Acclaimed storyteller Matthew Crampton unites with American folk music legend Jeff Warner in a new show based on Crampton’s book Human Cargo: Songs & Stories of Emigration, Slavery & Transportation. The show comes to Exeter Phoenix on Tuesday 12th June as part of a national tour which culminates in UK Refugee Week (18-24 June).
Human Cargo gives voice to past exiles – emigrants, slaves, transportees – to shed fresh light on today’s migrations. Through the accompanying Parallel Lives project, it includes – wherever it performs - local stories of migration and partnership...
A Devon home care service has been rated outstanding for the quality of care and support it provides to vulnerable people.
Bay Care has received the highest accolade from the Care Quality Commission after an inspection carried out in March.
The 100-strong team at the Paignton-based company were praised for the quality of the service provided across Torbay and the South Hams, with the commission proclaiming the company to be an ‘excellent role model’ for the caring professions.
The inspection looked in detail at how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led...
The South West Falcon from Stagecoach is celebrating May in style with a prestigious awards win coinciding with a major passenger milestone.
The Falcon has won the silver award for ‘Top Express Operation’ at the UK Coach Awards. The award recognises excellent customer service, high operational and engineering standards and a rigorous approach to training, diversity and health and safety. There were just two awards, presented in this category, due to Stagecoach and Gold winner Scottish Citylink Coaches being ‘head and shoulders above’ the other operators.
Dementia Action week is fast approaching and begins on Monday 21st May.
Awareness is not enough and this year sees Dementia Awareness week change to Dementia Action week 2018.
The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance (EDAA) will be involved in a number of activities in the city including being invited to present at two events; a seminar with Gilbert Stephens Solicitors on Thursday 24 May and a breakfast meeting for the Business Improvement District, In Exeter on Friday 25 May.
“Gilbert Stephens LLP is very happy to support the work of the Alliance whose work is...
The South West has been recognised for its “exceptional performance” in bringing new treatments and medicines to its patients through clinical research – for the second year running.
The South West Peninsula is a ‘Prime Site’ for global pharmaceutical consultancy, IQVIA, and has just been announced as the best recruiting prime site in the world for 2017/18, being acknowledged with a certificate of achievement.
With the majority of clinical trials conducted across international borders, the prime site collaboration, formed in 2011, allows experts in the South West to foster...
An electric car revolution has arrived to help people access smart shared electric cars for a fraction of the cost of owning.
It will help improve the air quality in Exeter and bring the city into the forefront for shared electric mobility.
Exeter and the far South West’s first shared electric car launches today with Co-cars, the hire by the hour car network.
The electric Renault Zoe is the first of a growing fleet of electric cars which will be parked at on-street locations next to its own electric charger. This first one is in Albatross Road, Newcourt, Exeter. It...
A local digital marketing agency is aiming to help businesses make the most of the statistics in Google Analytics in order to improve their enquiries.
In the latest of MiHi Digital’s series of free events, the masterclass will explain what the information provided by Google means and how it can they can be used to better understand what’s happening on a website, and how it can be improved.
The event is to be held on Wednesday 20th June and is aimed at any business in Devon or Cornwall wanting to better understand Google Analytics and the statistics it provides you on your...
The UK's largest cycle race, The Tour of Britain, is returning to Devon this autumn.
Stage 2 of the race will take place on Monday September 3, starting in the UK’s newest town, Cranbrook, in East Devon and finishing in Barnstaple, North Devon.
It will be hosted by Devon County Council, supported by North Devon Council and East Devon District Council and working with Barnstaple Town Council and Cranbrook Town Council. It will be the tenth time in 12 years the Tour has visited Devon with the county hosting starts and finishes annually between 2009 and 2014 with the last...
As part of the national 100th anniversary commemorating the end of WW1, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity are staging a special concert at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 16th June, 2018.
The event will be compered by David Fitzgerald from BBC Radio Devon.
Hosted by the charity’s Devon County Committee, the evening promises to be an outstanding musical contribution to remember the bravery of those from the 2nd Devonshire Regiment who were tragically killed in action during the notorious ‘Battle of Bois de Buttes. Fought on a sparsely wooded hillside on 27th May 1918 this was one of...
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) has extended the suspension of birth services at Honiton and Okehampton maternity units until mid-September 2018.
The Trust took the decision last year to temporarily suspend births and subsequent in-patient stays at Okehampton and Honiton maternity units. This step was taken to maintain patient safety due to a combination of factors affecting the stability of the services at these sites and the other units it operates in Tiverton and Exeter.
Zita Martinez, Head of Midwifery at the RD&E, said: “We are sorry for...
