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National Apprenticeship Week is back for the seventh year running, and 2014 will offer even more ways for employers to show their support of apprentices.

National Apprenticeship Week, which will run between 3rd and 7th March 2014, will see hundreds of events taking place across the South of England.

The week aims to show the postive impact apprentices have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy.

Karen Woodward, Interim National Director of Apprenticeships at the National Apprenticeship Service, said:

“To be counting down to the seventh National...

The Fire Service received a call reporting a fire in the downstairs of a building in Flowerpot Lane, St Thomas on Saturday 14th December.

One fire appliance from Danes Castle Exeter and one fire appliance from Middlemoor Exeter attended. Fire crews confirmed a fire in a ground floor flat involving a chip pan. Fire crews extinguished the fire using two breathingapparatus wearers, a fire blanket and a positive pressure ventilation fan.

One elderly female was led to safety by Ambulance crews prior to the arrival of the Fire Service and was checked over by Ambulance crews on...

Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish joined with the head of the National Apprenticeship Service Karen Woodward and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at the launch of the River Cottage Apprenticeship programme on Friday 6th December.

Neil Parish praised River Cottage in his constituency for the positive impact their Apprenticeship programme is having on the South West and urged more employers in Devon to consider how Apprenticeships could deliver for their organisations.

During the visit to River Cottage headquarters Neil Parish was able to witness firsthand the benefits that...

East Devon District Council has reluctantly decided to move the venue of the Feniton ‘super inquiry’ because the initial location is not big enough for the eight-day hearing.

After appeals by three developers against EDDC’s refusal of planning permission for their proposals, the Planning Inspectorate decided to combine appeal hearings for three Feniton sites into a single event.

The appeals are by Feniton Park Ltd for Acland Park (32 homes), Strategic Land Partnership for land west of Ottery Road (up to 120 homes) and Wainhomes for an extension to the 50 homes allowed at...