The East Devon District Council Countryside service is, with the support of 25 volunteers, co-ordinating a series of surveys to gather valuable data on bird, reptile, butterfly, dragonfly, wildlife, bio-diversity and water quality at nature reserves across East Devon.
The surveys which are taking place at a number of nature reserves managed by the Countryside team, include the Maer in Exmouth, Holyford Woods near Colyton, Seaton Wetlands and Trinity Hill.
The volunteers have been offered training in their field and in data recording, so that they can visit the sites to...
Devon and Cornwall Police is supporting Operation Sceptre, a Home Office instigated week of action aimed at detecting knife related crime, increasing intelligence, community engagement and public reassurance, the main part of which is a knife amnesty.
The policing teams taking part are Cornwall; South Devon; Exeter, East and Mid Devon; North and West Devon and Plymouth.
Members of the public can dispose of unwanted bladed items, without fear of prosecution, such as knives, zombie knives, swords, kitchen knives and unwanted collectibles.
On 10th July, The Seaton Care Home, part of independent care provider Southern Healthcare, celebrated ‘International Teddy Bear Picnic Day’ in their newly refurbished courtyard with under 5’s from local nursery Pink Hippo. The children and residents had lots of fun with their cuddly toys and enjoyed scrumptious cakes made by the residents specially prepared in the care home’s kitchen on the morning.
The international event takes place every year on the 10th July and helps to celebrate one of the world’s favourite toys, and has done since 1988. It’s widely celebrated across the...
Catherine Price was aged just 13 when her mum died from cancer and coming to terms with her death hasn’t been easy. Having also experienced the upsetting loss of four other close relations to cancer - Catherine is getting together with her close friend Danni Floyd to take on Race for Life Pretty Muddy. The 24 year-old support worker is keen to urge women of all shapes and sizes to muck in and join the fight by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Pretty Muddy event in Exeter on Saturday 22 July at Westpoint. Cancer is a disease which has robbed her also of her young cousin...
A conservation charity is offering local green fingered folk the chance to have their patches honoured as a ‘wildlife-friendly garden’.
Devon wildlife Trust is launching its Wildlife Gardening Awards to encourage Exeter people to help the city’s varied and precious wildlife. The scheme is free to enter and open to individuals, private gardeners, schools, housing associations, community groups and businesses based in Exeter. The charity plans to present Wildlife Gardening Award plaques to gardens which are able to achieve six nature friendly criteria from a list of 25 that it has...
What do you keep just in case? Is it a safe little black dress that you wear when you are feeling no-so-slim, is it those bits of wood in the shed which are sure to come in handy someday, or is it an old PC or laptop? Unfortunately a computer, unlike the others has a sell by date. Whilst there will always be someone in need of wood or a lovely black dress, the computer industry is constantly moving forward with faster processor speeds, better graphics and larger memories. Your old IT can quickly become useless. With an average 3-4 year cycle of computers huge numbers of computers are being...
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Devon teenager in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police were informed by an ambulance crew at around 4:50am on Saturday 15th July that they had taken a 15-year-old girl to Torbay District Hospital who was unconscious after taking an unknown substance.
Police attended both the hospital and Bakers Park in Newton Abbot which was where the teenager in question was located. Sadly, the girl later died at hospital. Her next of kin have been informed and police are supporting the family.
Are there lessons to be learned from Exeter’s past to take into its future? Can we discern characteristics from its history to enlighten the next few generations of this more than two-thousand-year-old city?
From its first beginnings as a prehistoric hill settlement, what has really determined Exeter’s wealth and well-being has been its geographical location – its underlying geology, its climate, and its estuary position east of Dartmoor.
On a promontory overlooking the river valley, Exeter has enjoyed a position of strength against potential invaders, access to water for...
If you want to earn money as and when you want to selling, award-winning products, then a Devon mum may be able to help you.
Elle Thomas has launched a new business, working as an independent consultant for Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic, a world leader in organic beauty and wellbeing.
And she is encouraging others to join her expanding team (see below for contact information).
Having been a NYR Organic customer for nearly 20 years, a chance to join the company she loves and work when it suits her and earn great money, was a chance Elle wasn't going to miss.
Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police have become the first police forces in the UK to launch a fully operational drone unit.
The latest in drone technology has been trialled in the respective forces since November 2015 and such has been their benefit, an operational drone unit has been created; the first of its kind in the UK.
Chief Superintendent Jim Nye, Commander for the Alliance Operations Department, said: “This is an historic step for the Alliance and policing in the UK; Drone capability is a cutting edge way to support operational policing across Devon, Cornwall...
