Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has warmly welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement not to make any further budget cuts to policing. “Two weeks ago we were celebrating changing the Government position through our work in Devon and Cornwall on the funding formula.” “Today we see the product of a longer campaign to persuade Government not to proceed with disastrous cuts to police budgets.” “The change in the Government’s position makes it possible for us to plan on building a policing service for 2020. This is a service that will better meet the new and increasing...
School groups are being offered concessionary tickets at Exeter’s popular festival of ideas for the first time in 2016.
The theme for next year’s event is Dreams to Reality.
The one-day conference which brings together speakers with “ideas worth sharing” has been running at Exeter Northcott Theatre since 2012.
This year it will have a simultaneous livestream to the nearby Alumni Auditorium, where some of the seats will be reserved for schools and colleges around Devon. Audiences from both venues will come together for breaks and lunch in the University’s Great Hall...
The number of empty homes across Teignbridge is at an all-time low.
As of October 2015 the number of empty homes in Teignbridge is 365, a reduction of 370 since 2008.
The figures have been released ahead of National Empty Homes Week (30 Nov 2015 - 6 Dec 2015), a national drive to highlight the waste of empty property nationwide, and to celebrate the success of numerous examples and new initiatives to bring empty homes back into use.
Properties become empty for a variety of reasons, including owners moving into nursing homes or other properties going into probate. In...
With Christmas and New Year getting ever nearer, solicitors around the region will be preparing themselves for the influx of calls they will receive regarding divorce. Known as ‘D day’, this is first day legal offices open after the festive break and it is traditionally the busiest day of the year for divorce enquiries. This year is will fall on Monday, January 4, 2016.
The Chancellor George Osborne used his Spending Review and Autumn Statement today to set out how he will deliver economic security, national security and opportunity for families across the South West.
The region will benefit from major protections to health, education and defence budgets, while the Chancellor also announced wide-ranging new local investments to support transport and small businesses, and to help families pay less for their water bills.
Announcing £7.2bn to be spent on transport over the next five years, the Chancellor confirmed a £150m investment to take £...
Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced that The Michael Bishop Foundation has granted £50,000 a year for the next three years in unrestricted funds.
The Michael Bishop Foundation supports a range of organisations across the arts, education and health sectors and was established in 1989 by Lord Glendonbrook.
Exeter Northcott Theatre Chair Lady Studholme said: “We are thrilled - this really is wonderful news. It is a real endorsement of the progress the Theatre has made during this year.
"We are committed to matching this annual grant through our own fundraising...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park mark the countdown to Christmas with a special visit from Santa, Rudolph and his helpers this December for festive fun.
Guests are invited to join Santa in his grotto for Santa’s Interactive Story Time and hear magical tales of his festive adventures. Younger guests will also receive a free gift from Santa to take home at the end of their visit.
Santa’s Storytime with Rudolph and his helpers will take place at on 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th December and 19th - 23rd December from 10.30am, so there’s plenty of opportunity to enjoy a spectacular...
Essential maintenance work is planned at the set of traffic signals on the junction of Fore Street, East Wonford Hill, Butts Rd and Whipton Lane in Exeter.
The work starts today (Wednesday 25 November 2015) and is expected to be completed on Friday 4 December 2015.
The traffic signals, poles and electrics, which are at the end of their serviceable lives, will be replaced in addition to repairs to cable ducting, where required.
Temporary traffic signals will be in place while the work is carried out and for its duration.
Scientists from the University of Exeter are warning of the risks that seismic surveys may pose to sea turtles. Widely used in marine oil and gas exploration, seismic surveys use airguns to produce sound waves that penetrate the sea floor to map oil and gas reserves.
The review, published in the journal Biological Conservation, found that compared to marine mammals and fish, turtles are largely ignored in terms of research attention and are often omitted from policy guidelines designed to mitigate the environmental risks of seismic surveys.
