Neil Parish MP attended Bliss’ parliamentary event on Thursday 27 February. The campaign and reception were organised by Bliss, the special care baby charity, which provides support to families of babies born premature and sick across the UK.

The campaign has been launched with the release of their report called ‘It’s not a game: the very real costs of having a premature or sick baby’, which is based on a survey of over 1300 parents and 178 hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales. The report found that:

• Parents of a baby admitted to neonatal care face extra costs
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After months of bad weather the sun is finally back and South West locals are lapping up the good weather whilst they can. However, the sun does not mean a break for all of us, with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service being called to many incidents over the weekend.

In the early hours of this morning ( Sunday 16th March) firefighters from Danes Castle were called to conduct a lift rescue.

Crew spent around half an hour rescuing two people trapped in a lift at Birks Grange, New North Road, Exeter at 12.15am.

Both those trapped in the lift left the scene...

Music therapy is the use of music as an essentially social and communicative activity to try and enhance behavioural and emotional outcomes. Music Therapists work with a variety of people in a variety of settings but at the core of their approach lies the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client.

One local charity using Music Therapy to enhance the lives of children in our community here in Devon is Honeylands Children’s Centre. The Music Therapy team at Honeylands work with around 100 children who either find language difficult or impossible. For the children who...

A woman who sustained head injuries following a crash on Exeter Road, in Teignmouth yesterday has been transferred to Derriford Hospital.

A female casualty was initially taken to Torbay Hospital after the vehicle she was travelling in crashed into a lampost just before 1pm on Friday 14th March.

Due to the severity of her injuries she has now been transferred to Derriford Hospital.

A police spokesman said:

" We recieved a report of a Road Traffic collision at Exeter Road in Teignmouth at 12.55pm. The car, a Black KIA Picanto, had crashed into a lampost...

#5 – Precooked Frozen Shrimps

You need to be very careful when you feel like preparing shrimps at home. Our suggestion is that you skip the packages that they offer in big supermarkets. Instead, buy shrimp at a local fish counter. The difference is that precooked frozen shrimp that you can buy at the supermarket is processed with too much salt (around 75 mg alt per ounce), while you won’t find nearly as much sodium salt when you buy them at a fish counter.

#4 – Cornflakes Yep, most people are still completely unaware of the fact that a cup of cornflakes contains around 274...

Firefighters were called to toilets on the sea front of Budleigh Salterton today to rescue an elderly man trapped inside.

An appliance from Budleigh Salterton attended the incident at 3.53pm.

On arrival crews found a man to be trapped inside the toilet block and rescued him using small tools.

An eldery woman has been treated for smoke inhalation after her microwave caught on fire.

Crews were called to the woman's property in Wychall Park, Seaton at 10.26am after reports of a microwave fire.

The fire, which was out on crews arrival, occured because toast had been put in the microwave.

The fire resulted in ambulance staff attending, with the elderly woman being treated by paramedics for smoke inhalation.

Home turf, capacity crowd and the hopes of a rugby-mad region right behind them - it seems Exeter Chiefs have all the ingredients to serve up a real treat in Sunday's LV= Cup final at Sandy Park (1pm).

Standing in the way of silverware for Rob Baxter and his team, however, are Premiership rivals Northampton Saints, themselves no strangers to the big occasion and indeed former winners of the competition in 2010.

Sat at the summit of English rugby's top division, the Saints have certainly been the team that have set the benchmark this season. Jim Mallinder's men - even...

Crew from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to extinguish a baler which was on fire at Exeter's Marsh Barton Industrial Estate this morning.

An appliance from Danes Castle and from Middlemoor attended the incident, at Devon Contract Waste Marsh Barton, at 8am this morning.

Firefighters attended the scene after reports of a baler on fire.

On arrival they found a fire involving a plastics baling machine within an industrial building. Fire crews extinguished the fire using one hose reel jet.

The cause of the fire is believed to be...

It is one of the most challenging environments in the world - snowbound for months at a time and full of life threatening hazards - but an Exeter student has taken it all in his stride.

Every year elements of the Royal Marines decamp the UK and move briefly to Norway's Arctic Circle where they undergo training in cold weather warfare.

Exeter sports student, Sam Logan, is one of 40 Royal Marine reservists in Norway for the first time undergoing phase one training learning vital Arctic survival skills.

Over the course of two weeks the commandos have to adapt to...