A Devon teacher who was drunk on school premises is free to return to the classroom after a professional conduct panel decided a teaching ban would not be “appropriate”.
In May a Professional Conduct Panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) found that while Gillian Mary Brunt, a former teacher at Tavistock College, "fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession" they believed a prohibition order banning her from teaching “would not be an appropriate and proportionate response.”
The incident occured on 12 July 2013 when 52–year-...
The epic film Gone with the Wind marks its 75th anniversary this year.
Scarlett O’Hara, the ultimate southern belle and heroine, forms the basis of a re-released book ‘Scarlett’s Women: Gone with the Wind and its Female Fans’ which explores the film and why it appeals to a wide female fan base.
A free talk will be given by the book’s author, Professor Helen Taylor, on Thursday 12 June at 6pm in the University of Exeter’s Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. There will also be a screening of the film on Saturday 14 June.
This public event will offer the opportunity to share...
Over £2,000 has been added to the Exeter Foundation coffers following the highly successful Big Walk 2014 held at the weekend.
Helping to raise vital funds for theFoundation, which looks to support a minimum of 20 local charities and organisations, the 84 walkers proudly took up the challenge of working their way around the picturesque 10-mile course that started and finished at Sandy Park, home to the Exeter Chiefs rugby team.
Building on the success of previous years, once the walk was completed participants were then able to enjoy a well-earned first pint or soft drink,...
He’s already won a business award, taken on 25 staff and is heading for his first £1 million turnover. And now Chris Rundle’s company GK Signs is on schedule to sticker in excess of 8,000 vehicles this year for the likes of Thrifty Car and Van Rental and Hertz Rent a car.
And here’s the remarkable bit - Chris is just 19.
GK Signs was an ailing company turning over just £48,000 when Chris took over the Exeter-based firm in July 2011 - symbolically the day after he left school aged 16 with just three GCSEs.
Since then, he’s won back nearly all the previous clients....
South West small businesses could be inadvertently damaging their growth prospects by paying accountants who aren’t even qualified, warns ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
The warning comes after research from cloud accounting software provider ClearBooksPro showed just eight per cent of small businesses considered an accountant’s qualifications when choosing one.
ACCA points out that there is no law preventing anyone from calling themselves an accountant, and that as a result small businesses could be unknowingly paying someone without the...
There is £50,000 of sports money available to Honiton that will be used to deliver three exciting projects.
This is Section 106 sports money, collected by East Devon District Council on every additional dwelling created in the town. EDDC has a groundbreaking policy of spending this money through a process of community involvement.
Honiton Town Council and EDDC worked together to publicise the fact that this money was available, asking individuals as well as sports organisations and voluntary and community groups to come forward with their ideas for how it should be spent...
Devon could retain a professional youth work service and eight area-based youth centre hubs if new proposals are agreed by Devon County Council's cabinet next week.
If approved the plans could see local youth service hubs set up around the county to continue council lead youth work in the area.
While it is not yet a plan in place the eight local hubs are likely to be based in Exeter, Exmouth, Bideford, Barnstaple, Newton Abbot, Tiverton, Totnes and Okehampton.
The final decision is also expected to include extra funding for communities to help them develop their own...
The Devon Games to Inspire 2014 (DGTI) will be held on Saturday 14 June at the Sports Park in Exeter on the University of Exeter Campus.
The games provide the opportunity for young people to compete in 11 sports and activities to win individual medals and gain points which will go towards the overall trophy for their area team.
The event which is part of the national Sainsbury’s School Games programme and it is expected that over 800 young people will take part from across the county.
In addition the event provides an opportunity for young volunteers from Devon’s...
Fishing vessels have a far bigger ecological footprint than previously thought, according to research which tracked the movement and behaviour of seabirds using GPS devices.
A team of scientists led by the University of Exeter discovered that northern gannets change their behaviour in response to the presence of large vessels such as trawlers, suggesting each boat can significantly influence the distribution and foraging patterns of these and other marine predators.
Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) are known to feed on discards from fishing vessels as well as diving for...
