House price growth increased again in the South West in June, pointing to renewed acceleration in house price inflation during the second half of the year, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

In the region, 50% more surveyors expect house prices to rise over the next three months, which is the highest proportion since April 2014. As new instructions continue to fall in the region, 25% more surveyors saw a fall rather than rise in the last month, demand

continued to edge upwards despite the more cautious attitude of lenders. 26% more surveyors saw a...

Police in Tiverton need the public’s help to identify two men they would like to speak to in connection with commercial burglaries in the town.

Two businesses on Angel Hill were broken into in the early hours of Monday 15 June, sometime before 8am.

The offenders are believed to have entered the premises by forcing their way in through the side doors.

A large grey safe, with a black handle on the front, was removed by the offenders from inside the Yorkshire Building Society.

Naturally Green, the premises next door, was also broken into and electronic...

Exeter School’s Art Department is delighted to announce that two A Level Art pupils were prize winners at ‘The Exeter Art Show’ held on 4 and 5 July at The Maynard School.

Miles Johal in the Lower Sixth was awarded first prize for his semi-abstract acrylic painting of architectural features, winning £250.

Miles visited the exhibition on Saturday and said: “it was a lovely surprise to discover that I had won the prize, particularly given the wide range and high standard of pupil work on display.”

Clara Finnigan in the Upper Sixth was also a prize winner, coming third...

Research by Community CallBLOCKER, a new service which allows victims of nuisance calls to block unwanted numbers, record and share them with the CallBLOCKING Community, reveals that Exeter is one of the UK’s top nuisance call hotpots.

Community CallBLOCKER, commissioned YouGov to find out the extent of the nuisance call epidemic across the nation. Highlights for Exeter include:

• 64% of people in Exeter are receiving up to 15 nuisance calls a week
• 2% of people receiving over 20 calls a week!
• 38%of those polled are at breaking point, stating that
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All of Premier Communications Electronics’ (PCE) engineers have gained industry-recognised qualifications to carry out safe DAB upgrades to in-vehicle radios.

The Government is committed to a digital switchover and the car industry has joined the cause with around 40% of new vehicles fitted with digital radios.

However, they will be plenty of vehicles still using FM/AM radios. Their owners will need to install replacement DAB radios or upgrade their existing ones to prepare for the switchover.

The vehicle communications industry is primed for this event with an...

Research released today reveals that over politeness in the workplace could be detrimental to Plymouth businesses.

The research conducted by online expenses management provider, webexpenses, found that a staggering 82% of office-based business managers claim that being too polite could be costing their organisation money.

When asked if they were too polite when managing difficult situations at work, two thirds of respondents (74%) said that they were. In addition, as many as 22% of managers said that they have not challenged the people they manage about taking too long on...

Michelmores has been appointed to advise South Devon College following a successful tender and presentation under the Crescent Purchasing Consortium framework.

South Devon College has five campuses in Torbay and the surrounding area including Paignton, Newton Abbot and Torquay. The College offers people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds a wide range of courses and qualification opportunities. An Ofsted 'Outstanding' college, it is one of the top Further Education and Tertiary Colleges in England based on student success and achievement. Led by Emma Honey, who will...

Life expectancy in the developed world is increasing, but for those with chronic pain, living longer could be seen as more of a curse than a blessing.

A University of Exeter academic will be exploring ground-breaking research into relieving chronic pain in a BBC Radio 4 documentary on 15 July at 9pm.

As we live longer more of us will begin to suffer chronic pain, but conventional medicine cannot offer a complete cure and usually only provides limited relief.

It is estimated the NHS will need an additional £5 billion by 2018 to deal with chronic conditions, leading...

A consultation will be held on proposals for a new Park and Ride on the south west outskirts of Exeter.

Devon County Council is developing plans for the site adjacent to the A30/A377 interchange, between the westbound A30 slip road and the road that leads out towards Ide.

Consultation events will be held at West Exe School on Tuesday 21 July, from 4pm to 8pm, and at Ide Village Hall on Thursday 23 July, from 4pm to 8pm.

Visitors to the exhibitions will be able to view the site options and indicative layout plan for the preferred option and comment on them, and staff...

Around 630 streetlights in residential streets in Priory and St Leonard’s will be converted to part-night lighting from Monday 13 July.

The converted streetlights, previously on all-night, will be switched off from about 12:30am to 5:30am, before coming on again until dawn. The change is part of Devon County Council’s on-going programme to reduce costs and carbon emissions across the county.

Lighting on main and busiest roads and walk-home routes including Topsham Road, Barrack Road, Magdalen Road, Bovemoors Lane, Haldon View Terrace, Church Lane, Burnthouse Lane, Dryden...