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Council’s £30,000 play area funding supplemented by generous £15,000 money from Keith Owen Fund Councillor Andrew Moulding was delighted to open the newly refurbished play area at Furzehill, one of five projects East Devon District Council will be completing this year across the district to refurbish and enhance existing play areas. The play area was designed with help from local children from Sidbury Church of England Primary School, as well as those living in Furzehill, Sidbury, with over 150 getting involved in East Devon’s consultation exercise. The children’s help was invaluable in...

Proposals to progress with a planning application for the next section of the Teign Estuary Trail and a strategy to complete gaps in the route will go before Devon County Councillors next week (Wednesday 13 March). The County Council's Cabinet is being asked to approve the Teign Estuary Trail strategy to connect the route between Passage House Inn and Dawlish. A recommendation is also being made to agree to progress with a planning application for the section between Passage House Inn and Teignmouth. Teignbridge District Council has committed to contribute £200,000 of Community...

A DEVON care provider says it is leading the way when it comes to providing a person-centred care approach for its service users with dementia (March 2019).

Guardian Homecare, which has offices in Exeter, says it views service users with dementia as individuals rather than focusing on their illness or the abilities they may have lost.

Katie Jewell, who is a Regional Manager with Guardian Homecare, said: “We have lots of service users who have dementia and we feel the best way to support them is to take into consideration each individual’s unique qualities, abilities,...

Dr Adolfo De Sanctis, 30, a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, is attending Parliament to present his physics research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of STEM for BRITAIN on Wednesday 13th March.

Adolfo’s poster on research about boosting the efficiency of solar panels using two-dimensional materials will be judged against dozens of other scientists’ research in the only national competition of its kind.

Adolfo was shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to appear in Parliament.

On presenting his research in Parliament, he...