A world expert in diabetes will deliver a lecture presented as the top international science award by Diabetes UK.
Professor Noel Morgan, from the University of Exeter Medical School, will give the prestigious Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture at the Diabetes UK Professional today (Thursday 9 March)
The charity awards a number of prestigious lectures to diabetes researchers who are leading in the field, and the Dorothy Hodgkin lecture is their top international scientific award.
Professor Morgan and his team have made crucial advances in understanding the immune attack that...
A merger of Devon & Somerset Trading Standards Service with Torbay’s has been approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet today (Wednesday 8 March).
The proposal to extend Devon and Somerset’s shared service to include the unitary authority, would give all three councils ‘greater clout’ at a time of significant financial pressure, regulatory change and increasing demand.
The proposal has already been approved by Torbay Council’s elected Mayor, Gordon Oliver in the policy development and decision group on 18 January 2017. The proposal will be considered shortly by...
The Millwey SWITCH group in Axminster, East Devon, recently celebrated its fifth anniversary by throwing a special party at the Millwey Community Centre with friends and supporters old and new invited to join in the fun.
East Devon community development workers Victoria Robinson, Mark Gerry and Deirdre Ryan, who organise and run the SWITCH groups, were joined by East Devon Countryside ranger Penny Evans, Anna Arroussi came from East Devon’s Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton and Helen Phillips and Bernadette Johnson were there from the charity HALFF.
Australian Mike Jackson will bring his unique ukulele teaching skills to Musicrooms across the country this month - and will be in Exeter on Saturday (11 March).
Mike will be giving free uke lessons to children and adults in store between 11am and 2pm, with a promise that anyone can play the instrument in half an hour.
The author of 10 Uke ‘N Play books and with 37 albums to his name, Mike has been playing and teaching uke for over 60 years.
Born in Lincolnshire, Mike emigrated to Melbourne over 40 years ago, and has since gone on to teach thousands of pupils aged 8...
The UK’s most vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rental market in the South West, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
New figures show that around one-third of respondents believe that access to private rented properties had fallen among people on housing benefits.
Recent caps to housing benefits were cited by 29% cent of respondents across the UK as a key reason why those on lower incomes were being pushed out of the rental market.
To celebrate the 10th National Apprentices Week (March 6 – 10), home builder Barratt has announced a unique community project at its development in Cullompton.
The new scout hut at Saxon Fields will be built entirely by apprentices covering a range of skills including bricklayers, site management and carpentry. It will be the new home for Cullompton Scout Group and leaders James Buczkowski and Sarah Wyatt said it will transform the organisation which has 60 members in three age groups.
The new centre will also give the group the opportunity to open a second Cub pack and...
Devon County Council is set to record a balanced budget for the 26th year in succession.
County Treasurer Mary Davis said the budget was projected to be in surplus when the financial year ended in four weeks time.
But she warned: “Caution should be taken when looking at this position as there is still time for storm events and winter emergencies to occur.”
Mrs Davis told the Cabinet today that there was likely to be an overspend in adult social care as a result of increased costs in residential and nursing homes and a rise in demand. The number of packages of care...
An additional £4.6 million has been added to Devon County Council’s budget for transport improvements for the coming financial year.
This was approved by the County Council’s Cabinet today (Wednesday 8 March) to add to a £24.5 million package of schemes for its Transport Capital programme for 2017/18. The additional funding includes £4 million from the National Productivity Fund grant. £2 million of these funds will be used to enable the first phase delivery of the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension A361 junction, which will unlock over 1,000 dwellings. £1 million will also see work...
Adrian Hemmings, partner at Simpkins Edwards LLP, commented: “The Chancellor’s budget marked a significant departure from that of Mr Hammond’s predecessor. The silence from the opposition bench alone spoke volumes. In many ways it marked a new beginning focussed more on taxing individuals rather than making cuts in spending. “Designed to address perceived imbalances, many of the tax increases were aimed at the Tory heartland signalling a shift to the central ground. “Mr Hammond’s determination to ensure that individuals’ employment status should not be driven by tax implications, but...
Feast of Fiddles was formed in 1994 as a one-off concert ensemble as Hugh Crabtree thought it would be a good idea and Mike Sanderson of Nettlebed Folk Club thought so too!
Fast forward and in 2017 their sixth studio album entitled Sleight of Elbow will be released. The new album Sleight of Elbow is something of a departure for the band as it features a lot of original compositions from within the band and only a single traditional tune.
Feast of Fiddles embarks on its 24th annual spring tour in 2017 to coincide with the release of their new album.
