One hundred and fifty family lawyers are gathering in Parliament today (30 November) to call for the Government to allow a “no fault” divorce. The organisation of family lawyers, Resolution, is spearheading the campaign to change the law and enable couples to proceed with a divorce without having to attribute blame for it to one of them. Devon and Cornwall’s leading family law firm Stephens Scown LLP is lending its support to the campaign. At present, it is not possible for a couple to divorce without blame being apportioned unless they have separated for at least two years. They are...
Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Do you think people look at you strangely? That’s exactly how the Ugly Duckling felt before he learnt one very important lesson!
Devon-based performance duo, Above Bounds, are tackling issues around body-image with an exciting children’s theatre show The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales at Exeter's Bikeshed on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January 2017 as part of the theatre's 'From Devon with Love' Festival.
The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales is a theatrical re-telling of Hans Christian Anderson fairy-tales recreated for...
After a hugely successful 2015, La La choirs return to Exeter Cathedral, along with some very special guests, to raise money for young cancer patients.
Get your tickets Get your CLIC for Christmas tickets on the La La Choirs official website. ( http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/event/clic-christmas-la-la-choirs ) Tickets are £12 for adults and £6 for under 16s.
Along with the La La Choir, Park Community School and Devonport High School, schools from Barnstaple and Plymouth, won the chance to perform in a cathedral after emerging victorious from the Devon Schools Choir...
Devon County Council has scooped a number of accolades at this year's Social Worker of the Year Awards, placing it among the highest achieving authorities in the sector.
78 social workers and social work teams from across England were selected as finalists across 15 different categories, celebrating the achievements of social care practitioners in services that support children and adults.
Of eight Devon County Council social workers or social worker teams selected as finalists by an expert panel of judges, three were announced as category winners and runner ups.
Two programmes offering funds for rural and small business projects is now open.
The South Devon Coastal Local Action Group (SDC LAG) and the Greater Dartmoor Local Economic Action Fund (GD LEAF) have been awarded a total of £3.5 million to allocate to business projects which encourage and promote business growth, productivity and create jobs.
Both were originally set up in 2008 to invest in economic, environmental and community based projects to encourage innovation and promote the prosperity of the South Devon area.
With the Christmas season in full swing, Sidmouth, a Wyevale Garden Centre, has preparations underway to welcome the arrival of Father Christmas to the centre on Saturday 3rd December to open his magical Christmas grotto, which is set to be bigger and better than ever! The centre team welcome families from the local community come down to enjoy this festive event.
Father Christmas will be arriving at the garden centre in a lifeboat donated by the Sidmouth Lifeboat organisation, which will be pulled along by a tractor. Crew members in full lifeguard gear will be on hand to...
Officers from the Devon and Cornwall Police roads policing team are out again this week in unmarked cars targeting motorists who flout traffic laws, in an effort to help keep our roads safe.
This continued proactive activity, where earlier in the month police were primarily targeting mobile phone use while driving, is focusing on the fatal four offences: speed, seat-belts, driver distractions and driving while under the influence of drink or drugs.
Excess speed continues to be a problem, with a number of motorists stopped in the last few weeks for driving at speeds in...
Daniel Kortland has been appointed by Savills in Exeter to its Residential Sales team. Having joined Savills in January of this year, Daniel spent the first ten months at the Brook Green office in London. Prior to this, he worked for a major competitor covering Marylebone, Mayfair and the West End where he worked closely with a range of international and domestic clients on both residential and new developments. Daniel’s role at Savills will focus on Exeter’s town properties and new build developments in and around the city. Having grown up in Exeter and studying at Exeter School he moved...
South West-based Longhouse Group has expanded its portfolio of companies with the acquisition of the region’s leading independent roofing supplies merchant, Roofing Supplies (SW) Limited (RSL). The announcement means Longhouse’s stable of South West companies, which includes grounds care machinery specialist MST and light engineering supplier Parkins, now has assets with a combined turnover of £22m employing over 110 people. Formed in 2012, Longhouse is owned by the ex CEO of Plymouth-based Sutton Harbour Holdings plc, Nigel Godefroy, and ex Redhall Group plc CEO, Simon Foster. The...
A group of international MA degree students are holding an event entitled Atlas of Horror, a screening of international short horror films which aims to show differences between cultures and how fear manifests in different cultures.
Scary stories and horror themes have been present in cinema since its very beginnings.
Ever since film was rolling in the first cameras, the ability to use cinema to deceive the senses and frighten an audience has been ingeniously exploited.
The following films aim to illustrate what scares an audience in different parts of the globe -...
