With Exeter’s Ship Canal Basin iced over today, one boat owner will have a shock when checking on the pride and joy …
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Warmer weather by weekend
At last it seems as if the run of bitter easterlies causing the appalling weather across Scotland, the North East and now the rest of the country, is about to end. Chris Fawkes, the BBC weatherman …
Rok goes into administration
Exeter-based building services company Rok has just announced it is to go into administration. The firm employs more than 2000 people. This comes on top of Exeter social housing firm Connaught recently entering administration with 1,400 redundancies …
Is temple planned for Exeter canal?
Building consultants KingSturge, who have begun to develop the dilapidated waterfronts along Exeter’s Canal Basin, have recently put up a board showing the next phase of the development …
John Lewis for Debs building
Princesshay’s Land Securities has secured a deal with the John Lewis Partnership to lease the former Debenhams building in Sidwell Street, Exeter …
Ben Bradshaw fails to make Shadow Cabinet
Exeter’s MP, former Culture Secretary, Ben Bradshaw, has failed to make the shadow cabinet. Under Labour’s rules, MPs decide by a vote who will be included …
Met Office denies snowy forecast
Using Twitter, the Met Office has denied issuing the recent, widely published, white winter forecast: “We would like to clarify that the Met Office has not that issued the forecast saying this winter will be cold & snowy” …
Exeter’s Liam Tancock takes Gold
Liam Tancock won very easily, shooting into the lead and never facing much of a challenge from eventual silver medallist Hayden Stoeckel of Australia. A great start for the Devon swimmer …
Two girls missing in Exeter
Police in Exeter are appealing for information regarding two young girls missing from the Wonford area. Jasmine Alford aged 13, and Lydia Watkiss, aged 12 were last seen around 10pm on Wednesday 29th September in Wonford …
Ben Bradshaw, belly dancer
Exeter’s Labour MP, Ben Bradshaw, seems to have enjoyed the party conference in Manchester. Here he is on “Diversity Night” strutting his stuff with a belly dancer …
