I am a young woman in her mid teens who loves all things cake! Now, who doesn’t love a good cake? Whether you are just a cake eater or whether you are like me and love to bake your own, I hope you will read my cake-filled blog.
I have been baking from a young age. I can remember being stood on a chair in my grandmother’s kitchen helping her with everything from a Victoria sponge to a sumptuous chocolate cake.
I used to be given my wooden spoon and my apron and await instructions. My job was always the beating, whisking and the mixing. Now after all of the beating and the...
The National Childbirth Trust is holding their regular Nearly New Sale, selling baby, toddler & children's wear, books, toys, maternity wear and equipment.
Come and join our Gold Standard event and grab yourself some fab bargains!
11.30am - 1.30pm. £1 entry fee. Priority entry with a valid NCT membership card. NO buggies please.
An independent report that examines the impact of the Government’s reform of the welfare system will be presented to Devon County Council’s Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee tomorrow, Thursday 21 March.
The Committee’s Task Group, which took first-hand evidence from a range of sources, concludes that while the Government’s aim, to encourage people of working age into employment and reduce dependency on benefits, is widely accepted, the changes as they’re implemented will have consequences, not just for those affected, but also on local authorities, voluntary sector...
Two beautiful Devon beaches, Mansands and Scabbacombe near Brixham and Kingswear, are looking worse for wear as a result of the recent poor weather conditions.
The National Trust English Riviera rangers who care for this stretch of coast and countryside are holding a beach clean to tidy them up. As the saying goes, many hands make light work, so why not come and join in?
Local National Trust ranger Tim Bumby explains: ‘Due to recent storms and strong easterly winds there is a lot of rubbish and debris, such as fishing nets and rope, lying on the beaches. Because of this we...
Local healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly went to work in style on Friday 15 March to raise money for Comic Relief.
Staff members celebrated Red Nose Day by wearing something funny for money with an 80s themed fancy dress, while also arranging quizzes, sweepstakes and 80s style games and videos to help raise over £350.
Chief Executive of Exeter Family, Andy Chapman, said: “The effort our employees put into fundraising events such as this is fantastic; the whole day was a lot of fun.
"Comic Relief is such a good cause and there was a great spirit...
Exeter City have signed Anton Rodgers on loan from npower Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion. The 20-year-old midfielder, who began his youth career with Chelsea, joins the Grecians until the end of the season on a Youth Loan. Rodgers has featured regularly for the Seagulls’ under-21 side this season in the Professional Development League, and has represented the Republic of Ireland up to under-19 level. Anton has been handed the squad number 26.
Devon County Council has today (Wednesday 20 March) signed a new agreement with French authorities to reduce the threat of pollution from shipping incidents in the English Channel.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, who represents Devon County Council at the Local Government Association’s Coastal Special Interest Group, has signed the “Cross Channel Declaration” in France at the Cross Channel Forum.
The declaration, co-ordinated by the European funded CAMIS (Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy), is a Franco-British co-operation project. It is pressing for a change in policy to...
Reacting to George Osborne’s Budget, Richard Ayre, chairman of the Institute of Directors in the South West, said: “We applaud the Budget; it offers the South West still more positivity coming as it does so quickly after the Hinckley Point planning approval announcement.
“As a national policy, deficit reduction is a necessity, George Osborne has stuck to his guns and it’s just what we wanted to see.
“Businesses will be glad that the downward pressure on Corporation Tax will continue. Britain must become the most competitive place to do business, and this will undoubtedly...
Oh dear! How much worse can it get. The Chancellor has got a real problem, a complete lack of growth in the economy and debt not coming down. In only June 2010 he forecast borrowing in 2015/16 to be £20 billion. He now estimates this figure to be £87 billion! Debt was to peak previously during 2014/15 but instead will now peak in 2016/17 and at a much higher level. Austerity has been pushed out by a further two years Growth forecasts for the economy have been reduced again but perhaps the good news is that we should avoid a recession at the next quarter’s release of figures. I bet we do it...
The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Devon has risen slightly over the past month, in line with the usual trend seen at this time of the year.
The claimant count across the county was up by 24 from 9,818 in January to 9,842 in February.
Even though the Devon figures reflect the national trend, the month on month increase of 0.2% has occurred at a slower rate in Devon compared to the UK (2%). The claimant count in Devon stands at 2.2% of the working age population, which remains below the national figure of 3.9%.
