Norman Hartnell responds to news of a call for inquiry into access to children for abusive parents.
"The focus on the protection of victims of domestic violence is very welcome.
However, it will come as no surprise to hear that there are already detailed procedures in place to deal with such matters. These are the Family Procedure Rules 2010 PD 12 J that were recently revised to give greater protection to victims of domestic violence.
As with the law’s approach to all contested matters, the first step is to establish what has happened (the facts) before a decision...
‘I’m bringing everything I ever knew- everything good, strong, kind and powerful. I bring it all with me into every situation. […] So I will take the Scandinavian story of the Little Princess, I will take the story of Heidi in the Alpine Mountains, I will take the story of O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck’s book The Good Earth, I will take them all.
I take them, and I know them, and I am them. So when I walk into a room, people know that somebody has come in- they just don’t know it’s 2,000 people!‘ – Maya Angelou during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, December 2000 This is a show about...
Summertime is right around the corner, and many people are excitedly preparing for it. After months of cold, wet weather, everyone could do with more than a little sunshine in their lives. During the summer, you’re likely to find a string of gatherings, garden parties and barbeques taking place as a way of welcoming the sun and celebrating its presence with loved ones. If you are hosting them, you want to get your house ready. Even if you aren't hosting any gatherings, you may just want to liven it up. Below is how you can get your home ready for summer.
World-renowned diabetes researcher Professor Andrew Hattersley has been named as one of ‘The Nation’s Lifesavers’ in the Made@Uni campaign.
The award recognises his research into causes, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes which has improved the lives of people with diabetes across the world.
Professor Hattersley, of the University of Exeter Medical School, said: “It’s an honour to be included in the list for Universities UK’s National Lifesavers campaign. This award is testament to the whole Exeter diabetes research team whose work over the past 25 years has improved...
Ignoring a warning not to venture too far out to sea from a beach littered with plastic, Julia falls into a strange, dark world beneath the water. As she searches for a way back to the surface, she encounters animals that have fallen victim to humans poor treatment of the world.
A modern fairy tale about how mountains of waste plastic come from every day acts of living our lives, this is a call to action on what we all can do in this fight for our world.
Julia is a thirteen year old girl who finds herself on a near-deserted beach in Singapore that is covered in plastic rubbish that washes in from the ocean on every tide.
The only other person on the beach is Meor, the son of a local fisherman who’s father has recently disappeared while on a fishing trip. Julia tries to help Meor and goes out into the water to see if she can find some sign of Meor’s father or his boat. Meor warns her not to go, but Julia is hot headed and doesn’t listen.
As she swims she is pulled down into the water and falls through the ocean into a...
What would you change if you could travel through time? In this multi-award winning original blend of science, sci-fi, Schwarzenegger and self-determination, Rosy Carrick explores the realities of time travel to find out. Passionate Machine is a playful, intelligent and searingly honest story about obsession, salvation and finding yourself – literally.
On Sunday 9th June, farms across the country are opening their gates and inviting the public to come and find out more about farming and what farmers do. LEAF Open Farm Sunday has now been running for 14 years, offering a wonderful opportunity for visitors to get closer to farming and to the people that make it happen.
Each event is unique, each farm is different and every farmer too, but what they all share is a passion for farming, amazing expertise and a commitment to caring for the countryside. Some farms have been passed down through the generations, others are managed by...
A £2.2 million scheme to ease congestion at Moor Lane roundabout in Exeter has received the backing of Devon County Council’s Cabinet. Cabinet members have approved construction of the improvements on one of the main accesses into the city. The roundabout provides connections to the M5, A30 and new developments to the east of Exeter, and traffic is regularly queued on the approach roads to the roundabout during peak times of the day. Highways England has identified the need for improvements at Moor Lane roundabout to support future growth in the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point. The...
The first phase of Exmouth’s Queen’s Drive development – a new road and car park - is nearing completion, paving the way for the building of the new water sports centre. To put the finishing touch to the current works, residents and visitors to Exmouth are being alerted to road closures along Queen’s Drive later this month (May) as contractors create a kerb line across the old road to link into the new road. People will be able to access the Queen’s Drive car park throughout the diversion period from either the Ocean building side (west) or the Maer approach (east) but the small stretch of...
