An extremely rare breed of seahorse has been discovered off the coast of Devon. The Short Snouted Seahorse, also known as Hippocampus Hippocampus, was found by experts at the National Marine Aquarium and volunteers, as part of an ongoing review into the local marine life, called the Community Seagrass Initiative. The Biodiversity Action Plan species of seahorse is most commonly found in shallow waters where there are abundant supplies of seaweed and seagrass. Its native habitat is off the south west coast of the UK, but is more commonly found now in Mediterranean waters. Due to...
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will in Ilfracombe, Promenade (by the Tourist Office), with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and offer information. The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is.
Cancer can impact on all aspects of your life, and the mobile service team is available to provide information on issues ranging from how to deal with the side effects of treatment, what local support is available for carers,...
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be in Barnstaple, The Square (by the Museum), with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and offer information. The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is.
Cancer can impact on all aspects of your life, and the mobile service team is available to provide information on issues ranging from how to deal with the side effects of treatment, what local support is available for carers, where...
It’s very rare nowadays for an employee to stay with one employer for life, and millennials are quick to move if they’re not finding what they’re looking for in their existing workplace.
This means that organisations, who want to realise their potential, need to be able to:
Attract great talent
Develop and retain great talent
Synergise performance across 5 different generations in the workplace
How to motivate their staff in effective ways.
This is a challenge for all leaders and business owners, but one which can be...
Encouraging shoppers to change their shopping habits and savouring the joys of the market, ‘Making Markets Matter’ is heading to Newton Abbot Market on Saturday 8 July.
Hosted by The National Market Traders Federation (NMTF), the UK’s only national body for market and street traders, events retailers and mobile caterers, the event encourages support for local retail markets. Now in its 12th year, the event highlights everything markets offer, from great fresh food to a thriving social scene and central community.
Events at Newton Abbot Market start at 10am on Saturday, with...
They look like ordinary people - different ages, backgrounds and interests.
What binds them together is that each is an Exeter Mid and East Devon Samaritan volunteer and remarkably they have served a combined 81 years.
Most of the six, who were presented with long service awards at the AGM of the charity’s Exeter branch this week, serve as listeners who respond to the thousands of telephone calls, emails, text messages received by the branch each year.
But most have other roles - some are involved with training new volunteers, one handles IT for the charity’s...
Devon Air Ambulance’s annual Motorcycle Ride Out is returning to the Den, Teignmouth, on Sunday 9th July 2017 with an afternoon of live entertainment from 1pm. This event is free for all to attend in support of Devon Air Ambulance (DAA).
DAA have a great line up of local bands including Littermouth, Five Finger Discount, Thick as Thieves and The Rock Section, with tech provided by Big Bear Recordings.
DAA are encouraging all friends and families of the riders, as well as locals and holiday-makers, to come along and enjoy this free afternoon. The first sets of riders are due...
A collection of old camera negatives tucked away inside the roof of Killerton House, near Exeter in Devon, have been discovered during a major roof repair project.
Over 30 negatives, possibly hidden by the Acland family in the 1920s to be found years later, have inspired staff to create a time capsule and the National Trust property is calling for people to send in their memories of Killerton to be included.
Photos include what is thought to be family pets, foreign travels and a young Sir Richard Acland in knitted swimwear and a big rubber ring, about to take a dip in what...
Last time, it was hard hats and high viz jackets all round as Ladies Do Lunch enjoyed an exclusive preview of Lympstone Manor, celebrity chef Michael Caines’ new country house hotel.
Four months on, the dress code was definitely summer for the Ladies’ first lunch there since it officially opened.
They were welcomed by Ladies Do Lunch hostess and founder, Sally Sedgman.
Then they enjoyed a tour of the hotel and then sipped champagne on the terrace enjoying the magnificent views of the River Exe before tucking in to a two course lunch in one of the hotel’s beautiful...
