Exeter Tennis Centre is looking forward to an exciting 2014, after welcoming a raft of new coaches to its award winning team.
A Beacon Site for tennis’ governing body the LTA, the centre helps hundreds of people from across the city play tennis every week.
The introduction of six new members of the coaching team will allow the centre to widen their programme, introducing a number of new initiatives in January.
Amongst the new recruits is Tennis Development Officer Julie Williams, who will work closely with the Director of Tennis to oversee the centre’s community...
A summer holiday home in Topsham for people living with dementia is to offer a specialist activity club over the winter months.
With recent news that the number of people with dementia could triple by 2050, there is an ever more pressing need for facilities that offer support.
Sallie Rutledge opened The Mede four years’ ago to enable carers and their loved ones to have holidays, after her own father in law was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Although at full occupation in the summer months, the bungalow lies dormant through the cold season.
Rory McCalllum, the head of children and adult protection at Devon County Council has left his £95,000 job.
The departure comes after an unannounced inspection by Ofsted found the county’ children’s protection services were “inadequate”.
Children’s protection, safeguards some of the most vulnerable of the County’s 141,000 children and young people (0-17 years old).
However the Ofsted report stated that: “There are systemic weaknesses in managerial oversight and quality assurance that enable inconsistent and ineffective practice to go unchallenged and as a...
2013 showed rock solid growth for Exeter based digital agency Rokk Media says Managing Director, Adam Stone.
"It’s been an incredible year for us. 2013 proved to be another record breaker thanks to our growing list of local, national and international clients with turnover and profit reaching new heights, staff levels increasing substantially and we’re now able to offer an unparalleled set of skills, professionalism and experience right here in Exeter - the South West's Silicon Valley!
We’ve become one of very few digital agencies in the UK that can truly boast both quality...
Exeter joins £18 million industry-academia networks scheme to boost industrial biotechnology and bioenergy
The University of Exeter is set to benefit from a share of an £18million initiative designed to boost interaction between academic research and industry in biotechnology and bioenergy.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has funded 13 collaborative ‘Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy’ to help promote the translation of research into tangible benefits for the UK.
Devon County Council is warning people to be be prepared for icy roads in parts of the county tomorrow (Thursday) morning.
Areas of higher ground could see road surface temperatures drop below freezing during the peak travel time and gritters will be out on Dartmoor, Exmoor, the Blackdown Hills and parts of north and west Devon overnight.
There is also the chance of sleet and wintry showers tomorrow morning, and everyone travelling on the county’s highways is urged to take extra care.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway...
The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Devon has risen for the first time since February 2013, with figures increasing by 66 claimants over the past month. Claimants in Devon have gone up from 6,513 in October to 6,579 in November meaning a 1% increase from last month.
The news comes the same day as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report reveals that the overall national unemployment rate has fallen.
The ONS reports that nationally 250,000 more people are now in employment since July this year.
Russian MPs have backed an amnesty law that may see the charges against Arctic 30 dropped allowing them to return home for Christmas.
If the amnesty bill passes at its final reading in the Russian Duma (parliament) tonight the 26 non-Russian members of the Arctic 30 will be able to leave Russia and return home.
Six Britons including three from Devon are among those arrested following a protest against a Gazprom oil-drilling platform in the arctic circle.
The amnesty law, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, could also see the release of two members of Pussy...
It looks like we are heading for a windy, rather than a white Christmas this year.
Forecasters are predicting spells of wet and windy weather, more often mild, rather than very cold.
A spokeswoman for netweather.tv said: "The forecasts are showing another stormy area of low pressure heading for the UK around Christmas day. There is some cold air, wrapped up in this but a picture perfect glistening snowy scene is quite unlikely a week Wednesday."
According to the Met Office Christmas 2010 was the last white Christmas. It was extremely unusual, as not only was there...
It was somewhat apt that there was no room at the inn when BBC Radio Devon recorded its annual Christmas carol service at Exeter Cathedral last night.
More than 1,000 people packed into every available space to hear music from performers such as the Choir of St Michael and All Angels at Mount Dinham and the Big Noise Chorus.
They also heard bible and poetry readings from some of BBC Radio Devon’s famous voices including presenters: Judi Spiers, Matt Woodley, Michael Chequer, Tony Beard and John Govier.
Rebecca Shaw, 37, from Christow, said: "The queues were long but...
