Children in care would be found a home with adoptive parents more quickly under new plans to reform the adoption system.
In a joint submission to Government, councillors, chief executives and directors of children's services have set out proposals to significantly increase the number of adopters recruited and speed up the process of finding new homes for children in care.
Under the reforms, councils would work more closely together to help match suitable adopters with children in other parts of the country.
Targeted support work would focus on speeding up the...
The National Secretary of India's main opposition party says she was attacked by five drunk men on a "fully jammed road in New Delhi in the night" in the country's capital.
Vani Tripathi, an actress and politician for the BJP said her attackers fled before police reached spot. Tweeting about the incident she said "Horrifying accident just got saved car smashed and on top of it five men tried to get inside my car all drunk..."
"Called 100 police did arrive but by the time they did if I had not locked myself in the car could've been dead, raped anything was possible!"...
Four artificial grass pitches and swimming pool changing rooms in the South West are set to be overhauled thanks to nearly £1 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England. With three quarters of people citing the quality of the pitch surface and the changing rooms as being important to their sporting experience, Sport England’s new Improvement Fund is investing £1,293,302 million to improve these facilities for the benefit of thousands of people. Sport England Property Director, Charles Johnston, said: “As the research shows people have a better experience of sport when the...
Sky News has revealed that HMV, Britain's last remaining independent music retail chain, is on the verge of being rescued in a £50m deal that will preserve 2,500 jobs.
Hilco UK, which has been operating in Europe for over 10 years, was founded out of a partnership between UK Management and the Hilco Group in the US, the global leader in distressed retail investment and advisory services. Hilco also already runs HMV in Canada and has worked with music labels to secure new releases for HMV’s UK stores.
Sky News' City Editor, Mark Kleinman, reveales "Hilco, the specialist...
Exeter College hosted its tenth annual Oxford and Cambridge Information Day this week, bringing admissions tutors and undergraduates from both universities to Devon so that local students can hear direct from the experts.
Downing College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford have been working with the further education college in Exeter to organise this event every year since 2003.
Free to attend, the Information Day offered up-to-date information, advice and encouragement to local students about aiming high in their HE choices. The day is part of both collegiate...
A spectacular evening of fashion and pampering was enjoyed by guests on Thursday 14 March at gloss-Art Exeter. The evening was organised by Shipman Financial Planning, which raised £850 from ticket sales in aid of Hospiscare.
Peter Ellis, Managing Director of Shipman Financial Planning said "We are delighted to have raised these funds for such a deserving charity that has a huge positive impact in the local community." Other corporate businesses involved in the evening were gloss-Art Exeter, LK Bennett and Molton Brown.
LK Bennett provided the fashion show, where guests...
Having been convicted of causing the death of six of his children - Jade, 10, John, 9, Jack, 8, Jesse, 6, and Jayden, 5 - in a fire at his Derby house on 11 May 2012, Mick Philpott, 56, has been told at Nottingham Crown Court today that he would serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.
He was convicted of manslaughter along with his wife Mairead and friend Paul Mosley, who were told they would serve half their 17 year sentences.
Having deliberated overnight, Mrs Justice Thirlwall told Philpott that he was "the driving force behind this shockingly dangerous enterprise"....
Did you know that Exeter City's Football in the Community Trust runs many different football leagues here in Exeter?
We are always looking for new teams - or individuals - to join us. There’s something for everyone - and if there isn’t, why not give us a call and we’ll see what we can do?
Firstly, our six-a-side league is looking for new teams to play on Wednesday evenings from 6.30-8pm. The new City 6s league starts on 24 April on the excellent 3G rubber crumb pitches at the University of Exeter and is open any men over the age of 16.
Easter is the time for moving away from death to seek new life in unexpected ways and in unexpected places. In Christian terms, no longer is the love of God confined to the past but rather opens out to embrace the future. Yet there are ways in which the future can be found in the past.
Older cultures remind us of the importance of thinking in cycles. Time is not a linear concept but a repeated experience. This is, of course, the ongoing lesson of Nature and the message of calendars. What goes around comes around.
A few weeks ago I was privileged to meet and listen to two...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce joined forces with ESSENCE, Business in the Community and Business 4 Exeter Communities Group last week to deliver an afternoon of networking, presentations and workshops for business and social enterprise leaders.
This event was well attended by a range of guests and members of the Chamber, local businesses and social enterprises. After facilitated networking over lunch, delegates attended two workshops of their choice, covering topics such as tackling finance, local economy, social media, marketing and branding and business planning.
