Headline event for festival organisers!

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:54am

Festival organisers in Teignbridge are invited to get on board with a new event aimed at giving them all the help they need in ensuring their event is a success.

Teignbridge is organising a new Festivals Forum event on April 3 from 4pm – 6.30pm at Old Forde House, Newton Abbot. The forum is focused on helping established and new festival organisers, big or small, come together under one roof to help make it easier for them to stage their events and reassure themselves that they have everything covered and are up to date with all the new developments in the industry.

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Browne Jacobson appoints litigator

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 8:02am

National law firm Browne Jacobson has continued to expand its thriving clinical negligence practice with the appointment of new health partner Michael Chambers into its Exeter office.

Michael has over 15 years’ experience of handling litigation, arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

He previously spent nearly five years as an in-house senior solicitor in the Legal & Risks Services department at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) in Cardiff where he acted for health boards throughout the region and advised on a large caseload of high profile...

Exeter residents' parking consultation begins

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 7:57am

A consultation to determine if residents’ parking zones, introduced in Exeter last month, should be extended started on Friday (24 March).

This consultation is in response to requests from local residents living in areas near and adjacent to the new residential parking zones.

From this weekend residents in the affected roads will be receiving a postcard giving details of the consultation and how to respond.

It will assess the need for further parking restrictions to address the displacement of vehicles parked by non residents into these areas.

These...

Mitsubishi Motors Exeter Sevens launches

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 7:11am

Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s took over Princesshay Shopping Centre on Wednesday (22 March) to launch this year’s tournament which returns to the South West on 15-16 July.

England Sevens players Tom Bowen and Charlton Kerr were in attendance, fresh from winning the HSBC Vancouver 7s, alongside England Sevens Academy player Callum Sirker, the Deputy Lord Mayor and a host of rugby clubs from the local area, all showing their support for the upcoming tournament.

Hundreds of passers-by got the chance to test out their rugby skills against the England Sevens players with passing...

Friends hard at work on Pebblebed Heaths

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/26/2017 - 4:30pm

The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths are amongst the most highly regarded conservation sites in Europe.

Known to some as Woodbury Common, this wildlife haven also encompasses common land associated with other historical parishes including Dalditch, Withycombe, Lympstone, Bicton, East Budleigh, Colaton Raleigh, Hawkerland, Aylesbeare and Harpford.

The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust was established by Clinton Devon Estates in 2006 in response to increasing national and international recognition that lowland heaths are a habitat rich in wildlife and need...

Castle Drogo calls for 500 clocks in time for art installation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/26/2017 - 12:01pm

As we put the clocks forward this weekend, the National Trust’s Castle Drogo is inviting people to donate their unwanted clocks to become part of a new contemporary art installation, ‘Harrison’s Garden,’ by internationally renowned artist Luke Jerram, that will be on display at the castle from 14 July. The countdown to collect timepieces starts this Sunday, 26 March, as Castle Drogo hopes to gather over 500 ticking treasures from the public by 7 July. The 500 clocks will join 2000 clocks already part of the installation that will go on display. ‘Harrison’s Garden’ promises to be a...

Exeter City 3 Yeovil Town 3: Match report

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/26/2017 - 12:07am

Exeter City showed their never-say-die attitude as they battled back from three goals down at home to Yeovil Town.

The Grecians looked to be heading to defeat in the 89th minute even when David Wheeler had crashed a volley off the inside of the post. However, Troy Brown then headed home in the first minute of stoppage time and Reuben Reid completed a remarkable comeback that kept City in the play-off places with seven games of the season to go.

City manager Paul Tisdale made four changes to the starting line-up. Wheeler and Reid, having not trained all week due to injuries...

Chiefs 30 Sharks 25

Exeter Chiefs netted themselves another five-point haul, but head coach Rob Baxter was far from happy despite seeing his side maintain their top two status with this hard-fought victory over visiting Sale Sharks.

The Chiefs survived a real scare from Steve Diamond’s side to record their 11th league win of the campaign courtesy of tries from Kai Horstmann, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Olly Woodburn and Don Armand, but those were the key highlights in a performance that Baxter insisted post-match lacked any real intensity.

Sale made the most of favourable conditions to dominate for...

Dartmoor Aspiration Day inspires schoolchildren from across Devon

Hundreds of primary schoolchildren from across Devon descended on Dartmoor last week to discover the path to their future career at the inaugural Dartmoor Aspirations Day.

Organised by Princetown Primary School, and sponsored by Dartmoor Classic, the event saw over 300 schoolchildren and teachers from seven primary schools* coming together to discover just what it takes to make it in their dream job.

Representatives from over 20 different disciplines took the schoolchildren on a journey of discovery and adventure, providing an insight into their careers and the skills that...

Devon health visitors equipped with new tech

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 03/25/2017 - 2:42pm

Virgin Care has launched a mobile-working system to increase the time Health Visitors can spend with families in Devon, as the organisation continues to transform the Integrated Children’s Services it has run since 2013 to help families feel the difference.

Health Visitors in their Devon Integrated Children’s Services have been given iPads with special secure software meaning they have access to patient notes, emails and best practice information without unnecessary trips to office bases dotted around the county.

When Virgin Care took on the service in 2013 it was reliant...

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