Upgrading a vital road between London and the South West will boost the region’s economy by £40 billion and create 21,000 new jobs.
That’s the message Devon County Council has delivered in evidence at a public examination of proposals to improve the A303 by constructing a tunnel to by-pass Stonehenge. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Development, told the Planning Inspectorate hearing that improving the A303 and the A30 and A358 “swallow-tail” was critical to the future prosperity of the South West. Studies commissioned by a...
Responding to the needs of the local communities in and around Seaton and Axminster, Hospiscare@Home provides 24/7 hands-on nursing support at home for people with a life-limiting illness in the final months or weeks of life. The service is provided by local charity Hospiscare and is generously supported by Seaton & District Hospital League of Friends and The League of Friends of Axminster Hospital.
Mrs Glenys O’Hara, aged 81 from Seaton and a Hospiscare@Home patient, explains why the service is so important.
“Before I had cancer my husband, Tom, and I had a very active...
From 3 June 2019, charges at Underhill long stay car park in Lympstone, Dolphin Street car park in Colyton, Land of Canaan car park in Ottery St Mary and Coombe Lane car park in Axminster will all be increased to 50p per half hour (£1 per hour), which is a standard tariff charged by all other car parks in East Devon. The increases were approved by East Devon District Council’s Cabinet in September 2018, following a public consultation in April 2018, the results of which led to a number of proposals being put to Cabinet. The council has listened carefully to what was said during the public...
A team of three Year 9 students from Atrium Studio School in Ashburton has fought off tough competition from hundreds of schools across Great Britain to win the South West of England prize in Shell’s national schools’ competition, The Bright Ideas Challenge.
The winning team’s bright idea conceived a way to capture the hydropower of household taps and store the energy for use in powering anything from personal devices to cars.
Manu Kay, Torin Coulson and Marlon Moss-Motto have won £1,500 to boost the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) teaching at their...
An eclectic mix of local bands and musicians have been chosen to play at this summer’s Exeter Festival.
The free afternoon of music takes place in Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens on Saturday 6 July.
Earlier in the year local bands and musicians were invited to pitch for a slot at the Exeter Festival, which runs from 5 to 7 July.
A total of 29 acts applied to play and these were whittled down to a final six by a judging panel which included local presenter Chris Dinnis. Organisers Exeter City Council have now revealed the full line-up for the afternoon session – over...
Ben Bradshaw MP and University of Amnesty students were at Westminster on Wednesday to take a stand for human rights defenders globally whose lives are at risk
University of Exeter students met Ben Bradshaw MP on Wednesday (12 June), at a parliamentary event hosted by Amnesty UK, the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group and the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union demanding Government action on the protection of human rights defenders.
As part of the Brave campaign, which calls for the urgent protection of human rights defenders globally, youth and student...
RGB Building Supplies is delighted to have joined forces with Devon-based charity Amigos and is inviting members of the local community to donate preloved tools, which will be used by young people in Africa to help them lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
Until Wednesday 31st July, preloved hand, power and gardening tools can be placed in the collection bags in RGB’s Exeter branch. Amigos will then arrange for the donations to be collected, repaired and shipped to Africa.
The charity has been working in Uganda for nearly 20 years and for the last nine it has...
If you’ve decided it’s time to drastically improve your health, then you’ve come to the right place. Putting a plan into motion can be difficult, especially if you’re new to living a healthy lifestyle. Daily exercise might not be something you’re used to, and if it’s not, then adjusting can be fun, rewarding, and it can also feel like an uphill battle.
When you’re feeling as though you’re not making enough progress or being strict enough with yourself, then it’s time to reassess your methods.
Try not to rely entirely on your own motivation, so employ the assistance of...
Local project Deaf Journey to Employment is awarded £10,000 by the National Lottery Community Fund
The Deaf Lead Services team at Living Options Devon are celebrating being awarded almost £10,000 in National Lottery funding to support Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL), to build confidence and learn new skills so that they can enter employment. The Deaf community group, based in Exeter, Devon, will use the funds to provide a unique peer support service for Deaf people through the Deaf Journey to Employment Hub. The hub will offer support, information, guidance and...
South Devon’s highly regarded coarse fishing destination, Cofton Holidays, has crowned Bob Rand from Ivybridge as winner of its spring Cofton Cup Fishing Competition.
The multi award-winning holiday park, which was announced as Holiday Park of the Year at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2018/19, hosted the competition on its Mamhead Match Lake over five days of intensive fishing. The field was narrowed down from 28 in the opening rounds, to 14 in the final, with the remainder battling it out for the Plate competition.
