Until his retirement in 2000, Dr Hall was a GP in Shebbear and held a post at the University of Sussex, before becoming a senior lecturer at the Department of General Practice, Exeter University. His work there was largely involved with GP training (for which the Exeter Department was nationally renowned), screening for diabetic retinopathy and practice organisation. He also published widely.

Dr Hall also served on the Board of Directors of Diabetes UK and was Chairman of the charity from 1996 to 2001. As Chairman, he toured the UK speaking at many local-group events. He is a...

Dozens of trainees have started an exciting new pilot programme in hospitals and care homes across Devon, training in a new role to become Nursing Associates. Devon was selected as one of 11 pilot sites nationally and the only one in the south to develop the role. The Nursing Associate position is a new role alongside existing others, which is designed to bridge the gap between health and care support workers, who have a care certificate, and graduate registered nurses and offers opportunities for health care assistants to progress into nursing roles. A total of 69 trainees are currently...

A council leader has called for an emergency meeting to discuss transport issues in Exeter after the city’s roads ground to a halt this week following a road traffic incident.

Exeter City Council Leader Pete Edwards has written to Devon County Council, the Police, Highways England, and Exeter Chamber of Trade and Commerce, calling for an urgent meeting to thrash out the problems.

He said: “As things stand, there seems little prospect of things improving, and it will get to the point where people will not want to come to Exeter.”

On Wednesday (2 August) most of...

Exeter law firm Browne Jacobson has announced Devon based ‘Pete’s Dragons’ as its charity for 2017-18.

Pete’s Dragons, which was founded in 2014, provides bereavement support through various projects to people affected by suicide loss across the South West region.

The charity offers practical advice, comforting hampers, financial assistance, holistic therapies, family fun days, grief recovery and respite at the charity’s sea-side holiday retreat.

It was set up by CEO Alison Jordan and her family in memory of Alison’s younger brother, Pete Wicks, who took his own...

As part of its new Greener Living campaign, which launches today, Kier Living, part of the Kier Group, has partnered with Forest Carbon, a company leading the way in voluntary carbon woodland creation in the UK, and has committed to planting 45,000 new trees by 2020 to offset its carbon usage.

Through its partnership with Forest Carbon, Kier Living will create new woodlands totalling 15,000 trees per annum over the next three years – to balance, in time, its annual 3,500 tonne CO2 footprint.

As well as its work with Forest Carbon, Kier Living is implementing greener working...

Police and ambulance were called at 3.05am today [4 August] following a serious collision on the westbound carriageway of the A30 at Daisy Mount Cross, Ottery St Mary.

The collision involved a male pedestrian and an HGV.

The 19-year-old man, from Hampshire, was walking along the carriageway with three other men when he was in collision with the HGV.

He sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital before being transferred to Derriford Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

The other three men were not...

Work on a new £5.7 million junction off the A361 near Tiverton is due to start next month (September).

Roads Minister Jesse Norman carried out a ceremonial turf cutting at the site earlier this week (1 August) to mark the announcement, as part of a whistle-stop tour of road schemes in the county. The access junction will allow the rest of the highway network to be constructed and unlock the first phase of development of homes, a primary school and employment land to the east of Tiverton, which is earmarked in Mid Devon’s Local Plan. Roads Minister Jesse Norman, said: “I was...

AMU Staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have raised £2,000 for the UK Sepsis Trust by showcasing the care they provide during Acute Medicine Awareness Day on 21st June.

The national event, organised annually by the Society for Acute Medicine, aims to raise awareness of the specialty and all that it offers to patients and staff.

Most hospitals in the UK have an Acute Medical Unit (AMU) providing high quality, multi-professional care for patients admitted to hospital as emergencies. AMU staff provide early treatment for a wide variety of conditions, including lung...

Police are being urged to be vigilant following a burglary at a home in Sidbury, Sidmouth, yesterday [Thursday 3 August].

Offenders used gravel stones to break a window and get into the house in the Church Street area between 12.10pm and 12.45pm. Nothing was taken from the property.

The offence follows a previous burglary in nearby Buckley Road which happened sometime between 18 and 21 July. Offenders again got inside the property through a window but nothing was stolen.

Police are asking all Sidbury residents to remain vigilant for individuals and vehicles which...

Jack Nowell is back and ‘roaring’ to go ahead of the new season, following his successful tour of New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions – and he’s turning out for a new team!

But worry not Exeter Chiefs fans, for the young star is only making a guest appearance in a select squad put together by club legend Gareth Steenson for his testimonial game.

Jack has volunteered to join his teammate when the match is played on August 12. However, it is not yet clear in what capacity.

Steenson is celebrating 10 years as an Exeter Chief and as part of his celebratory year...