The Exeter branch of AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has been named ‘Branch of the Year’ at the AAT Professional Member Awards. Held at the De Vere Beaumont Estate in Windsor on Thursday 8 June 2017, the awards are designed to celebrate AAT’s professional members, and acknowledge their excellent and inspiring achievements. The Exeter branch impressed the panel for its varied CPD programme, its involvement with the local community, and some innovative ideas on how to improve its event experience. The Exeter branch committee holds an event programme for local AAT members that has...
Motorists are being encouraged to check they’ve swapped the ‘old for the new’ before they park in any of Teignbridge District Council’s car parks.
From Saturday July 1, payment machines in Teignbridge District Council-owned car parks will only accept the new 12-sided new pound coins.
At the same time, people are able to ‘go cashless’ and use card and phone payments as quicker ways to pay.
Although old one pound coins don’t go out of circulation until 15 October 2017, Teignbridge needed to bring the switch in earlier than planned to avoid making expensive changes to...
The directors of an Exeter food outlet have been fined by magistrates after they admitted the premises were unclean and food hygiene standards had been breached.
In May 2016 complaints were received by Exeter City Council about Hong Cheng Limited, trading as Hometown, in St David’s Hill, Exeter.
An environmental health officer completed an unannounced visit to the newly opened premises. The conditions found led to the voluntary closure of the premises, with a number of improvements needed to be put in place before it would be allowed to reopen.
Between 9.30pm and 9.50pm on Saturday (24 June) near to the lawn on Brunswick Place in Dawlish, a 32 year old local man was assaulted which resulted in a serious wound to the neck.
It is understood that the victim was leaving a local takeaway and was confronted by a man and an altercation has taken place. The injury is alleged to have been caused by a broken bottle.
A 19 year old man from Hereford was arrested for attempted murder and a 24 year old man from Dawlish was arrested for assault. Both men have been questioned by police. The 24 year old man has been released under...
Young cricketers from Kidderminster have been knocked for six after being let down by a sports travel company, leaving plans for a summer tour to Devon in tatters.
In March Glamorgan-based Syrene Sports Travel Ltd offered to organise the five-day tour, sourcing accommodation and games for the team, whose players range from 14 to 18.
But Kidderminster Cricket Club’s junior section chairman Sarah Beadsworth said since early June she has been “fobbed off” by travel company boss Adrian Evans and since last Friday he has not answered her phone calls or texts.
Signs Express Exeter's Nick Baxter-Sibley was catching up on twitter when he noticed a ‘tweet for help’ – Montgomery Primary School were looking for help with a sign for their new Community Garden.
Sarah Vickery, Assistant Head at the school, takes up the story...
“At Montgomery we take our motto 'Taking Care of the Future' very seriously. So when we were presented with the opportunity to collaborate with St Thomas Residents Association and Blooming St Thomas to create a community garden in our local park we jumped at the chance. We have relished the opportunity to work...
While everybody in the UK is still wondering what the consequences the country´s path to Brexit will actually bring about, some schools like Offwell Primary from Honiton and Redhills Primary from Exeter as well as the ACE MAT from Devon have been successful in gaining Erasmus+ funding to participate in a pioneering Erasmus+ project with Spain, Italy and Latvia which is led by the English teacher, Enrique Ruiz Cano, from Andrés García Soler Primary in Spain.
This project, therefore, includes these two Primary schools from Devon, the ACE MAT, the Spanish school, Scuola Padre Pio from...
The Exeter and East Devon Breathe Easy group has donated two brand new Pulse Oximeters to the Respiratory Outpatients Department at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to help support patients who have lung conditions.
The new pieces of portable equipment will be used both at the RD&E and out in the community to monitor patient’s oxygen saturation levels.
The local support group, who meet regularly in Clyst St George, provide advice and support to patients who are living with respiratory problems and their families. With over 200 members, they meet once a month to for...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (30 June – 2 July):
THEATRE
Daliso Chaponda Friday, 8pm, Barnfied Theatre, Exeter Comedy Grove are proud to announce Daliso Chaponda & Friends. Straight from the stages of Britain’s Got Talent where Daliso finished 3rd place in the completion. Tickets £11. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
Joel Dommett - Live 2017 ** SOLD OUT ** Friday, 8pm, Exeter Corn Exchange Fresh from his hugely memorable performance on 2016’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, one of the UK’s most energetic and exciting...
Devon County Council is due to host representatives from six European countries at the beginning of July, as part of a project which aims to reduce food waste, from producer to plate, as well as influence future policy.
For every 2 tonnes of food eaten in the UK, 1 tonne is wasted - 10 million tonnes in total every year. In Devon, food waste makes up to 24 per cent of a household dustbin, costing £3.3 million to dispose of and the average household wastes up to £700 throwing food away each year. The cost of food waste to the UK’s hospitality and food services industry is estimated...
