A mum from Exeter is all smiles after winning a Saturday Street Prize cheque for £10,000, thanks to charity lottery, People’s Postcode Lottery.
Trudi Sandford, 37, had only just returned home with her young son from hospital when People’s Postcode Lottery Street Prize Presenter, Judie McCourt, knocked on her door. Trudi, who has only been playing the Lottery since May this year, was overjoyed to discover her postcode in the EX1 area had won her £10,000.
“I’m definitely still overwhelmed by it all,” said Trudi. “I had literally been home for a minute or two when the team at...
Quality and Partnership are the key themes in speeches from lead organisations at the annual Devon Care Training conference, this year titled What I do Matters.
Care providers and commissioners of care are gathering to share best practice, successes and challenges of working in a constantly changing market place where only those that adapt their businesses to provide tailor-made care will survive.
Care agencies from across the south west are invited to attend the What I Do Matters conference at the University of Exeter on Friday 13 September.
Twenty two Exeter businesses have together raised nearly £8,000 for The Exeter Foundation. As part of taking part in the Exeter Business Games 2013, teams from each business raised £3,939 for the charity. This amount has been generously matched by Thomson Reuters, bringing the total to £7878. Anette Grahns, of Thomson Reuters, said: “Thomson Reuters have been involved with Exeter Business Games since its inception. Apart from it being a fun annual event for Exeter businesses, it gives us the opportunity to give something back to the local Exeter community. Thomson Reuters is very proud to...
Construction company, Willmott Dixon, is expanding its business in the South West peninsular having recently won four major contacts in the area. Together the investment exceeds £20 million and work will begin straight away. Willmott Dixon have committed that £16 million will be spent in Devon, with Devon based contractors.
Willmott Dixon is inviting companies from across the construction sector to attend a Meet the Contractor event at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter on 4 September. Attendees at the event will learn more about Willmott Dixon, its regional presence and its...
East Devon District Council have launched a fresh consultation on aspects of the document that will form the planning blueprint for the district over the next 13 years to 2026.
A decision to go ahead with a six-week consultation into the latest changes was made by EDDC’s Development Management Committee on Tuesday, following advice from the inspector who is examining the Local Plan document submitted to him on 2 August.
Mr Anthony Thickett has been appointed as the Independent Inspector and he has advised that he cannot undertake his examination of the document because...
Earlier in the year, the ELF Community Support Programme was launched to help the wider community who have been diagnosed of leukaemia and other blood disorders, who have been referred to the RD&E Hospital.
Three distinct services of accommodation, transport and advice are now fully operational and will help thousands of patients and loved ones every year. All these services are FREE to the patient and loved one, although donations are welcomed.
Accommodation Initially the charity rented a 2 bedroom apartment just 5 minutes from the hospital, for patients, their...
Newcomers such as the triggerfish are on the increase but coastal change could put puffins, terns and the Glanville fritillary butterfly at risk
A list of six species that might be seriously affected by our ever changing coastline due to coastal erosion and climate change has been revealed by the National Trust. The six species are: little tern, puffin, oysterplant, triggerfish, Glanville fritillary butterfly and cliff tiger beetle.
Research shows how an increasingly dynamic coastline could radically change the face of wildlife on our coast in the coming decades.
Look around you. What do you see? If you were asked to be a witness at a trial, would you be able to remember details and conditions? One of the qualities of successful people in all walks of life is keen observation of things about them. They notice things about people, human nature and the general world around them. Many of us, unfortunately, go through life with our eyes half closed. Perhaps you remember the story of the two streakers who interrupted a New York Yankees baseball game when Yogi Berra was the catcher for the Yankees. In the bottom of the ninth inning, two young people...
Fire crews have been busy during the Bank Holiday weekend attending a variety of incidents.
At 0.51am today, one appliance from Axminster was sent to Cridlake after calls reporting a shed on fire.
Crews found a garden shed well alight, with the fire spreading to an adjoining fence and greenhouse.
One hose reel jet, small tools and thermal imaging camera were used in extinguishing the fire. The shed, fence and green house were all completely destroyed.
At 10.13pm yesterday crews responded to a call reporting a fire behind the cooker in a domestic property in...
Make the most of today's weather because, for a change, it's going to be better than the rest of the week!
According to the Met Office, this morning's mist and cloud should clear through the morning. It will then be a largely dry and fine day with very warm, sunny spells and light winds and a maximum temperature of 26 °C.
Any isolated showers will clear quickly, to leave a mainly dry night with clear spells, which may allow some mist and fog patches to form. The minimum temperature will be 11 °C.
On Tuesday mist and fog patches will again clear leaving a mostly dry...
