Search and rescue helicopters from the Royal Navy have made more than 25 emergency journeys during the recent storms.
9 people were rescued in the West Country with helicopter crews from Royal Navy Station Culdrose battling with the extreme conditions.
These conditions made the journeys far more dangerous and saw 50knot (57mph) head winds triple the journey time of some flights requiring extra stops for fuel in North Devon.
Search and rescue helicopters from across the UK saw what the government described as “almost non-stop” activity during the storms as people...
Exeter based Absolute PR and Marketing rounded off a year of growth after securing a string of new account wins including a major national property developer and an award-winning Westcountry food producer and supplier.
In addition to its recent appointment as the communications consultancy for South West Lakes Trust, Absolute has now landed five new national and regional clients across the food and drink, tourism and leisure, engineering and property sectors.
Multi award-winning retirement property developer Urban Renaissance Villages has awarded the agency its national...
Will You Sleep Rough So That Others Don’t Have To?
The aim is simple: get sponsored to sleep rough for one night, raising funds to help disadvantaged young people build a future.
Join us to sleep under the stars and help raise funds to support Exeter YMCA's work with homeless young people.
Music and other entertainment during the evening will make sure you have a great time and food and hot drinks will be available. All you need to do is make sure you’re well wrapped up!
Date: Saturday 15th March to Sunday 16th March 2014 Time: 8.00 PM to 7.00 AM Place...
Forty young people from Devon have been honoured for achieving their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
The young people have completed their Gold award and were presented with their awards by Deputy Lieutenant, Sir John Evans QPM DL LL.B at a ceremony at County Hall in Exeter.
The ceremony was attended by Helen Jenny MBE, Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme in Devon, and Devon County Council's Head of Child and Adult Protection, Fiona Fitzpatrick
The DofE is a personal development programme undertaken as part of leisure time activities. It challenges young...
We want to develop stroke services for people in Exeter, East and Mid Devon and would like to hear your thoughts on how we could do this.
Your stroke services are currently provided by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (for the hospital part of stroke care) and Northern Devon NHS Healthcare Trust (for the rehabilitation part of stroke care).
The local healthcare clinical commissioning group has been working closely with stroke specialists in both NHS providers, as well as with advisers from the Stroke Association, on proposals to improve the service for stroke...
Grecians into the quarter-final with win over Rovers
It was another famous night for the youngsters of Exeter City as they secured a place in the quarter-final of the Under-21 Premier League Cup.
City claimed another scalp and dominated the fixture throughout and were desperately unlucky to be the team trailing as Jordan Preston headed Rovers into the lead late in the first-half.
But quick-fire goals after the interval by Scot Bennett and Jimmy Keohane gave the Grecians the lead they deserved and a place in the last eight of the nationwide competition – and...
Calling all little linguists! A local language company are offering young babies and toddlers the chance to start learning Spanish with the help of Caramelo a cute little bear or "osito" in Spanish.
Kieron and Jeanna Skinner from Lingo Stars are offering their new Hola Caramelo Spanish activity sessions for babies and toddlers from 10th January at the Hub On The Green, in Exeter. The sessions are run in association with La Jolie Ronde, the leading provider of early language education in the U.K. with 30 years experience in providing language programmes for young children...
The future of three of Devon’s Children’s homes- including one at the centre of a sexual abuse investigation- are in doubt as the council reviews its care of vulnerable children.
The Birchen Road home in Tiverton currently closed after concerns were raised about the potential sexual exploitation of residents outside the home and the placements to the Rifford Road home in Exeter suspended due to a critical Ofsted report.
Blossom Corner in Exeter, the councils third children’s home has been rated good by Ofsted but it currently has only three young people living there despite...
