More than 20,000 worshippers attended Christmas services and concerts at Exeter Cathedral last month.
The traditional Christmas Eve service at 6pm, the Grandisson, attracted 1,800 people into the Cathedral to hear the choir and join worship, and on Christmas Day, nearly 1,500 attended services.
Other Christmas services, including the carols for shoppers and workers at lunchtimes, were packed out.
The figures represent a rise of more than 8 per cent on the numbers attending Christmas services and concerts in 2011.
Brain-in-Hand Ltd, a company based at Exeter University, has developed a personal technology system to assist people with Asperger’s Syndrome, high-functioning autism, acquired brain injury and a number of other conditions with their day-to-day living.
Police are asking for the public's help to locate a man who went missing from HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire.
Sean Cawthray, aged 41 was last seen on Sunday (December 30th) at HMP Leyhill at about 5.30pm and is thought to have left the prison sometime before 8.30pm.
He was reported missing and police enquiries have been underway since to locate him.
He has links to Leicestershire, Yorkshire, London and the South West and it is possible he may have travelled from the south west to one of these areas.
He is described as a white man, 5ft 9ins to 5ft 11ins...
Zoo keepers are taking on the mammoth task of counting each and every animal in their collections for a New Year stock-take.
Collections keep detailed records of every animal birth, death, arrival and departure. The annual headcount is completed each January as a requirement of zoo licencing.
Staff at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon have nearly 2,000 heads to count, including around 360 mammals of 70 different species, nearly 1,000 birds of around 150 species, 221 reptiles (50 species) and 244 amphibians (30 species).
Exeter’s comedy festival, Laugh Out Loud kicks off this month and headlining the event are some hilarious award-winning comedians who have recently been raising chuckles on such TV shows as 8 Out of Ten Cats , Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Tony Law - nominated for the most prestigious prize in live comedy, the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2012 - brings some gloriously absurd, loud and ridiculous comedy to Exeter Phoenix on 31st January following sell out gigs all over the country. The acridly funny Katherine Ryan can be seen this Friday night on Channel 4’s...
Police were called to Lymington Road in Torquay this morning following reports of a suspicious package in the vicinity of the coach station.
Police have since closed off parts of Lymington Road, Parkfield Road and Forest Road and they will remain closed for the time being. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Officers currently remain at the scene.
Eight properties are said to have been evacuated at this time.
Police investigating the Christmas Day burglary at Bridgetown Post Office, Totnes, are appealing for information about a wooden post that was left at the scene. The post was marked Torbay Totnes Trail, John Musgrave Trail, and County Road, Devon County Council. Officers hope that someone who regularly walks the trail may be able to pinpoint where the sign was taken from.
A 4-wheel drive vehicle was used to smash a window in the premises and the suspects made off in a Subaru. The Subaru later crashed on the A381 and one of the occupants, a 25-year-old man was arrested.
After hearing a collision right outside the Exmouth Fire Station, at the junction of Liverton Business Park and Salterton Road, fire crews were quickly on hand to help the two vehicles involved.
On arrival they reported that one person was still in one of the vehicles awaiting assessment by the paramedics. The Exmouth retained appliance was then also mobilised. The Police were requested to assist with traffic control.
The casualty did not require extrication from the vehicle and both vehicles were made safe using small tools.
Budleigh Salterton-based author Hilary Mantel has added to her growing collection of awards as she has been named as the winner of the The Costa novel prize for the second book in her historical trilogy, Bring up the Bodies . Having already received the accolade of being the first living UK author to receive the Man Booker Prize twice, Hilary is said to be delighted with the latest honour.
The judges described the historical story as "quite simply the best novel of the year". Continuing what began in the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall , the reader is transported back to the...
