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Devon County Council hosts Skills Bootcamps

Local authorities fund Skills Bootcamps in HGV Driving to help get local people into work and support regional employers to secure the drivers they need

Insite (formerly HGVC), a leading HGV driver training specialist, is helping Devon County Council train 58 local people to become HGV drivers via locally run and funded Skills Bootcamps in HGV Driving.

The HGV Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, helping people build sector-specific skills. While centralised Department for Education (DfE) funding for the HGV Skills Bootcamps scheme ceases at the end...

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Nature reserve will bear fruit

Volunteer nature lovers in Honiton came along on Thursday to help with the planting of new trees at EDDC’s Honiton Bottom community nature reserve.

Alex Gibson from the Council’s SWITCH project and Nathan Robinson from EDDC’s Countryside team were supervising the planting of fruit trees that will form a new orchard in the reserve to attract bees and butterflies, as well as wildlife.

There are also plans for a hay meadow with some wild flowers and a series of ponds. There may also be some beehives and hopefully a community garden.

There will be a chance for...

SWH proud to support Devon Air Ambulance Trust

SWH were proud to present representatives from the Devon Air Ambulance Trust with a cheque for £502 last Thursday.

SWH, a multi-disciplinary contractor providing civil engineering, highways maintenance and construction services, has proudly supported the DAAT since 2008, having raised nearly £3,000 for the cause during that time. In 2011 staff voted DAAT to be SWH’s charity of choice which it has remained since.

SWH and its work force of over 600 have since raised money for the local charity through fundraising days and in-house competitions. The Trust provides emergency...

Do you know what honey are you getting for your money?

HEALTH conscious Manuka honey fans should ensure that what they are buying is genuine after it was revealed that five out of six jars are fake. The warning came as Channel Four’s Dispatches programme this week (Monday, March 17) documented figures which show that UK consumption of the immune boosting honey exceeds global production. And with jars of Manuka honey selling for up to £45, someone somewhere is making a tidy fortune, the programme claimed. Recently the UK Food Standards Agency issued a warning about unscrupulous traders looking to make a quick buck by flooding the market with ‘...

DCC Cabinet Member Resigns

The councillor in charge of overseeing major cuts to Devon County Council’s people services in Devon has resigned.

Cllr Will Mumford will leave his post as the cabinet member responsible for education and children’s services after being appointed managing director of the property company NPS South West.

As the company contracts work with Devon County Council, Mr Mumford has resigned to avoid a conflict of interest between the roles.

As a cabinet member, Mr Mumford oversaw the ongoing, controversial consultation into the future of the council’s youth centres....

Crowds gather as Grand Western Canal reopens

Local people, schoolchildren and Council Members all joined together on Wednesday (19 March) to celebrate the re-opening of the Grand Western Canal near Halberton.

Narrow boats made their first journey in over a year as the ribbon was cut by Council Chairman, Bernard Hughes OBE.

Cheering crowds welcomed the flotilla as they made their way under the bridge at Halberton.

The Canal suffered a serious breach of its northern bank near Swing Bridge in November 2012, after water spilled over the top of the embankment during torrential downpours and flooding.

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Exeter Responds to the Budget 2014

Exeter Citizen’s Advice Bureau has said that the Government must do more to work for “those who are making do and can’t save” and warns that many of the government’s austerity cuts “have yet to bite”.

The comments from Exeter CAB come after the Chancellor, George Osborne, yesterday revealed his 5th budget to MPs in parliament.

The budget, described by Mr Osborne as one for “makers, doers and savers”, included a range of new measures including raising the personal income allowance, introducing new pensions rules and a ‘New Isa’ with a tax free saving limit of £15,000 per...

£2,000 Reward for Devon Robbery Suspect

A reward of up to £2,000 is being offered through independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, for information on a robbery that occurred in Dawlish Warren last summer. Dean Smart, aged 27, is wanted in connection with the robbery which took place at Golden Sands Holiday Park in the early hours of 27 August 2013. Smart, who is from the Bath area, is considered dangerous, and police believe he is actively evading capture.

The incident, saw four offenders wearing balaclavas forced members of staff to open a safe containing a large quantity of cash.

One member of staff...

The Benefits of Older Cats

RSPCA Little Valley Animal Shelter in Exeter is currently struggling under the weight of many abandoned old cats all looking for new homes, but being sadly overlooked for younger models. Older cats are having to spend far longer in rescue centres, causing their stress levels to rise whilst waiting for new furever homes.

The problem in rescues could certainly be helped by local landlords relaxing their anti-cat stance when it comes to rented property. Certainly, in Little Valley's view, a cat is not a destructive creature and yet landlords are reluctant to let tenants have cats...

Exeter Golf and Country Club raise £700 for Hospiscare at Rock Solid Race

Exeter Golf and Country Club raise £700 for Hospiscare at the Rock Solid Race Exeter

Both teams from Exeter Golf and Country Club celebrated successfully completing the mighty Rock Solid Race on Saturday 15th March at Escot, raising £700 for Hospiscare.

The 7k race (which was originally billed as 5K!) was set within the woods, rivers and fields at Escot House with 35 obstacles along the way. Exeter Golf and Country Club had two teams: the girls and the boys. Both teams finished in less than 1 hour 30 minutes, coming in on average 114th out of 1072 entrants. The girls did...

Overturned Vehicle closes Two lanes of the A38 at Haldon Hill

Twon lanes of the A38 at Haldon Hill is currently closed off due to a collision near the racecourse turnoff at around 12pm today

A vehicle thought to be towing a trailer has overturned and is blocking the road.

Police are on the scene and drivers are warned of delays.

Local News

Devon County Council hosts Skills Bootcamps

Nature reserve will bear fruit

SWH proud to support Devon Air Ambulance Trust

Do you know what honey are you getting for your money?

DCC Cabinet Member Resigns

Crowds gather as Grand Western Canal reopens

Exeter Responds to the Budget 2014

£2,000 Reward for Devon Robbery Suspect

The Benefits of Older Cats

Exeter Golf and Country Club raise £700 for Hospiscare at Rock Solid Race

Overturned Vehicle closes Two lanes of the A38 at Haldon Hill

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