Hot on the heels of the successful Vintage & Variety specialist shop in Topsham, Devon Air Ambulance Trust is delighted to announce the launch of its second specialist shop. On Saturday 13 July, at 10.00am, Exmouth’s Devon Air Ambulance shop in Rolle Street will become a Discount Shop.
Listening to customer feedback from around the area, Martin Bell, DAAT’s Retail Director, said that they recognised everyone is looking for value for money. Martin explained, “Almost everything in the shop will be just £1, with the exception of some items of Devon Air Ambulance Trust merchandise...
Torbay Hospital has donated a used ultrasound machine to Paignton Zoo.
Paignton Zoo Head of Veterinary Services Ghislaine Sayers said: “Ultrasound is a valuable imaging tool that helps us to diagnose certain types of soft tissue and organ disease including ligament damage and heart disease.”
It has already been used to diagnose a pregnancy in a sheep. Ghislaine again: “The big benefit for us is that it is portable. We could never have afforded to buy a new one for ourselves, so to have this one given to us is wonderful!
The NHS has launched a new ‘be clear on cancer’ lung cancer campaign and local doctors in Devon have urged people with symptoms that could suggest lung cancer is the underlying cause, to get it checked out.
The campaign, which will include advertisements on TV, radio and newspapers, runs for the whole of July and into the first half of August.
It aims to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of lung cancer, especially a cough that lasts for three weeks or more, and to encourage people with these symptoms to consult their GP. Doctors say the earlier the cancer is found,...
Exeter City have completed the signing of striker Sam Parkin, subject to international clearance.
The 32-year-old front-man moves back to England to join the Grecians after having spent three seasons playing north of the border – for St Johnstone, Queen of the South, and most recently Scottish Premier League side St Mirren, with whom he won the Scottish League Cup last season.
After starting his playing career as a youth player at Chelsea, Parkin went on to have permanent spells with Swindon (with a better than one-in-two strike-rate over his three seasons) Ipswich, Luton...
Yes, we know it's way too early to start thinking about Christmas, but how fabulous would it be to see your child or pupil's design on one of the Royal Mail's Christmas stamps?
Royal Mail is running an amazing national art competition for primary school pupils to design stamps for Christmas 2013.
Two lucky winners will see their designs on one of the 1st or one of the 2nd Class Christmas stamps from this year’s range.
Only twice before has Royal Mail run a competition like this – in 1966 and 1981 – so this is the first opportunity for more than 30 years for school...
Magistrates in Devon and Cornwall are almost twice as likely to send a woman to prison as courts in other parts of England and Wales, figures reveal today (9 July).
The Howard League for Penal Reform has released for the first time data which shows how sentencing rates for women vary from county to county.
The figures suggest that, while many magistrates’ courts are making good use of community sentences which help cut crime and turn women’s lives around, other benches are imposing prison terms unnecessarily in some cases.
Options for the future of East Devon District Council’s offices will next be debated on Wednesday 17 July at Cabinet. Subject to the outcome of this meeting it will be followed by a special face-to-face event with local stakeholders on 26 July.
The council is inviting representatives from around East Devon, to join councillors and senior officers for a special event where they’ll hear more about the council’s objectives for the project and can talk about any decisions made by the Cabinet.
Among those invited to the event on 26 July are representatives from Chambers of...
East Devon District Council are delighted to announce that the children of Cranbrook have now selected a preferred design for their £240,000 play space, the first in the new community.
The chosen design which includes, sensory play boards, an explorers Island with boat and barrel, animal rockers and a toddler play house was designed by Eibe, a specialist play equipment company.
Eibe was one of five companies who were invited to produce design concepts for the community to vote on. This was part of an ongoing consultation process during which the children had previously...
An exciting family community festival held by East Devon District Council in Honiton on Saturday featured the official unveiling of a special Queen’s Diamond Jubilee sculpture.
The new sculpture on the side of Honiton Leisure Centre has been in place for a little while, but was formally celebrated and officially unveiled at 1.30pm by East Devon District Council's Deputy Chairman, Councillor Christine Drew, as part of the event.
The mosaic sculpture was designed by six-year-old Alfie Gibbins from Fenny Bridges near Honiton after the previous EDDC Chairman, Councillor Peter...
As the Government spells out its spending plans, the Leader of Devon County Council, Cllr John Hart looks ahead to the next four years.
Here he writes: “I won’t be alone in predicting that the next four years could be the toughest local government has ever faced.
“But we won 38 of 62 seats in May and I believe Devon’s Conservatives have a continuing mandate to take tough decisions.
“When we took control with a landslide victory in 2009, we got straight on with the business of cutting costs and making the authority more efficient and more businesslike.
