Devon residents are being called on to help prevent people in their communities from taking their own lives by supporting a project to train up hundreds of specialist suicide ‘first aiders’.
Suicide devastates lives, families and communities – in Devon two people take their own lives every week. Local Authorities, GPs, the NHS and the voluntary sector work closely together to prevent suicide. But often it is communities who are better placed to recognise the early signs of distress and intervene before a person’s problems reach crises point. Now Devon County Council’s Public Health...
Come and meet the crew who are rowing the Atlantic Ocean next year for Surfers Against Sewage. In preparation the team have a 2 hr on-off schedule and will row non-stop for 24hours. Come and see what kind of boat they will be living on for 2 months next year. It's going to be 0-3deg on saturday night and they'll be battling the cold wind throughout the night.
During the day there will also be a chance to show what you’re made of by entering a rowing competition to win some plastic-free goodies.
Let us know how you make Exeter plastic free by tweeting us @RowForTheOcean...
The WESC Foundation’s decorated tree has been named winner of Princesshay’s Charity Christmas Tree Festival, featuring thirty-five trees decorated by charities from across Devon.
The popular annual Christmas Tree Festival, located on Roman Walk, Princesshay, was officially opened on Friday 17 November by the Lord Mayor of Exeter and will be in situ until Christmas Eve. Runners up were FORCE and the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.
The Christmas trees were judged by Ann Hunter, Exeter Business Improvement Manager, who said “The Charity Christmas Tree Festival is a...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Ali Hepher says he and his squad are “excited” at the challenge that awaits them when they travel to Saracens in Round Nine of this season’s Aviva Premiership on Sunday (3pm).
The Chiefs claimed pole position in the league standings a week ago when they not only made the most of Sarries slipping up at Gloucester, but they then themselves recorded a 31-17 home win over Harlequins 48 hours later.
Although not at their vintage best in seeing off Harlequins - the Chiefs trailed 17-14 at the break - the reigning champions regrouped well during the...
Police were called just after 9.15am on Thursday 25 November with reports of a collision between a Vauxhall Astra and an 86-year-old local woman on Cowick Street, Exeter.
The serious collisions unit attended the scene to undertake initial investigation work.
The woman was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with serious injuries including a fractured skull and injuries to her leg.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101@dc.police.uk quoting log number 149 for 23 November.
Residents from across Devon have been inspired to recycle more food thanks to a series of composting roadshows.
More than 1,000 pledges to recycle food waste were made by residents visiting one of the 11 road shows across Devon.
Composting is the most effective way to reduce waste - at least 30% of the contents in an average household bin can be composted.
The roadshows, run by Recycle Devon, aimed to inspire more people to either compost food or garden waste at home, or make use of their food waste collection in areas where they have one.
If you own a farm, then you are probably always looking for new ways to improve it. Adding new outbuildings to your property will not only give you more space, but it will also improve the overall value of your farm. Today, we are going to learn more about the benefits of steel buildings and how they can help you improve your property.
Steel Buildings Will Protect Your Equipment
All farms have different types of equipment that is used for various applications. But if you don’t have a way to protect your equipment, it can often end up out in the rain. Over time, rain and...
Players from Exeter City Football Club will be donning their Sugar Smart Exeter t-shirts this Saturday (November 25), for their warm up before their league match against Accrington Stanley.
Sugar Smart Exeter is an ambitious campaign to encourage the community to come together in tackling the amount of sugar people in Exeter consume. Exeter City Football Club led the way in this initiative and were the first organisation to make Sugar Smart pledges in Exeter. Some of their pledges include stocking healthier food and drink in their outlets, reducing sugary food and drinks,...
RGB Building Supplies raised £2,150 for Children’s Hospice South West during its charity breakfast morning on Friday 3rd November.
The event saw visitors to RGB’s Exeter branch make a donation in return for a bacon roll with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the charity.
Paul West, Branch Manager at RGB Exeter, commented: “Our charity events are always extremely well supported, so a big thank you to all our customers who supported the fundraising breakfast morning and helped us raise such a fantastic amount of money.”
The Fire Service were called to a report of a property fire in Kingsteignton Road, Chudleigh at 20.44 yesterday.
Initially three fire appliances were mobilised from Bovey Tracey and Newton Abbot along with an Operational Assurance Officer. On arrival crews confirmed the property was well alight and requested a further fire appliances which proceeded from Ashburton, Torquay and Teignmouth.
Below is the fire service report to date:
21:05 A water bowser was requested which proceeded from Torquay.
21:15 Crews confirmed this is a detached building well alight,...
