Exeter City host Forest Green Rovers on October 12 aiming to continue their excellent start to the League Two season.
A long unbeaten run saw Exeter’s League Two betting odds to win the title slashed to 6/1 and they will fancy their chances of picking up another three points against Forest Green.
City will undoubtedly be hoping to build on their early season results after what has been a frustrating few years for the club.
They missed out on promotion after losing in play-off finals in 2017 and 2018 , before being denied a place in the end-of-season shoot-out on the...
Libraries across Devon and Torbay are celebrating Libraries Week by offering customers unrestricted access to Matt Haig’s bestselling title, Reasons to Stay Alive, via eBook and eAudiobook.
Described as ‘astounding’ by Stephen Fry, Reason’s to Stay Alive was in the top ten charts for 49 weeks and has been published by 29 publishers around the world. Thanks to Libraries Unlimited, the charity that runs Devon and Torbay libraries, thousands of customers across the county can download and enjoy the eBook or eAudiobook between 7th – 12th October with no waiting lists or reservations...
Helping society begins with the individual. After all, society is made up of individual people. If everyone made simple changes in their lives to improve the world around them, all communities would soon change for the better i.e sending get well messages to the deserving ones in the society and neighbourhood. It may seem challenging to make a difference, but there are many quick and straightforward ways in which you can positively impact society. Here are some of the most effective ways you can make a difference.
Work is progressing well on the scheme to develop a new footbridge to replace Alma Bridge in Sidmouth.
Contractor Mac Plant Construction Ltd has installed a temporary cofferdam in the River Sid. This has enabled work to get underway to stabilise and re-profile the cliff face to the eastern side of the river, ahead of the construction of the bridge abutment and wall.
The re-profiling is being undertaken in stages, with each section stabilised using nine-metre long rock anchors. While work is carried out, netting is being secured to the rock face to prevent any rock fragments...
MASSAGE training company director Emma Gilmore is poised for a major expansion which will double capacity to meet growing demand, which, she believes, could be due to a reduction in funding for NHS services.
Exeter-based School of Bodywork is moving premises to provide more permanent space which will double capacity to accommodate the number of students wanting to train.
Emma, 50, who founded the school 10 years ago, believes the increased interest may be due to a lack of NHS funding and waiting lists for massage therapies.
Councillors were assured last week (3 October) that work is continuing on delivering superfast broadband in Devon, despite Connecting Devon and Somerset’s (CDS) recent cancellation of contracts with broadband provider Gigaclear.
Councillor Rufus Gilbert, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Economy and Skills, updated the authority’s Full Council about the on-going work of CDS.
CDS announced last month that it was ending Gigaclear’s five contracts to deliver full-fibre broadband in Devon and Somerset. CDS and the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency were...
A voluntary ban on the sale of energy drinks to under 16-year olds in Devon supermarkets has been found to be successful following a recent exercise.
The ‘mystery shopper’ exercise by Public Health Devon and Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards, tested how well large supermarket chains enforced the voluntary ban of energy drinks to under 16s.
The exercise was carried out as part of a Healthy Weight Declaration pledge by Devon County Council. One of the aims of the pledge is to engage more with the food and drink sector to promote healthier options and reduce sugar...
Consumers have been gripping the high price tag for printer cartridges for years, specifically regarding inkjet cartridges. OEM big companies just like Epson, HP or Canon have reintroduced printers that use the ink tanks hold so much more ink than standardized ink cartridges to properly address this general consumer pain point.
How Ink Tanks Working?
Ink tank printer has become an affordable printing alternative quickly, combining small operating costs with the same dual-function printer characteristics than you expect from average inkjet device. Rather than just relying...
For most players and fans, football is a game of tradition and an unrivaled thrill coupled with unforgettable events. You show up before the game kicks-off, have a pie at half time, and leave deflated or elated after the final whistle. However, Tottenham Hotspurs hopes to change how football fans invest their time in the game using their new, innovative stadium.
According to Tottenham’s executive director Donna-Maria, the Spurs are fundamentally taking things to the next level. The team is trying to make Tottenham a destination for sports and virtual sports, among other fun...
Members of CPRE Devon have taken part in two litter picks in the county during which they collected almost thirty bags of discarded waste.
The Devon branch of the countryside charity CPRE led two litter picks in September - one in Exeter and one in Teignbridge - as part of a national CPRE Green Clean Month.
In Exeter, members of the local countryside charity joined forces with employees of Devon Norse. Together they collected 24 bags of litter in just one hour. Volunteers in Teignbridge did a litter pick around Hackney Marshes near Newton Abbot, collecting three bags of...
