Devon County Council chiefs have been advising the Government on how to get more people cycling. Devon was invited to send a representative to Westminster to speak to the All Party Parliamentary Group’s “Get Britain Cycling” inquiry yesterday (27 February), following its success with boosting cycling in the county.

The County Council’s Head of Highways, Lester Willmington, addressed the group on the improvements made in Devon which in the past 5 years has helped to encourage around a 15% growth in average daily cycle trips across the whole county, with over 40% growth in Exeter....

John Lewis Exeter has today announced that all Partners (staff) recruited on a temporary basis when the shop opened have secured permanent positions.

Following an extremely positive response from customers during a busy Christmas trading period, the 121 who worked across a number of departments in the shop have been offered permanent roles.

Kate Connock, branch manager, John Lewis Exeter said: “I’m delighted that we’ve been able to offer all the 121 temporary Partners we recruited at opening permanent positions. The success of John Lewis Exeter has been due to the positive...

Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a fatal collision – with details of a vehicle they are keen to trace also being released.

Officers were called at 8.23pm on Sunday 24 February 2013 to the collision on the westbound carriageway of the A31 near the Ashley Heath roundabout.

The rider of a red scooter, believed to be a 16-year-old Ringwood girl, was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is believed that a number of vehicles were involved in the collision and investigating officers are keen to trace one of...

Celebrating 2012’s success, the City of Exeter has joined forces and mounted an inward investment campaign. ‘Expect success: Invest in Exeter’ brings together key business leaders who are passionate about living, working and running a business in Exeter.

2012 has seen the City’s Museum, University and F.E College all win prestigious UK wide awards, citing them as top of the UK’s offerings. This week, a delegation boarded the First Great Western Exeter St Davids to Paddington, train to unveil the campaign at Paddington Station. The campaign will take place across 10 London...

Smokers in Devon are being encouraged to "swap fags for swag", and consider the financial benefits of quitting, on the 30th anniversary of No Smoking Day on Wednesday 13 March.

Nearly one in six adults in the UK smoke, including 18 per cent in Devon. But figures show two thirds of them want to quit.

In Devon, smokers are being encouraged to take this a step further and spend their new found cash on a new healthy habit – getting active.

Leisure centres across Devon will be offering special promotions to help smokers ditch the cigarettes for good and get into exercise...

We think that clients should think hard before committing to having a tattoo, because it is for life and just like fashion it will go out of date and what then?

We find the three main reasons why clients come to the Remedies Laser and Skin Care Clinic near Exeter for tattoo removal are:

1. It was an impulse and shouldn’t have done it in the first place.


2. They have got tired of it and in some cases the name of their loved one has changed !!!


3. They want it amended or lightened so that an area needed to be deleted or lightened to enable a fresh...

Next Wednesday (6 March), artists Luis Lara and Yamilys Jorge, the Directors of Taller Experimental de Grafica, Havana, will be visiting Exeter's Double Elephant Print Workshop.

They will be arriving at the workshop around late morning to meet members and later that evening, at 6pm, they will be giving an Illustrated Talk at Thornlea, Exeter University Drama Department (opposite “The Imperial” pub), New North Road, Exeter EX4 4LA. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear about the work and history of the Taller Experimental de Grafica, the premier printmaking studio in Cuba....

Flights to the Isles of Scilly take off from Exeter next week as Skybus launches its biggest ever summer schedule.

From Monday (4 March) Skybus is increasing the number of flights from just one weekday service and two on Saturdays last year, to up to five flights a day, six days a week at the height of the season.

The new timetable will start with up to three flights a day operating between Exeter and St Mary’s from Monday to Saturday until 23 March, increasing to up to four a day from 25 March and then up to five a day from 25 May until 31 August, excluding Sundays....

A silver chalice and a silver wafer box have been returned to the church from where they were stolen at the end of January 2013. The theft happened between 20 and 24 January at the Church of St Michaels & All Angels in Otterton, East Devon. Two other chalices, a Grimaldi and a Philips, were also stolen from the vestry at the time and these have yet to be recovered. The returned chalices were left in Colaton Raleigh church sometime before 23 February 2013. Some documentation was also returned including a Marriage register book which was described as irreplaceable. Police are appealing...

Exeter Chiefs back Mark Foster has joined Championship outfit Jersey on loan until the end of the season.

The 29-year-old is one of two new captures – alongside Mark McCrea from Irish side Connacht – which the Channel Islands club have confirmed as they look to preserve their status in English rugby’s second tier following promotion last term.

Foster, who made his debut for the Chiefs against Moseley in September 2009, has played 59 times in total for the Devon club, scoring 20 tries in the process.

Two of those tries came in Exeter’s first-ever Aviva Premiership...