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OBE for CEO of the Ted Wragg Trust

Moira Marder, CEO of the Ted Wragg Trust, a family of 16 schools across Devon with over 13,000 students, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list for her outstanding services to education.

The selection process for the OBE involves a special committee whose decisions are reviewed by the Prime Minister and finally approved by the King. OBEs are awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions in their field, and Moira's recognition is a testament to her impactful career in education.

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Blue Flag status yet again for Dawlish Warren

Dawlish Warren has retained its Blue Flag status for the 17th year running.

Teignbridge District Council is pleased to announce the beach can continue to proudly fly the prestigious flag in the internationally recognised award scheme.

Alongside Dawlish Warren’s achievement, Teignmouth Town Beach, Coryton Cove at Dawlish and Ness Cove at Shaldon have all won high-profile Seaside Awards.

The announcements come just as the busy tourist season gets underway with beaches and resorts expecting another lively bank holiday weekend.

The renowned Blue Flag is...

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Nuffield Exeter is top of the ops

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital has been named as a top performing hospital in the provision of orthopaedic care to NHS patients in the most recent NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) Report on Independent sector providers care for NHS patients.

The report presents a comparison between the performances of independent sector providers with their NHS counterparts, and looks at indicators including patient experience, clinical quality and patient outcomes and safety.

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) - the statistics collected by the Health and Social Care Information Centre...

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House prices rise

UK house prices increased by 9.6% in the year to March 2015, up from 7.4% in the year to February 2015, according to the Office For National Statistics.

House price annual inflation was 9.4% in England, 5.7% in Wales, 14.6% in Scotland and 7.5% in Northern Ireland. This is the highest annual increase in Scotland since July 2007.

The pace of annual house price growth increased across the majority of the UK.

Annual house price increases in England were driven by an annual increase in the East (11.4%), London (11.2%) and the South East (11.2%).

Excluding London...

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Cats and kittens need your help

Exeter Axhayes adoption centre has around 150 cats and kittens in their care at the moment and more waiting to come in.

They are in need of volunteers to help out at the centre. They have various roles available, from cat socialisers, to cat care, cleaning,gardeners, DIY to fundraising. You can commit to as much or as little as you like, even on an adhoc basis helping out at events, if that is what suits you.

There are many ways to volunteer at Axhayes, whatever your skills and interests, and however much time you have to give, including socialising nervous cats, cleaning...

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New key roles at Teignbridge

Teignbridge District Council has announced key roles following the local elections.

Teignbridge’s Full Council on Tuesday 19 May 2015 saw Cllr Mike Hocking, who represents the Newton Abbot ward of Bradley, elected as new council chairman.

Outgoing chairman Anthony Ballinger thanked Teignbridge staff for their support during his tenure before formally handing over the chain of office.

Cllr Rosalind Prowse, who represents the ward of Dawlish South West, was appointed as Vice-Chairman of the Council.

Cllr Jeremy Christophers was reappointed as Leader and Cllr...

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Get you bike fixed for free

People in Exeter can get their bikes fixed for free at several fun-filled events taking place over the next two weeks as part of a new nationwide campaign called The Big Bike Revival that aims to get everyone out cycling over the summer.

To find out about events in your area go to the events finder at the campaign website - www.bigbikerevival.org.uk .

Brought together by CTC, the national cycling charity, local cycle centres are holding events from 23 May to 7 June across the area at as part of The Big Bike Revival – a two-week series of family-friendly activities aimed to...

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'Let food be thy medicine' at River Cottage

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Tue, 05/19/2015 - 12:33pm

A qualified medical herbalist from East Devon will be sharing her knowledge of everyday foods and their health benefits with visitors at this weekend’s River Cottage Spring Food Fair.

Jayne Palmer from Roots to Health is giving a talk based on a quote from Hippocrates: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food". She will explain how common ingredients like onion, garlic and fennel contribute to a healthy diet and how, in concentrated form, they can have medicinal uses.

Roots To Health is a complementary consultancy, advice and prescription practice...

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Apprentices - You're hired!

Authored by EnergyHair
Posted: Tue, 05/19/2015 - 8:21am

With exciting expansion plans ahead, Energy Hair Design has been investing in the development of home grown talent to expand their team.

The Darts Farm based salon has recently been celebrating the graduation of four of their apprentices in NVQ Level 2 and NVQ Level 3 Hairdressing – working closely with The Learning & Skills Group.

Graduate stylists; Sophie Tregale 18, Ellie Phillips 17, Grace Mangeng 20 have all recently passed their NVQ Level 2 in hairdressing which has involved all aspects of basic hairdressing. They have now started their NVQ Level 3 which involves...

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Police appeal following telephone fraud

Police are reminding the public to be vigilant about telephone scams and to follow some simple advice to prevent them from becoming a victim of this type of crime.

This follows an incident in Winkleigh recently where the victim was contacted by a person claiming to be from the bank in an attempt to gain personal information and to relieve the victim of his bank card.

Detective Constable David Major said: “The person on the phone claiming to be from the bank was very convincing, they explained to the victim that they needed a new bank card and over the course of a few...

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Ring & Ride 25th anniversary

Hundreds of Ring & Ride passengers, staff and volunteers enjoyed a special celebration event yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the service in Devon.

The Silver Jubilee party at Seale Hayne in Newton Abbot, brought together those connected with Ring & Ride schemes from across the county.

Among those who attended was Freda Hayes, who is the longest serving passenger of the Tiverton Ring & Ride service, having been a regular since November 1990.

Freda said: “The Ring & Ride is my saviour. I have made so many friends on the Ring & Ride bus...

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