The public and all members of staff are invited to Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust’s annual general meeting on Tuesday 6 September.
At the meeting, the Trust will look back at its main achievements over the past year and look forward to what lies ahead for the rest of 2016/17. The Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2015/16, and the Quality Account will also be reviewed.
The meeting will take place in the board room at Chichester House, North Devon District Hospital, at 5pm.
Visitor’s to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery can explore changing Southwest landscapes in an exhibition featuring works by J.M.W. Turner, one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, and contemporary British artist Kurt Jackson.
Kurt Jackson visited 12 locations in Devon and Cornwall depicted in Turner’s work. From Land’s End to Exeter he investigated and recorded the profound changes that have occurred between the 19th century and the present. The exhibition, Kurt Jackson: Revisiting Turner’s Tourism, showcases his diverse body of work in a variety of...
Gidleigh Park has once again been named amongst the UK’s top 50 restaurants in The Waitrose Good Food Guide 2017.
Rising seven places in 2017, Gidleigh Park remains the only Devon restaurant to be included in the guide. Executive Chef Michael Wignall commented, “We’re delighted to be named in The Waitrose Good Food Guide 2017, especially as this award combines not only the feedback of inspectors, but also of our guests. I’m so proud of the team here at Gidleigh Park, whose individual talents and teamwork ensure that we continue to produce new and exciting dishes”. Stephanie Hocking...
Spectators have 93 miles (137km) of Devon’s roads to choose from when it comes to watching the Devon Stage Tour of Britain on Friday 9 September.
Devon County Council, supported by East Devon District Council, Teignbridge District Council and Dartmoor National Park, will host Stage Six of The Tour, starting in Sidmouth and finishing at Haytor.
Crowds are being tipped to exceed last year’s record of 230,000 spectators that lined the route in Devon.
And once again the advice is to leave plenty of time to travel to where you’re planning to watch the action, in order to...
A student with close ties to Bangladesh has just returned from a research mission to raise awareness of the damaging culture of child marriage.
Muntasha Quddus, in her 3rd year of the University of Exeter Medical School’s Medical Sciences programme, won the £6,918 Davis Peace Project grant while on her Professional Training Year (PTY) at the University of Chicago. During this research placement year, she decided to take on the poignant issue of child marriage in Bangladesh, where her parents were born and where she visits family most years.
Make your mark in the fight for every heartbeat and become a British Heart Foundation (BHF) Heart Runner by running, jogging or walking either 2km, 10km or a half marathon around the grounds of one of the UK’s most famous historic houses. Entries are now open for the 7th Blenheim Palace running event, which is taking place on 2 October.
Join over 3,000 runners to fight back against coronary heart disease, the UK’s single biggest killer. Last year, those who took on the challenge helped raise over £180,000 for the BHF’s essential and life saving research, which is improving the...
I had always been a little dubious about holiday parks, imagining them to be over-crowded, noisy, with the accommodation being basic and disappointing but, I have to say that after a stay at Ladram Bay Holiday Park, I am converted!
They are a great place to stay with children and ensure there is something to do whatever the weather. The other great thing is that you feel safe not to have your eyes on your children every second. Living just outside Exeter too, it seemed a little strange to be staying away so close to home. However, this was the beauty of the location - no queues on...
East Devon residents have just a few days to respond on how much the council should pay towards the council tax bills of working age householders on low incomes who live in the district
East Devon District Council began a ten week consultation in late June on proposed changes to the working-age Council Tax Reduction Scheme which sets out a framework on how much council tax support can be claimed by these households.
It will be the first time in four years that the council is proposing to change the scheme, which was introduced in 2013. The amendments are being drafted to...
The recent period of good weather is certainly enticing plenty of people to venture onto Dartmoor.
It is great to visit with friends and family to enjoy a picnic in a lovely unspoilt riverside setting, sit amongst the lush green grass and enjoy a fantastic moorland view - or even pack all your gear in a rucksack and head into the open moor to camp out under the stars.
But without the hard work of Dartmoor Rangers and volunteers the picture wouldn’t be quite the same.
Because, without their ceaseless work, in some of the more popular places to visit, you’d be sitting...
With the esteemed Food & Drink Devon award’s ceremony just a month away, the shortlist of the county’s most respected and influential artisan food and drink producers has just been announced.
