Exeter Chiefs flanker James Scaysbrook says the lure of playing in next season's Heineken Cup is all the motivation he and his team-mates need to finish the current campaign on a high note. With just one game remaining in the scheduled fixture list - that against Gloucester at a sold out Sandy Park next Saturday (2.30pm) - the Devon club know a victory over the Cherry & Whites will ensure they will be competing alongside Europe's elite again next term. The Chiefs head into the final round of fixtures in sixth place, two points clear of rivals Bath, who themselves still harbour Heineken...
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. There is some debate as to whether Henry Ford, to whom this line is often attributed, ever actually said this. Irrespective, it does raise some interesting questions, mainly about asking the right questions.
Any business, in establishing a client’s needs and requirements must ask the right questions. In my profession, for example, it is vital to establish need and objectives before recommending a suitable investment strategy. However, this is rarely as simple as asking a client what they want to achieve....
TED Update: Congratulations to Optix on becoming joint winners of the Employer of the Year Award alongside Rentshield Direct and to Alastair Banks for winning Entrepreneur of the Year at the Express and Echo Exeter Business Awards.
A couple of days ago we told you lovely Exeter Daily readers why you should consider voting for us in this year's E&E Awards for Employer of the Year. Since then, our friendly office Beagle, Charlie, has taken to YouTube to explain how you can support us. Votes will count up and into the ceremony so please do act today if you can spare a couple...
Ken & Ruth Hunt of award-winning Combe House Devon near Honiton, Exeter, will be publishing a ‘Celebration Calendar’ in May 2013, to commemorate their 15 years at the hotel and restaurant with something fun and quirky which reflects the unique magic that is Combe House.
Ken & Ruth, with their children Jack and Georgie, first arrived at Combe in May 1998. Fifteen years later they decided to commemorate this anniversary with something fun and memorable. Back in 2002 they had fallen in love with the work of artist Richard Adams and commissioned a picture showing the...
A sea bear has arrived at Living Coasts in Torquay.
The male South American fur seal called Karel arrived on Wednesday from Halle Zoo, in Germany. The German for seal is Seebären, which translates as sea bear.
Karel is nine years old, but is ten in June, while Torquay’s coastal zoo marks its own tenth birthday in July. He currently weighs in at 83 kilos – that’s 182 pounds or 13 stones – and measures 1.6 metres nose to tail. He will get a little bigger as he matures
He joins Living Coasts’ two female seals, Grace, who is 12, and Tunanta. Tuna, as she is known, was...
Wherever I go, people ask me whether I am enjoying being the Police and Crime Commissioner. I always tell them that enjoying is probably the wrong word. Relishing? Yes! Challenged? Definitely! Enjoying? I suspect that will only come when the impact of decisions I make is really felt, and Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is even safer than it already is.
I’m lucky to be PCC for this region. Yes, it’s one of the largest policing patches in the country. It faces considerable resourcing challenges to cover urban, rural and coastal issues, but I am impressed generally by the...
Neil Parish MP met Holocaust survivor Agnes Grunwald-Spier at the launch event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2014. Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is commemorated each year on 27 January – the liberation of the Auschwitz death and concentration camp. HMD provides an opportunity for everyone to learn lessons from the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides (in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur) and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust promotes and supports HMD activities in the UK. Each year HMDT selects a theme around...
Plans have been submitted for a "multi-million pound" ambulance hub at Exeter's Skypark, from which crews will be able to swiftly respond to both local and national emergencies.
Developer St Modwen along with Devon Country Council has submitted a planning application for what will become the first commercially occupied building at Exeter's £210 million Skypark business zone.
The 24,165 sq ft purpose-built facility will be built on behalf of the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which will acquire the freehold when complete.
Exmouth resident, Michael Griffin held a James Bond-style party at the Exmouth Pavilion on Saturday 20 April. Both volunteer Deputy Coxswains from Exmouth RNLI were invited to help raise money towards their latest appeal.
When Michael started planning his 60th birthday party, fundraising for the charity that saves lives at sea played a key part. As a keen sailor and member of the Exe Sailing Club, Michael asked guests to donate money to the Institution, in lieu of presents. But his fundraising plans developed further and volunteers from the town’s lifeboat station were invited to...
Sunshine is forecast over the next few days! Every year at this time Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service attends a number of fires caused by the sun’s rays focussing through or onto glass, and then setting fire to nearby objects.
At this time of year the sun is low in the sky, and shines directly through windows, so any mirrored or glass items close to the window may re-focus the sun’s rays onto combustible items, often curtains, heating them up to a point where they spontaneously ignite into flames.
Paul Bray, Community Safety Protection manager for Devon &...
