As part of National Stalking Awareness Day (Thursday 24 April 2014) Devon and Cornwall Police are reminding people not to suffer in silence and report any incidents of stalking to the police. As many as one in five women and one in 10 men report being stalked at some point in their lives (British Crime Survey 2009/10). Stalking is unwanted and obsessive attention by one individual towards another. It can involve persistent phone calls/texting, sending of gifts, following a person or damaging their property, plus with the increase of technology stalking can also take place online.
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is taking its campaign against palm oil to the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink.
The Zoo is sponsoring the Exeter Chamber of Commerce networking lunch on Friday 25th April, which is part of the Festival. The lunch will include a talk from Paignton Zoo and the Proper Cornish Food Company on how the two organisations worked together to develop palm oil free Cornish pasties.
Palm oil is a widely-used ingredient found in many everyday foods and other products, but its production destroys habitat vital to species in South East Asia,...
Site manager Nathan Pyett from independent developer, C G Fry & Son has won a Considerate Constructors Scheme 2014 National Site Bronze Award.
Nathan received his award in London and was joined by his partner Julia Simmonds and Kevin Murch, Construction Director of C G Fry and his wife Teresa. This award is in recognition of improving the image of construction and was for Holmdale site in Sidmouth built for DCH (formerly Devon & Cornwall Housing).
The Considerate Constructors Scheme's much-revered National Site Awards 2014, recognises and rewards the UK's most...
A warning notice has been issued to Devon Partnership NHS Trust after failing to complete improvements to quality of care at Coombehaven ward at Wonford House Hospital.
The warning notice was issued after inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that patients on the ward were still not consistently involved in the preparation of their care plans or had regular access to their named nurses despite these concerns being raised by a previous inspection.
The notice means that the Trust must now complete the improvements to Coombehaven ward, which serves as an...
Around 800 businesses across East Devon can still benefit from a scheme offering rate relief of up to £1,000 for the next two years. But time is running out to sign up to the scheme.
The initiative, adopted by East Devon District Council, is designed to give local retail businesses of a rateable value of less than £50,000 a chance to compete on a more level playing field with internet retailers.
Businesses to benefit include shops, post offices, restaurants, cafes, pubs and garden centres.
Councillor David Cox, EDDC Cabinet Member for Finance, said: “A £1,000...
Dave Barr, Managing Director of thebestofExeter, and organiser of the Devon Business Expo 2014 is delighted that this innovative and exciting event will be sponsored by Basepoint, Marsh Barton, Exeter.
Basepoint specialises in the development and operation of flexible business, innovation and enterprise centres. These centres provide comprehensive accommodation and support infrastructure packages to new and early-stage businesses within a supportive and secure environment. The company operates both wholly and part-owned centres, as well as managing facilities on behalf of public...
A new study by a University of Exeter researcher has shed light on how an estimated one million-strong population of wild camels thriving in Australia’s remote outback have become reviled as pests and culled on a large scale.
Sarah Crowley, of the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus, explored the history of the camel in Australia, from their historic role helping to create the country’s infrastructure through to their current status as unwelcome “invader.”
The deserts of the Australian outback are a notoriously inhospitable...
What is Exminster Fete you may ask if you have not heard of it. Well Exminster Fete is a fete which has been held for the last 3 years and 2014 is going to be our fourth year. We are looking for as many people as we can too come along and enjoy the day no matter the weather. So come on down on the 17th August 2014 and enjoy the fun there will be loads of stalls loads of fun and lots too do for kids and adults. Don't forget too share with all your friends and family.
For more details visit our facebook page or our website which will be uploaded once we've published it....
At 6.30pm on Thursday 1 May, the Salutation Inn in Topsham, which offers the very best local, regional and seasonal produce cooked by Tom Williams-Hawkes and his brigade to a modern French influenced style, will be hosting a unique gourmet dining event in association with WESC Foundation.
Dining in the Dark - the first of its kind in the South West - will not only raise funds for the vital work being undertaken by WESC Foundation, a specialist centre for visual impairment, but will also give diners a real sense of what it is like to be visually impaired, if only for one evening....
Organisers of the inaugural Honiton Sausage & Cider Festival on May 3 are advising the public that tickets will not be available to purchase on the gate, such has been the response to online booking.
The festival, which is being held to raise money for emergency out-of-hours voluntary medical courier service Devon Freewheelers and other good causes, promises great entertainment with live music acts Sweet Black Angels, Ollie Bowern, Fools and Horses, Diamondogz plus headliners, The Wurzels.
Gates open at 8.00am and the music starts are 10.00am with the Ukelele Band....
