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Shortlist announced for Michelmores’ prestigious Property Awards 2024

The highly-regarded Michelmores Property Awards are returning in 2024, marking 21 years of celebrating the South West’s best property, development and construction projects.

The shortlisted projects have now been announced for the Awards – a high-profile, sell-out event with around 450 individuals in attendance – to celebrate outstanding property and construction projects in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

This year’s Awards received 63 nominations across 11 categories, with our panel of nine expert judges visiting each project...

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West Exe School staff help fundraise for Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

Authored by Daisy Hall
Posted: Mon, 03/18/2024 - 8:09pm

Staff from West Exe School and the Ted Wragg Trust attended a fundraising quiz for the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival this month.

The festival this year will run from the 18th to the 22nd of September. As a registered charity, their mission is to celebrate books and their authors and promote the art of writing and the enjoyment of reading in the East Devon community and in other local schools.

Chloe Fox, a Senior Leader at West Exe School and Carrie McMillan, Director at South West Teacher Training and the Ted Wragg Trust Professional Development Lead were invited...

Devon awarded more than £7m to deliver Electric Vehicle charging points

Devon County Council (DCC) has been awarded more than £7m* of Government funding to support its delivery of thousands of new, publicly accessible, Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points across the county over the next few years.

The capital funding comes from the Department for Transport’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund.

The Fund aims to support the roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across England, for drivers without off-street parking. and Devon has received one of the largest allocations in the country.

The announcement...

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Authored by Hair Devon
Posted: Mon, 03/18/2024 - 2:48pm

As the cost of living continues to soar, many individuals find themselves facing financial hardships. Recent statistics from January 2024 reveal that 62% of adults are cutting back on non-essentials, 52% have noticed a rise in expenses compared to the previous month, and a staggering 37% are struggling to pay their rent or mortgage.

Verified and updated Cost of living statistics UK January 2024: www.finder.com by Matthew Boyle, edited by Joselle Delos Reyes

  • 62% that’s 6 in 10 people in the UK report to be spending less on non-essentials because of the increase in the
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CareFlex Donates HydroFlex Chair to Vranch House

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/18/2024 - 1:05pm

As a thank you and as an appreciation for Vranch House's remarkable work, CareFlex is delighted to announce the donation of a HydroFlex chair.

Vranch House stands at the forefront of promoting and providing essential services for the care, education, training, treatment, and welfare of disabled individuals. The charity goes beyond these core activities by offering valuable assistance to parents and caregivers, recognising and addressing the unique needs of families supporting disabled individuals.

With a primary focus on educating children with physical difficulties from...

Devon Explorer sets sights on Call of the Loon for unique Scottish sea challenge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/17/2024 - 10:58pm

A Devon filmmaker and expedition leader is embarking upon his most ambitious project – attempting to capture the complete soundtrack of every species of Scottish seabird.

Roland Arnison is based on Dartmoor, but has worked around the world, including leading British Exploring Society and Biosphere Expeditions trips to some of the world’s most remote locations and landscapes.

Now, the 53-year-old, is swapping the South West of England for the west coast of Scotland for a three month sea kayaking voyage to attempt to discover and record all 25 species of Scottish seabirds...

Four New Breed classes planned for Devon County Show 2024

The Devon County Show livestock committee is delighted to announce a full range of classes for four new breed categories at the 2024 event in May.

First up is the Red Poll Cattle breed, No longer on the rare breeds survival trust watchlist thanks to the hard work of the Breed Society, these multi-purpose cattle will grace the Devon County Show for the first time in the 150 year show’s history The majority of this docile, low-input breed are used as suckler cows but a number of milking herds still exist with an average yield of 5,000 litres at 4.2% butterfat and 3.5% protein....

Live your Life workshop comes to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/15/2024 - 7:43pm

On Thursday 25 April Lymphoma Action will be holding an in-person Live your Life workshop for anyone in Exeter who has been affected by lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Lymphoma Action’s Live your Life workshops have been developed to support people who have come to the end of their treatment for lymphoma, or who are being monitored by their healthcare team as their lymphoma doesn’t need treatment straight away (also known as ‘active monitoring’ or ‘watch and wait’).

These unique and interactive workshops are led by someone with a personal experience of lymphoma, and...

Exeter welcomes two new Police Inspectors

Inspectors Nathan Johnson (above) and Dave Turner (first pic) have joined Exeter Police Sector and head up the Neighbourhood Teams between them. They both carry a wealth of experience with Devon & Cornwall Police and are enjoying their new roles.

Inspector Dave Turner joined the police in 2003 and spent five years as a response Police Constable working in Exeter before being promoted to Sergeant. He then worked for two years as a Patrol Sergeant in Exmouth before moving on to be a Custody Sergeant in Exeter for seven years.

From 2017 to 2020 he was the Neighbourhood...

More than £800,000 worth of drugs and 267 weapons taken off the streets

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/15/2024 - 5:45pm

More than £800,000 worth of drugs and 267 weapons have been taken off the streets in the seventh iteration of an initiative designed to create a ‘ring of steel’ around the South West.

A collaboration between police forces in Dorset, Devon & Cornwall, Avon & Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, their respective Police and Crime Commissioners, British Transport Police, the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SW ROCU), and the charity Crimestoppers, Operation Scorpion focuses on pooling resources to combat drug supply in the region to make the South West a hostile...

Ukrainian War Poetry: Translating Experience

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/15/2024 - 1:30am

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has given rise to an outpouring of defiant, powerful, and poignant war poetry by soldiers on the front line and civilians caught up in the conflict.

The Devon Ukrainian Association has joined forces with academics in the University of Exeter’s Department of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies, to run a series of workshops, ‘Ukrainian War Poetry: Translating Experience’, with support from the University’s Bridging Communities Fund.

The workshops invite Ukrainian refugees in Devon and Exeter on the government’s Homes for Ukraine...

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