Simon Knowles and Steve Kirby are joining the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust’s Board as new Non-Executive Directors. Both Non-Executive Directors took up their positions on the 1st September 2017.

Independent Non-Executive Directors, together with Executive Directors, are responsible for all aspects of the operation and performance of the Trust and for its effective governance. The two new NEDs joining the RD&E this autumn bring a wealth of expertise in health and business sectors and will use this experience to ensure the Trust continues to be run efficiently,...

Stagecoach has announced the last day of the ‘Golden Hop’ open top service will be 28 October, the end of autumn half term week. After this date, it will cease for the winter before returning in spring 2018.

Since launching in April, the service has established itself as a popular addition to the Bay’s tourism offering. For the last six months the buses, each featuring their very own ‘Bus Hopper’ animal character, have run up to every 20 minutes, 7 days a week, between St Marychurch, Torquay, Paignton and Paignton Zoo.

Customers now have just six weeks left to enjoy a...

Starting from the next year, every race that will happen in the Cheltenham Festival will be declared at least 48 hours before the start of the race. This is coming from the British Horseracing Authority in the wake of the present year’s events. The practice has been that the ‘non-novice Grade Ones’ make the declaration 48 hours before the race. Other races do theirs 24 hours before the race in line with the National Hunt system.

Many people were surprised about this change in status quo and have wondered why it is coming at this time. Many people are seeing it as a radical move and...

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 September)

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Made in Dagenham Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O’Grady is just trying to get her husband out of bed, get the kids off to school and get to work at the factory on time. But life is about to change forever when it’s announced that the girls in the stitching room of Ford’s Dagenham car plant will have their pay grade dropped to ‘unskilled’. Quickly drawing on a strength she never knew she had, Rita...

A group of students have been fined by a language school after they spray-painted graffiti on buildings in Exeter. The students were each fined £75 by the Globe English School in St David’s Hill, Exeter, after they defaced parts of the Quay.

Exeter City Council, who were called in to remove the graffiti, said the money - £1,125 in total – would go towards the cost of chemicals used to remove graffiti in the city. Cllr Stephen Brimble, Lead Councillor for Place, said he was delighted with the School’s initiative to fine 15 of their students.

“I have to applaud the Globe for...

Get ready for a fashion fiesta as Style in Exeter returns for a second year this September. Hosted by Exeter Business Improvement District, the event, which takes place in the heart of the city, is a celebration of Exeter’s diverse retail offering with many independent shops invited to take part alongside High Street favourites and department stores.

A wide range of retailers are already lined up to hit the catwalk which will take centre stage in Princesshay Square for Saturday 23 September.

Visitors to this free event will be treated to a day of professionally modelled and...

An Exeter care professional has been announced as a national finalist by one of the UK’s biggest providers of homecare services, Bluebird Care.

Jackie Fyall, who has been working as a registered manager in Bluebird Care’s Exeter office, was a national runner up in the Registered Manager of the Year category at the 2017 Bluebird Care Awards last week. At the awards, Jackie received the title Regional Registered Manager of the Year.

At a special afternoon tea hosted at Fortnum and Mason in London, Jackie took part in a panel interview, pitting herself against five other...

PLACES are selling out fast for Exeter PA Network’s annual development conference which offers training and support to key office staff across the south west.

The event offers training, development, and networking for executive assistants, personal assistants, secretaries and administrators and is open to attendees from across the country. It follows the success of the network’s inaugural conference last year, which was run in partnership with the Bristol and Cardiff PA Networks.

It takes place on Friday, October 13 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bradley Stoke,...

In lieu of the firm's usual charges, Ashfords will be preparing Wills in exchange for a donation to Alzheimer's Society, their chosen charity of the year.

Alzheimer's Society is a charity that supports those affected by dementia through both practical and emotional support. The charity also invests in world-class research and campaigns to improve public understanding of dementia and the devastating impact it can have.

The Wills Scheme will start on Monday 25 September and will expire on Friday 29 September, or once the tenth Will has been prepared, in Ashfords' Exeter and...