size of its workforce by more than 60% over the next six months.