Russia’s investigative committee has announced they are to prosecute around 29 Greenpeace activists, who were arrested last Thursday (19 September) following an attempt to climb the Prirazlomnaya oil-drilling platform off the Russian coast. Two Greenpeace activists from the international crew of the Arctic Sunrise were detained during this attempt on the 18 September, with the remaining activists arrested the following day. Among the six British Nationals on the Arctic Sunrise are Iain Rogers, 37 and Alex Harris, 27 from Devon. Alex Harris’s mother Linda has said she fears for her daughter...
It has been reported that 1,700 council workers across the South West are employed on ‘Zero Hour’ contracts. Councils in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall employ workers on the contracts that have been criticised by unions and politicians. Last week Business Sectary Vince Cable announced a review of the practice over concerns that it is being used to exploit low-paid workers. The contracts have been used in some cases to ensure workers do not work elsewhere while not guaranteeing an adequate wage. Devon County Council and Teignbridge District Council are among councils in the South West that...
'Where to build the walls that protect us' is an opportunity for us all to imagine and model a future city. Our city of Exeter. It’s going to be an exercise in serious play.
'Where to build the walls that protect' us is an opportunity for us all to imagine a future city. Our city of Exeter… An architect or planner might call this sort of process a ‘charrette’ – a term that’s used to describe an intensive and collaborative enquiry that seeks to solve a complex design issue.
Perhaps that sounds rather dry and dusty, but you should be assured that this is...
Exeter’s food business operators are being given the opportunity to find out how to achieve a top hygiene rating as part of a free course run by Exeter City Council's Environmental Health Services .
The event, on Wednesday 25 September, focuses on the prevention of food poisoning through good hygiene practices such as temperature control and the avoidance of cross-contamination. Environmental Health Officers with a wide range of practical experience will present the session and a representative from Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service will also be on hand to offer business...
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for information after a white van collided with an eight-year-old boy in Moretonhampstead and then failed to stop.
The incident took place at around 4.10pm on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 on a narrow country lane between the village of North Bovey and Moretonhamstead.
The van collided with the boy as it passed him and his two siblings in the lane but left the scene without stopping.
The boy sustained a fractured leg.
It is possible that the van in question had signwriting and a flourescent stripe on the side.
Work is set to start on the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) Ambulance Special Operations Centre (ASOC West) – a brand new, operational ambulance facility that will provide a central response, training and administration facility for a range of the Trust’s specialist resources.
Operating 24/7, 365 days a year, the team of ambulance paramedics based at the new site will provide the NHS ambulance response to a range of demanding, technical and potentially hazardous incidents across the Trust’s operational areas of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and the...
With fewer than 100 shopping days to go until Christmas Day, applications are open for roles at John Lewis shops across the country, from Scotland to Exeter. Positions are available in a number of departments including the Christmas shop, furnishing accessories, homeware, fashion and electricals.
The retailer is also on the hunt for a number of temporary Partners to work in its Distribution Centres, where over 80,000 orders are expected to be processed each day in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The 24 sites, including John Lewis’s 650,000 sq ft flagship Magna Park warehouse in...
Would you be willing to tell us about your experience? We are looking for people to take part in research to understand their experience of having a suspected medicine reaction. We have had a good response to date and should like to contact some more people before we close this study at the end of June.
You can help by taking part in an interview. We are looking for people aged 18 and above to discuss with us their experience of having a suspected medicine reaction. This reaction may have happened either while taking the medicine or after stopping it and should have been recent,...
A fitting end to the Unexpected Festival's array of extraordinary performances, which took place in and around Exeter over the past week, Diverse City and Cirque Bijou's Extraordinary Bodies circus troupe with a difference wowed onlookers on Exeter Cathedral Green. The Company comprised leading disabled and non-disabled dancers, actors and circus performers, and highly skilled Paralympians new to the world of performance.
Aimed at challenging perceptions of diverse and extraordinary bodies, old and young, and building on the positive perception of disabled people that emerged from...
Update: The FBU strike ended without major incident in the Devon today (25 September).
Commenting on today's four-hour strike by firefighters over government attacks on pensions Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union General Secretary, said: "This was solidly supported strike action by firefighters across England and Wales. It has demonstrated their anger and their determination.
"This strike was a last resort after the government refused to negotiate - and a warning shot that firefighters are serious about keeping a fair, safe and workable pensions scheme.
