Over 130 delegates attended two Mock Employment Tribunal hearings staged by law firm Michelmores LLP and held in the spectacular Chamber Room at Kensington Town Hall in London on 2 July 2014.

The lifelike re-enactment of the Tribunal hearings allowed key Bi-Borough employees and clients and contacts of Michelmores to witness how procedural rules are applied by a Tribunal, and to hear the evidence, cross-examination and verdict.

The practical and interactive sessions were led by Michelmores' Head of Employment, Andrew Tobey, who said: “We provided delegates with some pre-...

Dulux Decorator Centre has launched a national competition offering £7,000 of business support to one lucky painting and decorating start-up. The leading decorator suppliers is calling on all Exeter’s recently qualified painting and decorating students to entre via the company’s website. Eight finalists, one from every region of the UK, will have the opportunity to pitch their business idea to a panel of independent judges to win the year’s support. Beverley Whitehead, Marketing Manager at Dulux Decorator Centre comments: “Input from a range of top agencies can really help get a business...

A group of youngsters from Devon who have been in the care of Devon County Council have been celebrated at a national event in London to showcase a special Art Project aimed at exploring their dreams and aspirations.

The group who were nominated by invitation only took their work to the Listen Up 2014 expedition event hosted by the ‘Who Cares’ Trust in Westminster. This is the leading national event for children in care and care leavers across England which brings together decision makers and care professionals from around the UK.

During the evening, everyone was asked to...

An elegant tea party was held at Exeter University to say thank to hundreds of Hospiscare volunteers.

Glasses of bubbly elderflower were served along with pretty cupcakes, dainty sandwiches and cakes at the glamorous event attended by 450 volunteers from all over Exeter, East and Mid Devon. Large balloons and trees decorated the Forum while the Classic Breeze Concert Band made the party go with a swing.

Vicky Lachenicht, Hospiscare volunteering manager, said: “We have more than 1,000 volunteers and we truly value the great contribution they make to Hospiscare. We wanted to...

It would never have occurred to Marita Sherwood that joining a St Loye’s Foundation Families Action Programme and improving her online skills would lead to an invitation to the House of Lords but that’s just what happened to the 32 year-old mother of three from Bath.

Accompanied by Lisa Starbuck, St Loye’s Key Family Mentor for Bath & North East Somerset and Debbie Hale, St Loye’s Operational Lead for Learning & Skills, Marita attended the launch of a ‘Digital Inclusion’ campaign at the House of Lords hosted by the Tinder Foundation and its Chairman, Lord Knight of Weymouth...

Staff and pupils at Beer Primary School are celebrating their second successive outstanding inspection report.

The last time inspectors from the school standards agency, Ofsted, visited Beer they judged the primary school as outstanding.

Now a new inspection by the Diocese of Exeter of the Church of England school has also pronounced it outstanding.

And, in a third success, the Puffins Pre-School has also been rated as good with outstanding features by Ofsted.

To celebrate, the new Bishop of Exeter, The Right Revd Robert Atwell, visited the school and...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision near Uffculme on Tuesday night. At approximately 10.40pm on July 22, a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision occurred on the A3440 just outside Uffculme in Mid Devon involving a Yamaha motor cycle. As a result of the collision the rider, an 18-year-old man from the Cullompton area was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, where he later died as a result of his injuries. An investigation has commenced by the Exeter based serious collisions investigation unit. Any witnesses to the incident are requested...

Local villager Gareth Weekes, 68, was baffled when two separate letters he sent on different weeks were received with ragged holes

Notified of the damage by the bemused recipients, the former newspaperman immediately got on the trail to find out the source of the paper destruction.

The penny dropped when he saw a snail - Latin name Helix aspersa - making its way into the stone wall-embedded postbox because of a strong homing instinct.

Weekes, who lives at Deadbeer, Clayhidon, in the remote Blackdown Hills, said: "The slimy blighters were living in the dark down...