Crackdown on second-hand car dealers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/26/2016 - 11:54am

Trading Standards officers are focusing on the practices of used car dealers and garages across Devon.

Every year Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service receives over 2,000 complaints about second hand cars and servicing.

Since April 2015 officers have inspected 56 car forecourts, garages, and traders selling used tyres.

Officers also booked a car into garages offering free safety checks to test if defects reported by the trader were genuine.

Officers have:

  • Visited 18 forecourts with 13 cars withdrawn from sale.
  • 38 premises
  • ...

Band at the Park - Joey The Lips

Event Date: 
23/04/2016 - 7:30pm to 24/04/2016 - 1:00am
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

South West favourites Joey The Lips will be wowing the crowds at Sandy Park on April 23rd with their high energy funky soul, blues and disco revue.

The 10-piece band includes three vocalists, a driving rhythm section and a killer horn section and they have worked with Will Young and Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats and headlined many music festivals.

From ‘Gimme Some Lovin’ to Beyonce’s ‘Crazy in Love’, and ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ with a heavy metal medley thrown in, the Joey The Lips set is well-known for being ‘fast, fun and furious’ and are...

Auschwitz survivor to talk at Holocaust Memorial Day event

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/26/2016 - 11:07am

A talk by World War Two Holocaust survivor Leslie Kleinman is one of the events lined up in Exeter tomorrow (27 January) to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

This year's Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Religious and Civic dignitaries, including the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Olwen Foggin, will gather for opening and closing ceremonies at Exeter Guildhall, where there will also be an exhibition of children’s work.

Throughout the day Southernhay United Reform Church will host talks, presentations and films involving school...

TBirds crowned Back to Netball regional champs

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 01/26/2016 - 10:22am

New team Teignmouth Thunderbirds (TBirds) Cougars were proud champions in the Regional Back to Netball Festival after a classy 6-2 win over runners up Swaggamamas on Sunday 24th January 2016.

TBirds made it eight wins out of eight in the Back to Netball Festival, organised by England Netball beating 15 teams from across the region to win the tournament at Paignton Sports Hub. It was an encouraging display from the new Back to Netball Club squad, who largely controlled proceedings.

After an even start against Quayside Netball Club, the TBirds began to dominate their 6 games...

Hand hygiene promoted through hospital’s poster competition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/26/2016 - 10:09am

Staff and patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been sharing their bright ideas to promote infection control by designing special posters to be displayed throughout the hospital.

Throughout the autumn, the RD&E’s Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) ran a competition asking patients and staff to design poster campaigns around an element of infection control. Entries could range from guidance about good clinical practice, information on certain products or facts about a particular type of infection. In December, Maternity Support Worker Sally Anne Stone...

Electoral arrangements finalised for Devon

The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Devon County Council.

Today’s publication follows two phases of public consultation on its draft proposals last year and draws new boundaries for each county electoral division across Devon.

The Commission’s final recommendations propose that Devon should be represented by 60 county councillors in the future: two fewer than the current arrangement. The recommendations also propose that those councillors should represent 56 single-member...

Toxic paint in playgrounds puts children at risk

Playground equipment should be monitored more regularly to ensure toxic metals contained within paints do not present a danger to public and child health, a study recommends.

Environmental scientists from Plymouth University analysed the metallic content of paints on equipment at almost 50 playgrounds, including some less than a decade old, across the south of England.

They discovered lead content up to 40 times greater than recommended concentrations, along with higher than expected levels of chromium, antimony and cadmium.

Their research, published in the journal...

Winter death asthma attack alert

Asthma UK is urging people with asthma to be vigilant in winter as data shows the number of people who die because of an asthma attack peaks in January and remains high in February and March. Data from the Office for National Statistics highlights that asthma is the cause of proportionately more excess winter deaths than other conditions and respiratory diseases were the underlying cause of death in more than a third of all excess winter deaths in 2014/15. It’s thought that cold weather and viruses like cold and flu may be partly to blame; 90% of people with asthma report that cold and flu...

Baxter's joy as Stevenson makes Exeter return

Rob Baxter admits the return of Lewis Stevenson to Sandy Park “ticks a lot of boxes” for him as Exeter Chiefs look to advance over the course of the season. With both Damian Welch (pec) and Mitch Lees (bicep) set for a prolonged spell on the sidelines following injuries sustained, Baxter has found his options in the Exeter engine room becoming somewhat stretched in recent weeks.

Keen to bolster his playing stock, the Chiefs head coach today spoke of his delight at capturing the 31-year-old forward, who made 62 appearances for Exeter during a two-year stay 2007 and 2009.

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Exeter swimmers are Devon Champions

Authored by Louis Joyce
Posted: Mon, 01/25/2016 - 5:33pm

The first weekend of the Devon County Swimming Championships took place at the Plymouth Lifecentre on the 16th and 17th January and Exeter City Swimming Club brought a mountain of silverware and medals back to Exeter.

Team Captain Dominic Wooldridge led the way by winning the Championship finals and picking up two trophies in the 200 fly and the 400 freestyle. Dom also took 3rd place in the 200 IM. Closely followed by Aliyah Mai-Webb collecting the championship final trophy for the 200 IM and then reaching the Championship final in the 200 fly and the 200 b/k where she was second...

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