A new guide published today by the RSPB and Barratt Developments, which is currently building brand-new communities across Devon, shows how to turn balconies and small gardens into sanctuaries for wildlife.
The RSPB's ‘Welcome Wildlife into Your World' guide gives top tips and advice for bringing nature to your home, especially for people with a small amount of outdoor space such as a balcony or courtyard.
The leading housebuilder is building new homes at Tarka Ridge near Barnstaple, Embden Grange , Tavistock, Braid Park, Tiverton (from Barratt Homes and David Wilson...
A registered nurse and his family are looking forward to moving into their perfect home having been able to make use of Taylor Wimpey’s Care Worker Discount.
Humberto de Matos, 36, is buying a new home at Taylor Wimpey’s Riverside Walk development in Exeter with his wife Joana, 32, a dentist, and their six-month-old son. Having moved from Porto, Portugal, to a rental property in London, the couple were looking for a more permanent base close to the coast.
Humberto said: “We wanted a house we could simply move into, without doing renovations or worrying about problems that...
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is urging people to “think twice” before calling 999 for an ambulance this Bank Holiday weekend.
The Trust experienced its busiest summer week of activity in three years between 10 and 16 August when it responded to almost 20,000 incidents.
It has dealt with around 75,500 incidents during the past four calendar weeks, an increase of 6.4% compared to the same period last year.
SWASFT is reminding people to call 999 only in a medical emergency when someone is seriously injured or ill and their life is...
As Eat Out to Help out comes to an end, Phil Mills, head of food and drink at Exeter firm Old Mill says the scheme may have offered a short term boost, but thinks more needs to be done to help the sector going forward and has concerns that some businesses may have been lulled into a false sense of security by short term measures.
“While any initiatives put in place to help the country’s struggling pubs and restaurants are certainly welcome, I am not sure Eat Out to Help Out is offering the solution we need. Pubs and restaurants are usually pretty busy in August and with so many...
Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, has today (Friday) marked the beginning of its new route from Exeter to Belfast with the first flight due to depart at 12:10.
Beginning today, the airline will operate up to four weekly return flights from Exeter Airport to Belfast City Airport with fares starting from £34.99 one way including taxes.
This route is the only flight from Exeter to the island of Ireland with Aer Lingus Regional, a new airline at Exeter Airport. This route will improve connectivity between Devon and Northern Ireland, as well as connecting the...
Thanks to the rapid advancement of technology, a lot of businesses have gone through complete transformations and the casino industry is among the ones with the highest impact. Who would have known that thanks to the internet and technology, a whole new way of gambling would be born and one that simply can’t stop growing in popularity? This is the online casino gambling industry.
The idea is very attractive to users and there is certainly a lot more freedom, many more options, features, benefits, and excitement with this way of gambling. So, given that things are constantly...
Be the Business, a not-for-profit movement helping every firm in the country improve their performance, is partnering with Facebook to host an event in the South West providing free advice, training and inspiration to micro and small businesses in the wake of COVID-19.
Taking place on 9th September the event will feature leading South West firms including This Mum Runs, Red & Ginger, The Watergate Bay Hotel and Inn Cornwall Limited. Attendees will also receive training from Be the Business and Facebook on using Instagram for business, business finances and innovating your...
Thanks to the existence of online lottery, you no longer have to wait for opening hours to grab your lucky numbers. Instead, you can hop online to a lottery website website and purchase the tickets there. This is not all, once you’ve created your personal account on the website, future ticket purchasing becomes a lot easier with pretty much just a click of a button. If you are new to online lottery, then here’s a short online lottery for beginners guide to help you understand its basic procedures.
The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is calling for new initiatives from the Government to drive down the number of drink-drive related deaths on UK roads. This follows figures released from the Department for Transport earlier today showing yet another year of stagnation in annual drink-drive statistics, highlighting eight years of zero progress.
Final estimates for 2018 in: Reported road casualties in Great Britain: final estimates involving illegal alcohol levels: 2018, revealed 240 people died in crashes where at least one driver was over the drink...
In the strongest signal of partnership and friendship, Tsinghua University, one of the world’s most prestigious universities has donated through its links with the University of Exeter a remarkably generous gift of 5 ventilators, 5,250 face masks and 500 isolation gowns for the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) to help with the continuing fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19).
The University of Exeter has strong links with universities in China – and indeed around the world – and has been working around the clock to ensure Devon and Cornwall have access to...
