Essex and Chelsea are now famous areas of the UK due to hit reality shows TOWIE and MIC. Woolacombe is the next UK destination to put itself on the map when it stars in a new two part TV series which starts tomorrow.
‘Who needs Ibiza: The Great British Holiday’ is a two-part TV series set at Europa Park in Woolacombe, one of North Devon’s most popular seaside towns. The first episode is scheduled to air on BBC Three on Wednesday 12th March at 9pm and looks at the growing popularity of ’staycations’ amongst the younger generation. The documentary, filmed last summer follows staff...
Marsh Barton Security Services (MBSS) has been awarded the highest industry standard accreditation by the National Security Inspectorate (NSI). The National Approvals Council for Security Systems (NACOSS) Gold Award holds the greatest perceived value across industry and by the police, fire and rescue services and insurers.
MBSS are one of very few local companies to hold the Gold standard award. NSI operates a stringent approach to approvals meaning that businesses and homeowners who choose NSI approved companies can be reassured that their contractors will work to the highest...
A Devon conservation charity is coming to the aid of a native species under threat from its bolder American cousins.
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has teamed up with the Environment Agency and Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust to help the white-clawed crayfish.
The white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is one of the largest freshwater invertebrates in the UK but is under threat of extinction in the wild because of the introduced American signal crayfish, which out-competes its British counterpart for food and carries...
Chagfarm, a new not-for-profit Community Interest Company located in Chagford has reached the half-way point of it's crowdfunding campaign.
The eight week campaign will see the Farm Directors, Sylvan and Davon Friend, seek £15,000 for more farming equipment and facilities to expand their raw goats’ milk dairy and ensure the continued resilience of the local community’s food supply.
After successfully achieving its first year targets of turning over £12,000, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprise, is on a mission to show that their business model is financially...
Members of a local gym teamed up to help Paignton Zoo’s orang utans.
A group from Winners 2000 Fitness in Paignton worked in heavy mud to build a new climbing frame on one of the islands used by the great apes.
Emily Rogers from Paignton Zoo said: “They made light work of the huge task. There were more than twenty large wooden poles that needed erecting on the island and the team worked amazingly well together in very difficult conditions.”
The 16, who gave up their free time to help the charity, conquered the task three hours ahead of schedule. As a thank you they...
The second quarter of 2014 has seen a boost of confidence within the jobs market in the South West with hiring intentions of plus 9% according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. This is a jump of five percentage points from the first quarter.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,112 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking employment survey of its kind and...
The opening hours of the NHS walk-in centre in Sidwell Street, Exeter, have been temporarily reduced as of yesterday.
The opening hours will now be 8am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
The NHS Trust has been forced to reduce the opening hours due to staffing issues, including long-term sickness and difficulties in recruiting suitably qualified staff.
The change in opening hours has been supported by the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group.
Kate Lyons, the Trust’s director of operations, said:
Popular Exeter charity, Football in the Communty (FITC) may be set to be receive a considerable grant from Exeter City Council. The Council is proposing to give the charity, that uses sports to promote education, participation, health and wellbeing and social inclusion a grant of £19,800 that could secure its long-term plans for expansion. The money has been earmarked from the City Council's New Homes Bonus Local Infrastructure Fund and if granted would be used to pay for a feasibility study looking at the redevelopment of the Fountain Centre at St James Park, where FITC is based. Jamie...
Seeing as it's Tuesday why not give yourself a laugh with these humourous Double Barrelled names...
#1 – Looney-Warde
This hapless couple from Oregon were married on 9th July 2005 at the Grand Ballroom in Salem. The question is… did she adopt his double-barrel name or did she insist on creating a surname that will condemn their kids to years of taunting at school? Your guess is as good as ours.
#2 – Best-Lay
Jennifer Lay and William Best from Maryville in Missouri exchanged vows recently at the home of the bride’s parents. It’s quite...
