South West Water is the first company in the UK to have secured support from Government, under the Employer Ownership Fund, to help it to train a new generation of engineers.
The announcement was made on Monday (3 November) by Business, Innovation & Skills Secretary Vince Cable at the launch of Tomorrow's Engineers Week, which is aimed at encouraging more people to take up careers in engineering, given the national shortage of skilled engineers. The Government and South West Water are to co-invest more than £250,000 to support staff in developing engineering skills within the...
Wicked Head legal high shop in South Street, Exeter has now ceased trading following an investigation by police after numerous complaints had been received since the shop’s opening in August. The complaints centred around anti-social behaviour, nuisance and disorder by persons visiting the shop located in South Street, Exeter and the subsequent effects on them following purchase of substances deemed ‘legal highs’. Over three months police logged complaints from local trades and members of the public visiting the City to shop. The anti-social behaviour by persons attending the shop to...
Police in Torbay have issued a photograph of a man who is wanted for recall to prison. They are actively looking for Gary Ward, 32 years old, from Torquay who is wanted for recall to prison after breaching his prison licence conditions. Ward is described as a white male, 32 years of age, 5’ 9” or slim build with short black hair. Ward, who was convicted of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, is believed to be in the Exeter area. He also has links to Torbay and Ilfracombe. Officers are proactively following a number of lines of enquiry to ascertain his whereabouts and intend to arrest him...
John Lewis today revealed its 2014 Christmas advertising campaign, which evokes the magic of make-believe at Christmas through a child’s eyes.
Set to the track 'Real Love', sung by Tom Odell and originally written and recorded by John Lennon, the heartwarming advert tells the tale of an unlikely friendship between a little boy, Sam, and his penguin friend, Monty.
Monty and Sam do everything together and the advert follows them playing happily through the year, from hide and seek to football. However as the winter months draw in, Sam begins to notice that Monty is sad and...
The remaining tickets from the September general sale for Rugby World Cup 2015 will go back on sale at the end of November.
The sale of around 300,000 tickets spanning 25 matches will take place in three stages, with priority access given to applicants that were unsuccessful in the ballot.
Stage 1 – Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 November – Ticket sale open to unsuccessful applicants from the September general sale.
Stage 2 – Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 November – Ticket sale open to partially successful applicants from the September general sale (applicants who did not...
An eight-year-old fundraiser has won a Hallowe'en pumpkin carving competition with a not so scary creation that wowed the Lord Mayor of Exeter.
Raising money for charity Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), the Southgate Mercure Exeter Hotel gave out pumpkins to guests, businesses, supporters of the charity and others.
Amongst the many entries Hannah Sparkes, who uses the charity’s Little Harbour Hospice, in St Austell, won the children’s competition with her striking creation, which featured a huge smile beneath purple, pink and white hair.
A workshop to increase awareness of alternative approaches to treating mental illness and fostering wellbeing is being held at St Stephen’s Church, High Street Exeter on Friday 7 November.
A University of Exeter historian of mental illness will be working in partnership with the Executive Director of ‘Magic Carpet’ one of Exeter’s leading arts for health charities, to encourage open conversations about mental health and the values of creative therapy for people with mental illness. With recent news about under spending by local authorities, celebrities such as the late Robin...
Devon County Council is supporting a new scheme aimed at encouraging the growth of dynamic small social enterprises and 3rd sector organisations in Devon.
The project will be run by The School for Social Entrepreneurs, Dartington.
Social entrepreneurs establish and run enterprises with the aim of furthering specific social, cultural, and/or environmental goals, into which profits are reinvested. They tend to operate predominantly within the social economy.
It follows the success of a similar scheme in North Devon earlier in the year which saw 17 participants...
Registered Nurses are being offered the opportunity to find out more about what it’s like to work at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust at a recruitment open day on Saturday 8th November.
The event, which takes place between 9.30am – 3pm in the Research, Innovation, Learning and Development (RILD) building on the Wonford site, will give prospective employees the chance to learn more about the Trust and the opportunities on offer.
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to over 400,000 people in Exeter and East and Mid Devon,...
