Teignbridge is doing its bit to help stamp out smoking habits by signing up to the Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control.
Teignbridge District Council has signed up to the statement of intent to do all it can to help reduce smoking rates among its communities as well as highlighting the harm smoking causes.
The council joins many others, both in Devon and across the country, in taking comprehensive action to address the matter.
In April 2013, the public health function transferred from the National Health Service to local authorities. Each top tier and...
Detectives investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy in Kingsbridge returned to the town one week after the tragic event to appeal for the public’s help.
A murder inquiry was launched after the death of Alex Peguero Sosa, from the Kingsbridge area, who was found with fatal injuries at a bus shelter in Prince of Wales Road around 2.20am on 6 July.
Lee Dent, 42, of East Portlemouth, Salcombe, has been charged with murder and remains in custody following an appearance at Exeter Crown Court on 10 July.
Detectives and local officers returned to Kingsbridge on Saturday...
Greens are warning a new EU-US trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could undermine agriculture in the South West, and in particular have a devastating effect on the region’s many small scale farmers. TTIP is a proposed ‘free trade’ agreement between the US and the EU, the negotiations around which are currently taking place behind closed doors. However, information that has emerged about the proposed deal shows that if successful, the agreement could result in the harmonization of food standards between the EU and US. This would mean that, for...
New tougher primary school tests in maths and English will further the government’s objective of ensuring nobody leaves school without being able to read or write and with a solid grounding in maths, Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said yesterday (Monday 14 July).
Sample questions for the tests taken by seven-year-olds and 11-year-olds - in maths, reading, and grammar, punctuation and spelling - reveal the higher standards expected of children in the 3Rs.
The new tests will come in from 2016, reflecting the greater demands of the rigorous new curriculum, which will be...
The finalists for HJ’s 2014 British Hairdressing Business Awards have been announced and Exeter’s Holly Baumgart of Jeff Goodwin Hair has been shortlisted for Junior of the Year.
After an intense judging process, category sponsors, key business associates and industry names that are respected for their vision and success, confirmed Holly as a leader within her field.
Along with five other finalists within each category, Holly will now face a two-month wait until winners are announced by a celebrity media host at the black tie ceremony on Monday 8 September at the Lancaster...
On 19 and 20 July, Killerton estate will host a brand new event, ‘Killerton Spun’. There will be demonstrations and exhibitions designed to show visitors the way in which materials such as wool, silk, cotton and linen can be transformed into fabrics, garments, braid and much more. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch demonstrations, including crochet, spinning, printing and lace making, all based within Killerton house and gardens.
Denise Melhuish, Killerton’s House and Collections Manager, said: "We are working in collaboration with staff and students from Bicton College...
Set in the mystical centre of Moscow’s cultural & artistic quarter Park Gorkogo (Gorky Park) is the perfect back drop for who are undoubtedly the greatest circus artistes on earth.
Superstar Clowns Splendid Pavlik & Klava invite the audience to this wondrous and mysterious place, a place to romance, a place to stroll & take in Moscow at sunset & a place to see magnificent feats of human achievement, in many case’s that have never before been witnessed in Great Britain.
As our Loveable Buffoons reminisce about past times in one of the most famous cities on...
Lapford Horticultural Society held their Rose and Sweet Pea Show on Tuesday 8 July. Pictured are the top prize winners Wendy Townshend, Eileen Ridd, Jessica Burrows, Noel Parry, Jean Black and Edna Copus. Judges Mr and Mrs Cleave, from Torrington, said they were very impressed by the standard of the entries. Besides the roses and sweet peas, there was also a small number of classes for vegetables, perennial flowers, fruit and photography. Chairman Sue Brient-Evans said she was delighted with the entries, as last year the weather was so bad, there were hardly any sweet peas.
Variations in high-altitude wind patterns expose particular parts of Europe, Asia and the US to different extreme weather conditions, a new study has shown.
Changes to air flow patterns around the Northern Hemisphere are a major influence on prolonged bouts of unseasonal weather – whether it be hot, cold, wet or dry.
The high altitude winds normally blow from west to east around the planet, but do not follow a straight path. The flow meanders to the north and south, in a wave-like path. These wave patterns are responsible for sucking either warm air from the tropics, or...
