Exeter App Competition
Students are competing to write apps in a 2 day competition at Exeter University.
Bike hire scheme launches in Bristol
Passengers will be able to hire out folding bikes at Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids stations
Village anti-social behaviour order
A dispersal order has been granted to tackle anti-social behaviour in the Devon village of Silverton.
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FULL REPORT: Trade boost after horse meat scandal
The West Country's meat industry is hoping it can capitalise on the boost in trade that's followed the recent scandal over horsemeat in processed food.
Butchers report seeing more customers and producers say it now gives them a real chance to promote themselves.
Shoppers have "lost trust" after the horse meat scandal
Shoppers tell ITV NEWS West Country how their buying habits have changed following the horse meat scandal
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Butchers booming following horsemeat scandal
The West Country's meat industry is hoping it can capitalise on the boost in trade that's followed the recent scandal over horsemeat in processed food.
Butchers report seeing more customers. Tim Potter from Wellington in Somerset says people trust their local butcher more than the supermarkets.
TV burglar jailed after he goes back to crime
A serial burglar who boasted on television about being a reformed character has been jailed for six years for raiding the homes of two sleeping pensioners.
Derek Bray was watched by millions of viewers on the Channel Four series Thief Catchers as he told how a special police unit had helped him turn his back on a lifetime of crime and drugs.
He moved to Exeter from Bristol to start a new life but soon drifted back into his old ways and has now been jailed for a crime spree in which he raided four homes in the space of a few weeks.
Bray, aged 37, of Blackall Road, Exeter, admitted two burglaries, two thefts, taking a car without consent, handling, and asked for three other offences to be considered.
He was jailed for six years by Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, at Exeter Crown Court, who was told that Bray has 35 previous convictions dating back to his teens.
Protests against housing benefit changes
by Laura Makin-IsherwoodCampaigners have been demonstrating against new rules which will see housing benefit cut for council tenants deemed to have spare bedrooms.
Protests were staged in Bristol and Exeter in opposition to changes which the Government calls the spare room subsidy. Labour has dubbed it the bedroom tax.
Contest to design the next hit mobile app in Exeter
Could the next Angry Birds game be developed this weekend in Exeter?
Teams from universities throughout the West Country are taking part in a contest this weekend to create a new app for your mobile phone or tablet.
It's part of a worldwide challenge to find the next great use for mobile technology.
Richard Lawrence has been at Exeter University:
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Exeter App Competition
Students are competing to write apps in a 2 day competition at Exeter University.
Read the full storyCourts fines staff strike
Courts fines staff at Bristol Magistrates Court, Exeter Magistrates Court and Weston Super Mare Magistrates Court ** have announced they will strike on Thursday. They are protesting against plans to privatise their work. The staff plan to walkout from 2pm until 4pm.
Bike hire scheme launches in Bristol
by Daisy Gray
Passengers will be able to hire out folding bikes at Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids stations
Read the full storyReaction to Bristol's new bike hire scheme
As a folding bike hire scheme is launched, we ask passengers at Bristol Temple Meads whether they think it will get commuters out of their cars and onto more sustainable forms of transport.