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Devon Contract Waste celebrates launch of new distribution hub

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Wed, 07/05/2017 - 12:30pm

Exeter-based waste management company Devon Contract Waste is celebrating the launch of its new £1.2 million Distribution Hub on Matford Business Park.

The construction of the 1.2 acre facility has been supported by the South West Growth Fund with a grant of £80,000, and ensures the company continues to drive its market leading position as the only provider of Zero to Landfill services in the South West.

Devon Contract Waste’s previous facility on Marsh Barton Trading Estate was destroyed by a devastating fire in March this year. The new Distribution Hub is equipped with...

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Residents in South West to share views of police in anonymous study

Authored by AbiEnjoy
Posted: Wed, 07/05/2017 - 7:23am

A first-of-its-kind, national study has launched calling on the people of the South West to share their views and experiences of the police and emergency services.

The anonymous study is hosted online by Hudgell Solicitors, legal specialists in civil liberties cases, and will gauge the nation’s perceptions of the police and other emergency services.

The study’s findings will explore themes including safety, trust and overall reputation, investigating the experiences Brits have had with the police, how the nation feels about the force and what has impacted on their...

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Exeter firm lends its support to rising stars of women’s cycling

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Tue, 06/27/2017 - 2:13pm

Exeter-based Wide Eye Communications, one of the south west’s leading video production companies, has taken on the role of raising the profile of a group of young female cyclists vying to take the British Cycling HSBC National Women’s Road Series and National Road Championship by storm in 2017.

Through the creation of a new film telling the back story behind this team of determined amatuers, Wide Eye Communications aims to help the cyclists, who ride as Bianchi Dama UK, find additional sponsors interested in supporting their long-term competitive goals. The film, which can be seen...

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Armed officers patrolling our streets for the first time

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 05/26/2017 - 6:07am

Armed officers will be patrolling Devon's streets for the first time, it was announced today.

Assistant Chief Constable Russ Middleton said: “In response to the recent change in the threat level to critical, armed officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police will be seen out and about in our communities, throughout both Force areas.

“Armed officers will be doing overt foot patrols, carrying a long-armed firearm, which is the first time this has happened in our area.

“This is not based on any change in intelligence or threat for the South West, but the...

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New book will share inspirational stories of people with cancer

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/10/2017 - 2:33pm

Two Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School are behind an upcoming book that aims to empower people with cancer by sharing their inspirational stories.

Students Bogdan Chiva Giurca, 23, and Navin Nagesh, 25, raised funds for a project to help people with cancer share their personal inspirational stories. They came up with the idea of a book written by people with cancer to inspire others affected by the disease.

The two students enlisted support from the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and FORCE Cancer Charity, which provides support to...

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Impulse Purchasing Survey Reveals that Brits spend £1000 on impulse purchases every year

Authored by Matt Foster
Posted: Wed, 05/10/2017 - 10:17am

A new survey has found that the average Brit will spend £1000 on spur-of-the-moment purchases every year, with nearly 60% of them admitting to as many as five impulse purchases per week, a staggering 260 snap purchases a year.

Online shopping has increased the temptation for impulse buyers according to the survey, with the UK spending £200 more online than in-store on impulse buys. Millennials are amongst the biggest culprits, with a quarter of 22 – 25-year-olds admitting to having spent over £1000 on rash purchases.

The spending habits research, conducted by St. Albans-...

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Police concerned for missing Exeter teenager

Anastasia Groom, missing since 22 April 2017, has been found safe and well in the Avon & Somerset policing area.

Devon and Cornwall Police, and Avon & Somerset Constabulary, thank the public for their help in locating Anastasia.

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Police are concerned for the welfare of 13 year old Anastasia Groom who went missing from the Exeter area

Anastasia is described as a white female around 5ft 1ins tall, of stocky build with dark hair with red colouring, which is worn...

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Scouts and Guides set to bring the house down in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/05/2017 - 12:03pm

Exeter Scouts and Guides will be “Riding along on the crest of a wave” again this Easter, as Exeter Gang Show returns to the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter from the 5th to the 8th April 2017.

Now in its 33rd year, the show will be packed full of popular songs, expert choreography and laugh out load sketches, and has everything to keep audience members of any age entertained.

The cast of almost 70 Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Explorer Scouts, Rangers and Leaders aged nine and over have been rehearsing intensively since the beginning of the year.

This year's show is...

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Court says no to Civil Partnership for heterosexual couples

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 02/22/2017 - 12:15pm

The Court has ruled against a heterosexual couple seeking to enter into a Civil Partnership instead of a marriage. Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, appealed the decision of Mrs Justice Andrews DBE in the High Court, who held that the restrictions under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, preventing opposite-sex couples from entering into a civil partnership, were lawful.

The Family Law Company solicitor Sasha Walton, explained: “The parties argued that, as a heterosexual couple, they did not have the same choice as a same-sex couple when choosing the route of legal recognition for...

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Charity calls for halt to skin trade causing mass-suffering to donkeys

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/31/2017 - 7:30am

The results of a shocking investigation by The Donkey Sanctuary reveals mass-scale suffering of donkeys caught up in global trading of their skins to sustain the demand for ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine that relies on gelatin from the hides.

In the first comprehensive study of the trade, the charity has discovered that as many as 10 million donkeys are at risk and it now calls for an immediate halt to the trade until it can be proven to be sustainable and humane.

The Donkey Sanctuary’s ‘Under the Skin’ investigative report reveals that the trade has led to an...

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