Harlequins and England captain Chris Robshaw yesterday launched the public ticket sale for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final 2013 saying: "It doesn't matter which team you support you shouldn't miss English club rugby's big day out".

Robshaw, who lifted the Aviva Premiership Rugby trophy last May at Twickenham when his team beat Leicester 30-23, urged fans of every club in England to snap up one of the prized tickets - which are now on sale.

"The Aviva Premiership Rugby Final has sold out for the last five years and the same thing is likely to happen again this season,"...

Researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School have for the first time identified the mechanism that protects us from developing uncontrollable fear.

Our brains have the extraordinary capacity to adapt to changing environments – experts call this ‘plasticity’. Plasticity protects us from developing mental disorders as the result of stress and trauma.

Researchers found that stressful events re-programme certain receptors in the emotional centre of the brain (the amygdala), which the receptors then determine how the brain reacts to the next traumatic event.

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Flood warnings have been issued after torrential rain swept across the region.

The Environment Agency triggered alerts for the rivers Clyst, Culm, Otter and Sid and the Exmouth area.

Today's forecast is for cloud, with light rain tomorrow, sunny intervals on Friday before heavy rain returns on Saturday.

Tomorrow will be warm at around 17C but the weekend is expected to be cooler.

We can safely say Autumn has arrived.

As staff were putting the final touches to displays inside the impressive new John Lewis bulding, outside was a different matter entirely.

With little over two days to go until opening, the area still resembles a building site where the pavements are being widened to make it much easier for pedestrians to cross between High Street and Sidwell Street.

As the rain poured down yesterday an army of contractors wearing flourescent jackets were working hard to complete the job on time. John Harvey, the city centre manager, confirmed they would be working late into the night to...

The Devon & Cornwall Police helicopter was scrambled yesterday when a driver sped off after being approached by police.

The man had pulled into the Texaco garage on Honiton Road when an officer attempted to speak to him.

According to one witness, he sped away, leaving his passenger behind.

The Police chopper was seen hovering over the Wonford area soon after, before flying off towards Exminster.

The motorist, who asked not to be named, told The Exeter Daily that the driver fled the moment he saw the officer....

Exeter City Council has turned to technology to tell residents about disruptions to refuse collections caused by bad weather.

Live information from refuse lorries is set to be beamed back to the authority’s website, informing residents of any problems caused by snow and ice.

A city council spokesman said: “We know that in times of extremely adverse weather conditions where residential roads have not been cleared of snow and ice by the Highways Authority, that it may become unsafe for our refuse collection vehicles to travel along those roads, or the roads may be blocked by...

The Earl of Wessex will officially open Exeter’s Greenest school later this month.

His Royal Highness will visit Montgomery Primary in St Thomas which has been formally certified as England’s first zero-carbon school.

The Devon County Council school is one of the Greenest buildings in the UK and generates all its own electricity – and a surplus – from an array of solar panels on the roof.

The innovative, air-tight Passivhaus design means it doesn’t need a boiler to provide heating.

For most of the time, the building is warmed by the body heat of pupils and...

Plantabox sells wooden handmade crates based on the original apple crate design for storage, toy boxes, storage crates, retail display, wine boxes, herb gardens and planters. Owned by two people from different generations, Martin and Dave believe that fast, smart and focussed decisions are the key to the success of Plantabox as a brand.

The experience of shopping in Exeter is set to rocket to new heights with the launch of the new John Lewis store on the corner of Sidwell Street, which opens its doors to the public at 9am on Friday 12th October. The Exeter Daily was lucky enough to take a sneak peek around the sophisticated store with manager Kate Connock, whose staff are busily preparing for a smooth launch. Thursday will see the store's partners undertaking a dress rehearsal, but the signs are good as everyone is pulling together to make it happen.

Whether you love or loathe shopping, you can't help but...

The view as you come down Heavitree Road towards the city centre tells its own story - where once was a nasty, crumbling asbestos-ridden shell is now a cool, elegant building. Make no mistake, John Lewis, which opens on Friday in Exeter, is transforming the city in more ways than one. John Harvey, the city centre manager who was one of those instrumental in securing the prized store name, is immensely proud of Exeter’s coup. He is quick to point out, however, that “the John Lewis effect” won’t suddenly sprinkle the city in glitter - it was doing well before their arrival. “John Lewis don’t...