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Share to Buy Live to host Homebuyers Day in Exeter

Share to Buy Live is set to host its inaugural Homebuyers Day: Exeter on Saturday 7th February, marking a new chapter in the organisation’s events programme and bringing affordable homeownership advice directly to local communities.

The free-to-attend event will bring together housing providers, legal experts, mortgage brokers, and homeownership specialists to help attendees better understand affordable routes onto the property ladder, including Shared Ownership. Confirmed housing providers include Sovereign Network Group (SNG), LiveWest, Centurion Place, Plymouth Community Homes...

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Minister's message to BHS staff

Anna Soubry, Minister of State (Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has delivered the government's stance on the plight facing British Home Stores staff.

She delivered the following statement to the House of Commons:

"This is obviously a very difficult time for all the employees, somewhere between 8,500 thousand perhaps as many as 11,000 people work in their many stores across the UK. Of course we bear in mind the fact that it’s also very difficult time for the many creditors who will be concerned...

Government’s move on nuisance calls doesn’t go far enough

Fuss Free Phones, a mobile network recently launched across the South West, which makes phones designed for older people and those who struggle with technology, has branded the government’s new proposals on nuisance calls as half-baked. “It's a step in the right direction but so many call centres rotate the numbers they display so it won’t do much to protect the old and vulnerable,” says Simon Rockman, founder of Fuss Free Phones. Baroness Neville Rolfe, minister responsible for data protection, has announced that from Monday 16 May 2016, direct marketing companies registered in the UK...

Landlords wanted to house Syrian refugees

Are you a local landlord in East Devon with a family sized property that is currently vacant? If so East Devon District Council would like to hear from you as soon as possible.

This is because Central Government has asked local councils to help provide accommodation for Syrian refugees as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme (VPR).

Housing that would be suitable for families is urgently needed, so properties with two bedrooms and upwards would be ideal. Obviously, any houses suggested to the council should be in good order and well maintained....

Book transport ahead of Radio 1's Big Weekend

People travelling to next month's BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle near Exeter are reminded that they need to book public transport well in advance of the event.

The Big Weekend takes place on 28 and 29 May and 50,000 ticket holders will have the unique opportunity to watch performances by world class bands and artists including Coldplay, Mumford and Sons and Ellie Goulding.

The event is being hosted by Radio 1 DJs and is being delivered in partnership with Teignbridge District Council and Exeter City Council.

Planning how to get to and from Powderham...

Tony Hogg resigns from Tory party in protest

Tony Hogg, the current Tory Police & Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall has resigned from the Tory party in protest at his treatment as PCC.

He now strongly believes that the PCC role should be held by someone without political affiliations so that they can act and speak freely on behalf of the public they serve. He is standing down as PCC.

6 candidates are running in the May 5 elections, 4 of them for major political parties. His public letter is embarrassing to the Tories as he is openly critical of them.

The photo shows the 6 candidates at a husting in...

Did you witness attack in Exeter city centre?

Officers investigating an unprovoked attack on a teenager in Exeter have released images of a young man they would like to speak to in connection with the assault.

The 18-year-old victim, from Cullompton, was punched in the face by an unknown man, believed to be a teenager, outside the Holland and Barrett store on the High Street.

He suffered serious facial injuries as a result of the assault that happened at around 5pm on Thursday 24 March.

The suspect is described as a black male, aged between 17 and 18, of slim build and around 5ft 8-9ins tall, with a strong...

A striking junior doctor writes

My name is Zeshan. I am a junior doctor working in London.

The upcoming junior doctor strikes are the first ever full-walk out from hospital in the history of the NHS.

I have to ask myself, how did we get to this stage?

I come from a family of doctors. People that believe in what the NHS stands for, care based on clinical need, not ability to pay. My dad was a doctor. He grew up in Pakistan.

The walk to medical school lectures was two hours each way. He studied under street lights in the evenings because of the lack of electricity. He was utterly dedicated...

RD&E performs well in 2015 National Diabetes Inpatient Audit

Inpatient diabetes care at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has been highly rated in the 2015 National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NADIA).

The audit, undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), looks at the care of all inpatients with diabetes on a single day in all Trusts across England and Wales. It focuses on key staffing and organisational issues, clinical outcome measures and patient satisfaction levels.

At the RD&E, 133 inpatients with diabetes took part in the 2015 audit. In the hospital-level results, the RD&E’s Inpatient diabetes...

Advice ahead of junior doctors' strike

The Government has issued advice ahead of the industrial action on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 April.

Junior doctors will be striking from 8am to 5pm each day, including withdrawal of cover in A&E departments. Essential care will be provided by senior staff. You can help the NHS cope by choosing the right service and attending A&E only if it is essential.

If you have a long-term health condition or you look after someone else – including, for example, elderly people or young children – it's important that you know what to do if you need the NHS during the industrial...

Livestock evacuated during Devon barn fire

One fire appliance from Witheridge, two from Tiverton and the Water Bowser from Exeter were sent to a report of a barn on fire at Pennymoor, Tiverton.

On arrival crews confirmed that the barn, which was being used as a workshop, was well alight. Livestock from an adjacent building were evacuated. The workshop also contained gas cylinders believed to be acetylene, argon and butane.

To deal with the incident crews are using compressed air foam monitors, two main jets and a thermal image camera.

The workshop contained vehicles, cylinders and workshop tools all of which...

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Share to Buy Live to host Homebuyers Day in Exeter

Minister's message to BHS staff

Government’s move on nuisance calls doesn’t go far enough

Landlords wanted to house Syrian refugees

Book transport ahead of Radio 1's Big Weekend

Tony Hogg resigns from Tory party in protest

Did you witness attack in Exeter city centre?

A striking junior doctor writes

RD&E performs well in 2015 National Diabetes Inpatient Audit

Advice ahead of junior doctors' strike

Livestock evacuated during Devon barn fire

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