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Dementia UK shares the signs and symptoms of dementia to look out for ahead of free clinics in South West

Nationwide and Dementia UK’s free face-to-face clinics are returning to Nationwide’s Torquay, Plymouth and Exmouth branches this February, offering specialist support in a safe, comfortable and private space for people to discuss any aspect of dementia.

Hosted by Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurses, the clinics are open to anyone impacted by dementia, offering life-changing support to families and individuals in the area. Appointments can be booked via Dementia UK’s website here .

The clinics will offer practical and emotional advice on all aspects of dementia – from worries...

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Men’s New Look store to open in Princesshay

Fashion retailer New Look is opening a stand-alone menswear store in Princesshay, Exeter this month.

The 1,900 sq. ft. store will open at 10am on Wednesday 9th November, and joins the collection of 16 New Look Men stores across the UK.

Centre Director for Princesshay, Wayne Pearce said: “We are delighted to welcome New Look Men to Princesshay, offering additional men’s fashion to our portfolio alongside Superdry, River Island and Topman.”

To celebrate the launch of the New Look Men store, the first 25 customers spending over £25 on Wednesday 9th November will...

Have fun but stay safe on Bonfire Night

Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service have come together to issue a joint community message across our region encouraging those celebrating Guy Fawkes Night to remember that fireworks are explosives and should be respected.

Each year both services receive reports and are called out to deal with children and adults being injured by fireworks across our region. In a joint message from both Community Safety Teams they would like everyone to just stop and think for a moment before handling fireworks:

Police and Fire Liaison Officer, Sergeant...

Mass otter release planned on Dartmoor

Dartmoor National Park seeks sponsors for new public art initiative.

The Chinese zodiac may say rooster but on Dartmoor 2017 is set to be the year of the otter, as Dartmoor National Park launches a new public arts initiative to celebrate the incredible diversity of habitats and wildlife on the Moor and raise important funds to enhance visitor experiences and protect these amazing natural wonders.

Moor Otters is a series of 100 unique pieces of art that will be displayed in accessible public areas around Dartmoor and the gateway towns during the summer of 2017. Each three-...

Works to reduce flood risk in Exeter continue

From 7 November, BMM JV, working on behalf of the Environment Agency, will divert cables and water mains on the Quayside to make way for the installation of concrete piles to support the flood gates outside the waterfront.

Work will also start on temporary defences – barriers that can be put up when flooding is likely – which follow the line of the existing bollards at the quay. New bollards will hold the barriers in place during a flood. Foundations for this work will need a lot of space – so large excavation notices will be put in place. Cobbles and existing paving will be...

Music video filmed at RAMM

Devon’s latest Inde band sensation The Loft Club have released their music video - filmed at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) and featuring Gerald Exeter’s iconic giraffe - to accompany their first EP: Heart’s Desire.

Singer-songwriter Daniel Schamroth said "RAMM was our dream location for the music video as it's such visual feast! We are honoured to be the first band to be allowed to film there, thanks to all the kind staff and of course to Gerald the Giraffe who was the star of the show!"

The Loft Club is the first Devon band to be signed-up by the Universal...

Devon Health Hero revealed

A clinical apprentice at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has been recognised with a Our Health Heroes award.

The honours have been created by Skills for Health and the National Skills Academy for Health in partnership with UNISON.

Stephanie Crump has been chosen as a national finalist for Clinical Support Worker of the Year.

She has been nominated for her caring and compassionate nature. Her confidence has really grown since she left the armed forces due to injury, according to colleagues. Stephanie is a role model for new staff and now mentors apprentices on the...

Ragamuffins Hair celebrates 20 years by giving back to Kenton

Organic hair salon, Ragamuffins Hair is celebrating 20 years of providing naturally healthier hair services to the people of Devon, and what better way to celebrate than by giving back to their community.

In 1996 the hair salon opened its doors in the South Devon village of Kenton, offering hairdressing services unlike any other salon and using a relatively unheard of natural and organic based product line, Organic Colour Systems.

This was in a time before natural and organic beauty was anywhere near mainstream and perhaps could have been seen as a risk by some, but...

Devon to host UK agricultural shows conference

Organisers of the Devon County Show are looking forward to joining colleagues from across the UK at the 60th national conference of the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations (ASAO) in Torquay which starts on Sunday (November 6).

Ollie Allen, County Show Secretary and former chairman of the ASAO, said she was delighted that the event was returning to Devon.

She said: “We have some outstanding shows in this county and there can’t be anywhere better to shine the spotlight on these champions of our rural economy.”

The conference has been organised by a team...

The Great Big Rhino auction

A grand charity auction will take place at the Riviera International Conference Centre in Torquay today (3 November).

For sale? 39 life-size painted rhino figures.

The original, one-off artworks will be raising money to help Critically Endangered wild rhinos in South East Asia. In 2013, the Paignton Zoo Great Gorillas Project charity auction raised £100,000 when 27 large gorillas and two of their smaller cousins went under the hammer.

Charities that benefitted included a conservation project working the Critically Endangered Cross River gorilla in Nigeria. The...

Over 2,600 children in SW to wake up homeless this Christmas

Shelter is today launching an urgent appeal after a new investigation conducted by the charity uncovered the harrowing impact of homelessness on families and children in Britain.

Over 2,600 children in the South West face spending this Christmas homeless and in temporary accommodation, the highest level recorded since 2009, new analysis of government figures shows.

Alarmingly, the figures also reveal that the number of families living in emergency B&B and hostel rooms across the country has risen by a worrying 18% in just a year, as local councils battle to find...

Local News

Dementia UK shares the signs and symptoms of dementia to look out for ahead of free clinics in South West

Men’s New Look store to open in Princesshay

Have fun but stay safe on Bonfire Night

Mass otter release planned on Dartmoor

Works to reduce flood risk in Exeter continue

Music video filmed at RAMM

Devon Health Hero revealed

Ragamuffins Hair celebrates 20 years by giving back to Kenton

Devon to host UK agricultural shows conference

The Great Big Rhino auction

Over 2,600 children in SW to wake up homeless this Christmas

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