Commuters are set to become the driving force behind a new initiative designed to help reduce traffic congestion in and around Exeter.
Experts from the University of Exeter are leading a new project to help determine what factors influence the time and routes chosen by people travelling to and from the city.
As part of the pioneering project, they are launching a new online survey - found at www.commute-exeter.com - aimed at anyone aged 17 and over who commutes for work or study.
The innovative survey will examine commuting habits, typical journey details,...
A primary school teacher and entrepreneur from Devon is aiming to impress Sir Richard Branson with her vision to provide free 'learn to read' education to the world through her app 'Fonics'.
Miss Cooper, who still teaches full time and works on developing her app Fonics in the evenings and at weekends is entering this years VOOM awards in an aim to win £50,000 in funding and a £250,000 marketing campaign from Sir Richard Branson.
The Virgin Media Business VOOM awards is an initiative where Sir Richard Branson and a distinguished team of judges pick winners across a range of...
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an elderly woman was the victim of a distraction burglary in her home in Newton Abbot.
The woman, aged 90, had around £50 stolen from her purse after letting the suspect into her home.
Police are keen for anyone who saw the man to get in touch as soon as possible.
The theft took place on Sunday 24th April between 2pm and 3pm when a man knocked on the woman’s front door in Wolborough Street saying he had been running and asked to use her toilet and have a drink. The woman let him in and the following day he...
A stoneware flagon which used to contain a lethal ‘cure-all’ is to be auctioned at Chilcotts next Honiton sale.
Radam’s ‘Microbe Killer’ was hailed as a panacea in the late 19th century, when William Radam, a native of Prussia living in America, invented it as a way to kill microbes in humans.
As a gardener, Radam approached the theory in a similar way to killing pests on plants. His resulting medicinal compound was patented in 1886. Although it was 99% water, the liquid also contained 0.59 sulphuric acid, 0.016 sulphurous acid and ash.
MamaCafe Exeter creates a nurturing space for mums to share common experiences, learn from each other and build friendships, from pregnancy through to baby’s first birthday.
We believe in a women’s innate ability to be a great mum and we support them to make gentle parenting choices such as baby wearing and co sleeping in a non-judgmental environment.
We meet on Wednesday mornings, 10-12noon at Munchkins Day Nursery in St Leonards, for cake, tea and chat, supporting each other on our individual parenting journeys. We have up to a dozen mums attending with their babies each...
A South-West based creative agency has designed an international online commemoration to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday. Award-winning Toucan designed The Queen’s Birthday Book, which will form a huge digital collection of messages, photos and videos. Josh Beadon, Toucan’s creative director, said they were honoured to play a part in recognising the public’s great affection for Her Majesty The Queen and enabling everyone to add their birthday messages and personal stories. “The book features a deceptively simple ribbon crown emblem which recognises both her status and a birthday...
Patients are being asked to attend appointments at Exeter's RD&E as usual during the junior doctors' strike (April 26/27), unless they have been told otherwise.
The walkout will see emergency care withdrawn for the first time in the bitter dispute over new contracts.
The strike starts at 8am on Tuesday until 5pm the same day.
It then resumes at 8am on Wednesday and continues until 5pm that day, when it ends.
There have already been four strikes this year, yet for the first time in NHS history this will be an all-out strike.
Anna Soubry, Minister of State (Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has delivered the government's stance on the plight facing British Home Stores staff.
She delivered the following statement to the House of Commons:
"This is obviously a very difficult time for all the employees, somewhere between 8,500 thousand perhaps as many as 11,000 people work in their many stores across the UK. Of course we bear in mind the fact that it’s also very difficult time for the many creditors who will be concerned...
George Peterken, the world renowned meadows expert, is returning to Dartmoor for a celebration of wildflower meadows.
Wildflower meadows - bees love them, butterflies love them, people love them. Nothing sums up summer like the experience of walking through a species-rich meadow, carpeted with flowers and alive with insects.
Yet across the country, wildflower meadows have all but disappeared – 97 per cent of them have gone since the second world war. And Dartmoor is no different. Fortunately, there are still some wonderful survivors.
Fuss Free Phones, a mobile network recently launched across the South West, which makes phones designed for older people and those who struggle with technology, has branded the government’s new proposals on nuisance calls as half-baked. “It's a step in the right direction but so many call centres rotate the numbers they display so it won’t do much to protect the old and vulnerable,” says Simon Rockman, founder of Fuss Free Phones. Baroness Neville Rolfe, minister responsible for data protection, has announced that from Monday 16 May 2016, direct marketing companies registered in the UK...
