The employment rate in the South West has increased by a record 2.58 million in three months, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.
However while unemployment did fall in this three month period, the figures also show that 6,000 more people in the South West are now unemployed since last year meaning the the South West is the only region to record a rise in its unemployment during th whole year period.
Nationally the ONS figures show that the employment rate is now at 72.3%, the highest it has been since the recession began...
Officers from Teignbridge District Council and the Environment Agency are taking to the waters to check water flows with the little help of a harmless fluorescent dye.
Teignbridge and the Environment Agency are carrying out detailed water movement surveys at Teignmouth Beach on 17 and 25 March in an effort to help minimise the risk from pollution.
Fluorescent dye will be put into the water from a sewage overflow discharge location and water movements followed over spring and the smallest tides. The dye is not harmful to the environment or recreational water users, and will...
Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28th March at 7.30pm.
Prices: Tickets are £12 (full) £10 (under 18s) available from Cygnet Theatre 01392 277189, Exeter Visitor Information Centre or on-line from www.wegottickets.com
‘Wren presents . . .’ is financially supported by Exeter Arts Council.
Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28 March at 7.30pm.
Award winning singer songwriter Mairi Campbell makes a welcome return to Devon, and she blends her distinctive vocals and skilled fiddle playing to create a haunting collection of songs and tunes for her concert. Mairi may be best remembered for her rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’...
Rear Admiral David Pulvertaft will talk about the origins, designs and styles of these historic carvings with an emphasis on those that were created in Georgian and Victorian times by the Dickerson family of Plymouth/Devonport.
Meeting and talk with local bird experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Join them for a 20 to 30 minute walk around the museum to see the wildlife on display. Discover underwater wonders around Devon’s shores, learn how bees are saving the UK millions of pounds a year, which piece of clothing inspired the RSPB’s origins and how everything from tigers to sparrows are being protected by local conservationists.
When depicting ancestors, Maori carvers often include facial and body tattoos within their designs. These patterns are important because each marking may have an important personal meaning. Come and make a mask based on Maori designs as well as your personal meanings.
Parents are expected to stay with their children while they participate and must remain with them if they are under 8 years of age. Some activities are messy so please wear clothes that can get dirty. Aprons will be provided.
10.30am-3.30pm.
Book your tickets here online or from the museum reception in...
Children’s drama tours. Razzamataz Theatre Schools Exeter will guide you on a journey through RAMM, bringing collections, stories and lost secrets to life through interactive drama tours.
An Arts Award event
Book your tickets online or from the museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
Dedicated keepers at Paignton Zoo are caring for a rare baby that weighed little more than a CD at birth.
The pygmy slow loris – which weighed just 22 grams when it was born - was one of twins born to a first-time mother. One twin did not survive, and keepers stepped in to save the other when its mother abandoned it.
For the first night head mammal keeper Craig Gilchrist slept in an office in the Zoo, feeding the minute youngster every couple of hours. It was given SMA gold cap milk replacer using a 1ml syringe and a small rubber teat.
