Teachers from more than 2,800 schools across the South West can now nominate for Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Young School Gardener of the Year 2013, a quest to find the most knowledgeable, enthusiastic and talented gardening pupil in the UK.
The competition is open to all schools on the RHS Campaign for School Gardening scheme, of which there are nearly 16,500 in the UK, and aimed at children up to the age of sixteen. RHS Campaign for School Gardening started in 2007 to support and encourage UK schools to use a garden as a teaching resource and has gone from strength to strength....
Imagine you have just come out of hospital and are worried about how you are going to cope at home. Imagine you are afraid of being a burden or don’t have any family or friends living nearby to help. This is a crisis faced by many people leaving hospital and this week the British Red Cross in Exeter has launched a new service to help.
Funded by the NHS, the Exeter Red Cross home from hospital service is a six-month pilot providing valuable short-term care and support in the home for people after an accident or illness, giving them the confidence to continue their daily lives....
Police have identified the body of a man found on an Exmouth beach in July 2012. Clifford John Thorne, who was known as John, has been positively identified by a DNA sample and by his family. He was 67 years old.
He had last been seen at his home in Oxford on the morning of 27th January 2012 when he told his family that he was going out to buy a newspaper. He had not been seen since.
At about 8.30am on Wednesday 18th July 2012 his body was found on the shoreline of Cockles Sands near Exmouth. A subsequent DNA test revealed his identity.
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, a day when traditionally chocolate, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones. Maybe you’re planning a romantic candlelit meal at home?
Without wishing to put out the fire of passion, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service would like to remind you of some fire safety tips in the home. With 57% per cent of fires starting in the kitchen during 2012, it is all too easy to get distracted when cooking your loved one a special meal, especially after a drink.
Rather than ruining a romantic moment, keep the fire safety tips...
Persimmon Homes will be the first housebuilder in Devon and Cornwall to offer prospective home buyers access to the Government’s FirstBuy 2 scheme after signing up with the Homes & Communities Agency.
Nationally, 281 of the group’s Persimmon and Charles Church developments will offer the scheme, with a possibility of further sites being added at a later date. Across the South West region at least ten of the developments will offer the scheme. Home buyers can reserve their new home using the scheme from this week for legal completions from 1st April, 2013 to 31st March, 2014....
Traffic officers are appealing for any Devon drivers who were travelling on the A35 at Chideock Hill in Dorset in the early hours of Sunday 3rd February to come forward with information and witness reports after a 79-year-old Bridport man was run over.
The man was found on the A35 at Chideock Hill with serious injuries, which are thought to have been caused by a collision with a motor vehicle, but the motorist did not stop to assist.
Police Sergeant Jon Wren, of Dorset Police’s Traffic Unit, said: “The injuries the victim sustained are very severe and are likely to...
Rural campaigners and astronomers are calling on our nation’s ‘citizen scientists’ to take part in Star Count 2013 – a cosmic census which will help map light pollution across the country. Stargazers will be asked to count the number of stars they can see (with the naked eye) within the constellation of Orion. The national Star Count will take place Friday 8th February – Saturday 16th February. Everyone who joins in will have a chance to win a fantastic telescope. [1]
Emma Marrington, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Dark Skies Campaigner, said:...
A brand new virtual game involving a group of rebels whose quest is to regain the world of cinema from a futuristic government that has banned all films is being launched by the University of Exeter’s cinema museum.
The University’s Bill Douglas Centre, is one of the world’s leading cinema museums and through its extensive collection the virtual game rebels locate cinematic artefacts and uncover film history. The objective of the game is to bring cinema back to the people in the mythical and dysfunctional future society. It will also help users appreciate what cinema has meant to...
School children from Pinhoe Primary School, Exeter, will be visiting their local recycling centre on Monday 11th February to find out what happens to our waste.
The group of 8 to 11 year olds will be at the award-winning Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre to learn what happens to paper, glass, cans, plastic and other recycling when it is brought into the site, where it goes and how it is made into new items.
The Centre opened in June 2011 to provide a second recycling centre in Exeter as the existing one in Marsh Barton was reaching capacity. The Pinbrook centre provides a site...
Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau has received a Community Grant of just over £15,000 from the recently formed Exeter Board.
The money will be used to provide additional specialist advice and information services following the introduction of the Coalition Government's Welfare Reform Act.
The Bill provides for the introduction of a 'Universal Credit' to replace a range of existing means-tested benefits and tax credits for people of working age, starting from 2013.
A key measure in the Welfare Reform Act is to replace Disability Living Allowance for...
