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EX2 Group at Building Greater Exeter work experience week

Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

In July EX2 Group was proud to support Building Greater Exeter’s Work Experience Week, an inspiring initiative aimed at introducing Year 10 students to careers in the built environment.

EX2 group team member James Rayner TMIET, led an engaging hands-on solar masterclass for Year 10 students from the Ted Wragg Trust.

Building Greater Exeter brought together a strong network of industry and educational partners, to educate and inspire, including:

New Roots Workshop CIC Vistry Group Taylor Lewis Western Counties Roofing Ltd Exeter College & Exeter College...

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Extinct animal found living near Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 07/30/2015 - 11:00am

An animal that has only been recorded once in the UK before and was thought to be extinct has been found alive and well living on a Devon Wildlife Trust nature reserve.

The fly, Rhaphium pectinatum, was last recorded on 19 July 1868 when the renowned Victorian entomologist George Verrall caught a male and female at Richmond in Surrey. In the decades since it was presumed that the fly was extinct, but now, nearly 150 years later it has been spotted again, this time at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Old Sludge beds nature reserve, near Exeter.

The remarkable discovery was made by...

Major expansion plans for luxury lodge makers

Pathfinder Homes have announced an expansion leading to the recruitment of at least 50 new team members.

The Newton Abbot based, UK’s leading luxury lodge manufacturer plans to create new apprenticeships and skilled jobs in the forthcoming year. The new recruits to Pathfinder Homes will work in a range of areas, including carpentry, painting and decorating, plumbing and even sales, accounts and HR.

Pathfinder Homes has recently become the only lodge manufacturer to win the prestigious ‘Ultimate Lodge of the Year Award’ for three consecutive years and have always focused...

Have your say on polling districts and stations

East Devon residents are asked for their views and suggestions on polling stations ready for council to consider in December

East Devon District Council is due to launch a review into the district’s polling districts and polling places and is seeking feedback from the public.

The council will be pleased to receive views from anyone, but particularly stakeholders, such as electors, parishes, political parties and councillors. It will also be grateful for comments from people and organisations with expertise in access for people with disabilities.

Anyone who would...

Improved recycling service for Teignbridge

Information about Teignbridge’s improved waste and recycling service will be dropping through the letterboxes of the district’s homes over the coming months.

Teignbridge is changing its waste and recycling service to make it easier for people to recycle more. The scheme is being rolled out across the district in three phases and will start in September and end in November.

Ahead of roll-out in each area, a four-page leaflet is being delivered to homes. It gives people information about when their new recycling service starts and how they can subscribe to a new optional...

Fire crews tackle shed blaze in Exeter

Fire crews were called to a shed fire in Burnthouse Lane, Exeter this afternoon (Wednesday 29 July).

An appliance from Danes Castle and one from Middlemoor along with the rapid intervention unit attended a fire within an outdoor storage shed attached to a property just before 3.30pm.

Crews arrived and got to work with breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to put the fire out.

The cause of the fire was deemed accidental, and the storage shed was moderately damaged by the fire.

Plans underway to safeguard Crediton services

Devon County Council is proposing to move the town’s children’s centre into the nearby library on Belle Parade in order to save money and improve the services on offer.

Run by Action for Children, Crediton Children’s Centre supports families in Crediton and the surrounding area with their children’s wellbeing, safety, health and development needs through individual support, parenting programmes, play sessions, holiday activities and information services.

Last year the Council launched a series of consultations looking at how they could better provide the services that Devon...

Successful South Devon Link Road open day

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/29/2015 - 12:05pm

Over 3,000 local people were among the first to walk along a section of the South Devon Link Road project on Saturday (25 July).

Approximately 3,500 people visited the site and were allowed to walk a 3km stretch of the new road at a unique Community Open Day event.

The idea behind the day was to give locals the opportunity to review the progress so far and walk along a stretch of the new route, months before traffic is permitted to drive on the road.

A variety of local businesses and charities attended the event and took the chance to celebrate this historic event...

Trio's epic cycle for Exeter-based charity

Authored by JanetRaeburn
Posted: Wed, 07/29/2015 - 12:00pm

Three local men are cycling the length of the country to raise funds for Exeter-based charity Rainbow Living.

Duncan, Will and Jools are cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End to help raise money for a third Rainbow House which will provide a home for a group of young disabled adults in the local area. The trio are preparing in a variety of ways and have just completed the Nello, a 100 mile cycle ride!

Says Will: “After a casual conversation about going for a cycle ride we've ended up setting ourselves the biggest physical challenge of our lives! To make it even more...

Unauthorised gypsy development halted

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/29/2015 - 11:56am

Potential impact of residential occupation on environmentally sensitive Pebblebed Heaths justifies council’s tough preventative action.

In an unprecedented move to safeguard the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, which have triple designated status - as a Special Protection Area (SPI), Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) – East Devon District Council has taken out an injunction to prevent the unlawful development by the gypsy owner of a remote plot of land that adjoins the Pebblebed Heaths, which are protected by the highest levels of...

Devon residents to trial new recycling scheme

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/29/2015 - 11:35am

Key information is being sent out next week to around 1,800 households living in the Feniton and Exmouth (The Colony) areas giving details of an improved recycling collection service which is to be trialled by East Devon District Council.

From mid-September, residents in these areas will be able to recycle more in their green recycling boxes as the council is adding cardboard and mixed plastics to the extensive number of items it already collects from the kerbside each week.

Every household in the trial areas will receive an additional 70 litre reusable sack which they can...

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