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'St Gudula' stands by the River Swincombe on Dartmoor

Ancient Holy Well Forms Centrepiece for new Dartmoor Community Pageant

The spirit of a medieval saint will be evoked in a new community ritual for Dartmoor, which aims to reconnect people with water and the land.

St Gudula’s Well in Ashburton, an ancient holy well, will be the focus of the ceremony, which will honour water as the source of all life, and also celebrate the start of summer.

‘Gudula’s Gathering’ has been conceived by events curator and writer Kirsteen McNish, and Helen Bruce of the Dartmoor Preservation Association, as the closing event for the Dartmoor Tors Festival.

It will incorporate a community procession and a...

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Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Unite fly in crucial medical supplies for the NHS

Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Virgin Group’s not-for-profit foundation, Virgin Unite, to fly a special charter flight from Shanghai to London, bringing in essential medical supplies and PPE equipment for the National Health Service (NHS).

The Boeing 787-9 aircraft operated the VS251 from Shanghai which departed at 11:40 local time on 3rd April landing at 16:50 on 3rd April into London Heathrow.

Manned by seven pilots and four cabin crew, the aircraft is carrying over 350,000 items of essential PPE supplies and medical equipment including respirators,...

Redstone Rail enhances driver safety

Redstone Rail Ltd, a market leader in the supply of specialist engineering resource to the Rail industry, has announced that it has installed Lightfoot’s award-winning in-cab technology across its fleet of 30 commercial vehicles. Introduced to ensure enhanced safety, Lightfoot’s driver behaviour technology has seen an immediate improvement in driver awareness and performance, while increasing MPG by 5.3%.

The specialist provider of blue- and white-collar engineering resources, Redstone Rail is committed to improving working conditions so their drivers operate a safe and secure...

GripHero offers free hand-protection at the fuel pump in battle against Covid-19

COVID-gilance on the forecourt sweeps the globe - thousands of forecourts race to install hand-protection in battle against Covid-19

In the last week alone, over a thousand forecourts globally have taken Devon-based GripHero up on its offer of providing hand-protection dispensers free to protect their customers from the transmission of Covid-19 at the fuel pump.

The brainchild of inventor Oli Yeo, GripHero is an award-winning patented hand-protection dispenser, which sits on top of each and every hand-pump on the forecourt, so that the very first thing the customer interacts with is the hand-protection itself. This prevents customers from coming into contact with the fuel pump handle where Covid-19 could easily...

How to tell if your great ape is pregnant...

The world’s number one selling brand in home pregnancy and fertility tests has donated pregnancy kits – for orang utans.

The Clearblue brand helps over 20 million women every year – and now, a couple of broody female Bornean orang utans… Keepers at Paignton Zoo in Devon approached Clearblue because they hope their orang utans will breed this year.

Senior Head Keeper of Mammals Rob Rouse said: “We now have a male who is old enough to breed. As part of the European Endangered species Programme for Bornean orang utans, we’d like them to be trying for babies, but we need to...

Charity zoos: business as usual

The three South West zoos run by regional conservation charity Wild Planet Trust have a defiant message for coronavirus: “It’s business as usual”.

Staff and volunteers are prepared for the impact of coronavirus, but at this time the charity zoos remain open. Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “We’re monitoring the situation closely and will naturally continue to follow the advice of Public Health England and the Government. We will close if directed or if we no longer have the people to operate safely, but right now WE ARE OPEN!

“Our three zoos, Paignton Zoo, Living...

Roger Bullivant Limited (RB) reduces dangerous driving, reduces idling by 7%, increases MPG by 8% and challenges Soletanche Freyssinet Group

Roger Bullivant Limited (RB), one of the country’s leading piling and foundation engineering specialists, has announced the successful installation of Lightfoot’s award-winning in-cab technology across its fleet of 150 vans and commercial vehicles.

Using Lightfoot’s industry-leading driver rewards platform, RB has vastly reduced instances of poor or dangerous driving, significantly reduced vehicle idling by 7% and increased MPG by 8%, directly resulting in fuel savings worth thousands of pounds per month.

Impressed by the impact that the in-cab device, app and rewards...

Job lifeline for Flybe ex-employees

Following the collapse of Flybe and various other airlines, global aviation jobs site Aviation Job Search will host a free online job fair on Friday 20th March for those who have suffered job losses.

The job fair will run from 10:00am until 4:00pm, and is free to attend for all.

The event is also being held online to combat any concerns surrounding networking in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.

Managing Director of Aviation Job Search Dave Capper had this to say: “We’ve seen so many airlines collapse recently, and this has been devastating for thousands of...

What-what is a ne-ne?

Two ne-ne have hatched at Paignton Zoo in Devon. But what-what is a ne-ne?

It’s a species of goose - one of the rarest in the world. Found on the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiian goose or ne-ne is named after its call, a soft neh-neh sound.

It’s officially classed as Vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Paignton Zoo is home to eight adult ne-ne as well as these two goslings.

It’s believed that it was once common, but human activity put paid to that. The ne-ne is the official bird of the state of Hawaii.

GripHero's hand-protection dispensers playing a vital role in the battle against COVID-19

UK forecourts called upon to become COVID-gilant: Fuel pump hand-protection dispensers to be provided free in battle against coronavirus

With the global spread of coronavirus hitting countries internationally and news that the World Health Organisation has declared the virus a pandemic, Hatherleigh-based GripHero is taking the bold step of offering its hand-protection dispensers free of charge to help stop the spread of COVID-19 at the fuel pump.

The move enables UK forecourts to provide hand-protection to customers on every fuel pump handle and refuelling bay, playing a vital role in the battle against COVID-19, which has the ability to survive for over 24 hours on high touchpoint surfaces, including fuel pump...

Zoo keepers save animals after storm damage

Keepers at Paignton Zoo saved scores of animals after recent storms damaged a key building.

High winds ripped open a 36-metre-long air vent in the roof of Reptile Tropics at around 7.30 one morning, exposing vulnerable animals, plants and electrics. Staff rushed to save lizards, snakes, turtles, iguanas, chameleons and geckos as the temperature in the building dropped. Meanwhile, maintenance staff were able to carry out running repairs and prevent further damage.

In all, 65 reptiles and amphibians were saved, along with around 200 birds. It’s thought that no individuals...

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Ancient Holy Well Forms Centrepiece for new Dartmoor Community Pageant

Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Unite fly in crucial medical supplies for the NHS

Redstone Rail enhances driver safety

COVID-gilance on the forecourt sweeps the globe - thousands of forecourts race to install hand-protection in battle against Covid-19

How to tell if your great ape is pregnant...

Charity zoos: business as usual

Roger Bullivant Limited (RB) reduces dangerous driving, reduces idling by 7%, increases MPG by 8% and challenges Soletanche Freyssinet Group

Job lifeline for Flybe ex-employees

What-what is a ne-ne?

UK forecourts called upon to become COVID-gilant: Fuel pump hand-protection dispensers to be provided free in battle against coronavirus

Zoo keepers save animals after storm damage

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