The ever popular band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines of the Commando Training Centre, Lympstone will again provide the musical accompaniment for this event which has a well established place on the Devon calendar.
The Military Wives’ Choir from Chivenor will also be performing.
This annual tribute to Britain’s Armed Forces will include the Traditional Muster of Standards of Devon’s Royal British Legion and Service Associations, as well as representatives of the Armed Forces, cadet forces, youth groups and emergency services. It will end with a short Service of Remembrance,...
People across the UK could see a pay rise of up to £400 a year with the rise in the living wage today. The Living Wage is an opt-in scheme which has seen employers across the UK agrees to pay a fixed rate above the minimum wage designed to fit the cost of living. The Living wage has been raised to by 25p to £8.80 in London and by 20p to £7.65 in the rest of the UK per hour of work. The minimum wage currently sits at the considerably lower sum of £6.25 per hour meaning that someone working an average week of 37.5 hours would be earning close to £53 extra a week. Labour Leader, Ed Millaband...
A week long trial at Exeter Crown Court has found two people found guilty of armed robbery today.
Lee Prouse, 24 and Jordanne Morris, 21, both of Stanhope Square in Holsworthy, have been found guilty of robbing Knowle Garage in Braunton on Saturday 10th November 2012.
A third defendant, 28-year-old Jamie Latta, of no fixed address, Barnstaple, pleaded guilty prior to the trial.
CCTV footage shows the masked Latta and Prouse threatening shopkeeper, Trude Mian with a meat-cleaver and a kitchen knife and force her to empty the till.
Performances: 7pm 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 28th November Location: Exeter Guildhall, High Street, Exeter, EX4 3EB. Benefactors: Donate as much as you can – minimum donation £10 Silent Witnesses: £13/£11 concessions
There will be money on the table. Not fake money, real money. It’s up to the group what to spend it on. You have two hours to come to a decision.
How to play:
Become a Benefactor by donating as much as you can. Work with other Benefactors to decide what to spend the group’s money on. You have two hours to come to a decision. No rules. If you don’t decide...
Two churches in Devon are piloting hot cushions to keep worshippers warm during services during the winter.
The re-usable, portable ‘hot-bott’ cushion will be used in churches in Broadclyst and South Tawton.
Each church has been given 50 cushions to trial, with the aim of keeping worshippers warm and comfortable during services.
The pilot is part of the Diocese of Exeter’s ‘Shrinking the Footprint’ campaign to reduce carbon emissions. The Church of England in Devon is exploring a variety of new and efficient heating systems for church buildings. Three quarters of...
We all know that pigs can’t fly, but who knew that cows can?
That’s exactly what happened last month when a group of ‘cows’ flew through the Devon skies in an event named ‘Herd of Cows from Heaven’.
The five strong team took part in the cow print tandem skydive to raise money for road safety charity; P-A-U-L-Y.
P-A-U-L-Y (Parents All United Live-saving Youngsters) was set up by the parents of Paul Bovey who was tragically killed in a car accident on 12 Oct 2012, aged 24. The driver of the uninsured car was also killed in the motor crash which happened near South...
The Government has announced a new £1m round of indpendent research into pregnancy discrimination in the UK.
The programme was approved by Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller and will look in into what effect the discrimination has on both families and the economy. Over 9,000 pregnancy discrimination claims have been lodged against employers in the UK since 2007 with many women being unfairly dismissed before being eligible to claim maternity pay. Maria Miller said: “It’s unacceptable that women suffer from discrimination when they become pregnant and yet many are saying...
