What a difference a week can make. Subdued seven days ago by Aviva Premiership newcomers London Welsh, Exeter Chiefs returned to winning ways by claiming the prized scalp of Saracens in an attritional battle at wet and wild Sandy Park. Nine points from the boot of Argentine marksman Ignacio Mieres, plus a second half try for Fijian centre Sireli Naqelevuki, proved sufficient enough to down the Londoners, who replied with three penalties of their own from England international Owen Farrell. It was just reward for the Chiefs, who after successive away-day losses at Northampton Saints and...
Paul Tisdale was quick to praise his team’s spirit despite losing an encouraging unbeaten run to resurgent Southend on Saturday. Scot Bennett’s 51st minute goal was wiped out by late strikes from Barry Corr and Freddie Eastwood and despite this setback, Exeter remain in the third (and last) automatic promotion spot. Speaking after the final whistle he stated: “I’m bitterly disappointed we lost but taking an objective view and I thought we played really well and looked a very competent team. “The players are irritated about the fact that they got away from us to score that goal from a...
He may have felt the heat in the Dragons' Den but 26 year old Matthew Conridge has turned £600 into a major business. Matthew has two companies. Mamka, an online retailer of outdoor gear and Creba a catering business. Fours years ago at the age of 22 Matthew founded Mamka which is made up of two online retail stores, Outdoor Leisure Direct and Togga, which sell products such ranging from wetsuits & inflatable pools to camping equipment. When he first started Mamka Matthew couldn’t catch a break, failing to raise any type of finance from banks, investors even family and friends....
Exeter-based Tim Ames and co-director Emma Ames of Cathedral Financial Management (CFM) − Independent Financial Advisers & Chartered Financial Planners, have each been selected as one of the top 100 new model advisers in a prestigious new trade award. Citywire compiled a selection of advisers who represent the ‘New Model Adviser® Top 100’ in a new publication. Established in 1993 and operating from three offices in Exeter, Sidmouth and Plymouth with a turnover of £1.8 m and looking after client assets totalling £250m, CFM is no stranger to national awards. The firm previously won the...
Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in an Exeter pub by another man who was described as looking like pop star Olly Murs. The incident took place at around 10.50pm on Wednesday 12 September in The Imperial pub in New North Road. There was an altercation between two men and when the victim tried to intervene the suspect punched him to the floor and then kicked him to the face. The 25-year-old victim from Bolton suffered a fractured eye socket and bleeding to his eye in the incident. Police have released a description of the suspect (pictured) as follows: 5ft 8in...
If anyone knows how dangerous the new kids on the block can be, then Exeter Chiefs should know better than anybody. Two years ago it was Rob Baxter's side causing a stir in the Aviva Premiership when they overcame the renowned Gloucester in their first-ever top flight fixture. Now, present day, it's the turn of London Welsh to take on the role of the division's underdogs and look to upset the great and good of the English game. Sadly for the Chiefs their first-ever trip to Kassam Stadium ended in misery as a late converted try from Ed Jackson proved sufficient for the Exiles to claim their...
On a dull and overcast afternoon the football did little to brighten things up as City scraped a 1-1 draw against York City with a late equaliser in front of 4092 supporters. City lined up: Krysiak; Woodman, Baldwin, Coles, Amankwaah; Davies, Bennett, Oakley, Sercombe; O'Flynn, Cureton. It took a full fifteen minutes for City to weather York's near dominance of the opening exchanges and carve an opportunity, but as would be the case so often during the afternoon, in the end it amounted to very little. It was a very valuable point that on another day could have been all three, however that...
Each September, Exeter City Council's Electoral Services section begin the process of compiling the annual Electoral register. Over 51,000 registration forms are issued to every household in the city. The Electoral Registration Officer is obliged to ensure that a return is received from every household and may need to send canvassers to call at properties which have not returned their form by the end of October. This is a costly process, so it is helpful if households return their forms promptly. It is a legal requirement to do so.
Lyn Gould, above, with her husband Alan, has dedicated her life to helping orphans in China.
Here she explains, in her own words, why she has chosen to take such a difficult path in life...
People ask me how I can work with dying children in China - they say they couldn’t do it because they would just cry all the time. Do they think I don’t care? Do they think I am not affected by what I see every day? But I can’t not do it.
Everything in China is about money - there is no free health service. Even if a child needs surgery to help them to live, if the family can...
