Devon & Somerset Trading Standards is warning residents to be on the look out for scams.
With the Trading Standards Institute ’s ‘ Scam Awareness Month ’ already underway, local people are being advised on how to avoid falling victim to professional scams that could end up leaving them thousands of pounds out of pocket.
Every year in the South West, hundreds of people are conned by scammers and since May 2012 the total number of complaints made to the team, which is part of a joint service commissioned by Devon County Council and Somerset County Council , have risen by...
Budleigh Salterton parish residents are being asked to decide how to spend £35,000 available for sports in the area.
Budleigh Salterton Town Council and EDDC are taking their voting stall to Budleigh Gala Week, The Green, Budleigh Salterton on Saturday 25 May between 1pm and 4.30pm. So why not go along and cast your vote?
The money has come from recent housing developments (Section 106 money) in the parish. It is now up to residents to decide how the money is used.
An appeal for ideas last year produced a range of suggestions from Budleigh Salterton residents,...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will be discussing rural crime and policing issues on the opening morning of the Devon County Show 2013 (10am - 16 May). He will join Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and the County Chairman of the Devon Young farmers, Paul Glanvill, for an open forum in the Young Farmers area. (Avenue D - stand 215) Among the topics expected to be covered are:
Theft of farm machinery
Livestock rustling
Metal theft
Poaching
Anyone attending the show is welcome to take part in this event. There will also be an...
The Eastern Locality of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is looking forward to seeing members of the public at its Board meeting on Wednesday 22 May 2013.
Dr David Jenner, chairman of the Eastern Locality, said he hoped people would come along to the Board meeting to find out about healthcare in their area and how they can get involved.
The Eastern Locality covers Exeter, Mid Devon, East Devon, and as far west as Okehampton and Moretonhampstead (but excluding Ashburton and Bovey Tracey).
The second in a series of master classes taught by local, well-known French chef Mikael Perret is all set for Thursday 16 May. The class runs from 7 - 9pm and is being held at Gourmandine Creperie & Bistrot on Catherine Street, just behind House of Fraser.
This month's lesson is all about Patisserie and students can expect to learn the finer details of making French classics like warm chocolate & hazelnut brownie and fondant, raspberry tarts with crème patisserie, profiteroles with chocolate granache and crème Chantilly, and of course short crust, sweet & choux pastry...
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is set lo leave the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 May, released a video of himself singing the 1969 classic Space Oddity by David Bowie.
Chris has been entertaining social media fans for months with tweets from space, and released the video on Twitter saying: "With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity , recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World." (NewsPoint)
Devon & Cornwall Police say that they received a call at 1.17am this morning (3 May 2013) reporting that a number of buses were on fire in the Summercourt area of Cornwall. It is thought that at least 37 buses have been deystroyed by fire, a third of bus firm Western Greyhound's fleet, which will impact on the bus service provided in mid-Cornwall. There were no persons injured as a result of the fire. It is understood that there will be no Park & Ride service from Truro operating today. The A3058 Newquay to St Austell Road will remain closed for most of the day between Summercourt...
Update: The deceased has now been formally identified as Kevin Vallance, 54, from the Okehampton area.
At around 5.50pm on Sunday 12 May 2013 police were notified of a single vehicle collision on the unclassified road between Chilla and Chilla Chapel Cross, near Halwill Junction in the Beaworthy area of North Devon. A tractor towing an un-laden trailer had mounted a verge to its nearside and its nearside wheels had dropped into a drainage gulley between the verge and the hedge. The tractor had been travelling towards Chilla from the direction of Halwill Junction. The driver was...
Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on 9 May based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models.
"People benefit by reefs having a complex structure - a little like a Manhattan skyline but underwater," said Peter Mumby of The University of Queensland and University of Exeter. "Structurally-complex reefs provide nooks and crannies for thousands of species and provide the habitat needed to...
Young people from churches across Devon will have the chance to say what they want the county’s next bishop to be like, in an event organised by the Diocese of Exeter. Young people will be able to record their views and thoughts on what makes for a good bishop in video diary rooms set up especially for the day. The following month, two young people will get the chance to present their ideas to the Prime Minister and Archbishop’s appointments secretaries, as part of the formal consultation process before a new bishop is appointed. The current Bishop of Exeter, Rt Revd Michael Langrish, is...
