Bob Crow , RMT General Secretary following major signal failure on SW Trains/Network Rail alliance out of Waterloo last night, said; "This latest infrastructure failure on main routes out of London follows a spate of similar signal, overhead line and track breakdowns which have caused chaos in recent weeks and which RMT believes are linked to massive cuts of 20% in maintenance budgets and staffing.
"The SW Trains/Network Rail alliance is supposed to be the McNulty model for the future and yet it is delivering some of the highest fares for some of the worst services and has been an...
A regular sight at its home of London Victoria train station, Orient-Express’ British Pullman train will be leaving the hustle and bustle of the ‘big smoke’ for the fresh sea air and sweeping Devonshire coastline, where it will welcome guests at Plymouth and Exeter stations to experience the atmosphere of the era of the Golden Age of Travel.
The stunning vintage 1920s and 1930s carriages of the British Pullman, sister train to the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, are a haven of crisp white table cloths, glistening crystal filled with fine wines and Champagnes, gleaming...
More should be done to highlight depression and remove stigma of the condition, says Devon County Council.
A review, published this week by a Council task group, examines the scale and impact of depression in older people in Devon, and looks at the services and strategies to help people affected.
While there is quite rightly considerable focus on dementia, depression is reported to be twice as prevalent.
The World Health Organisation projections indicate that depression will be the highest ranked cause of disease burden in developed countries by the year 2020....
Remodelling work will begin this summer on the first of the county’s dementia care Centres of Excellence in Newton Abbot.
Mapleton Care Home, on Ashburton Road, already provides care for people with dementia, but will be completely redeveloped over the next 18 months to meet local demand.
The plans have been finalised following open days held earlier in the year, which gave residents, their families, as well as staff and others, an opportunity to see how the proposed plans will transform their care home.
Mapleton will the first of up to ten Council homes to be...
It has been recently reported that the volume of contentious probate cases in the High Court has increased by 700% over the last 5 years ( The Independent ). That’s astounding. Those of us who work in contentious probate law on a day to day basis regularly report on the increase of such claims and why that we think that is, but a 700% increase is frankly mind boggling.
On the undisputed premise that statistics don’t lie (…), one has to wonder whether this rocketing trend is set to continue. Let’s think about it. The rise in Wills being challenged is often linked to the following...
The Lord Mayor, Councillor Rob Newby, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, hosted the Guildhall's first ever wedding fashion show and fayre last weekend. The two events raised more than £1,000 for the Lord Mayor’s chosen charity, Socops.
The fashion show on Friday 1 March was opened by the Faces of Princesshay 2012-2013, Lucy Nicholson and Ashley Knight. Local fashion retailer Catwalk 09 showed a vast array of stunning dresses for all ages and male models looked dashing in suits provided by Moss Bros.
On 2 March the Lord Mayor opened the Guildhall’s first wedding fayre. Local...
Damian Welch believes the Exeter Chiefs are making significant steps in the right direction after recording back-to-back Aviva Premiership victories.
The imposing lock, who was signed last summer from the Scarlets, claimed his maiden score for the club in the recent 47-16 home win over London Welsh - and then followed suit last Saturday as he claimed Exeter's opening try in their 27-16 win away to reigning champions Harlequins.
Now, Welch is hoping the Devon club can maintain their improvement in form when they welcome third-placed Leicester Tigers to Sandy Park later this...
Archaeologists carrying out investigations in advance of the construction of the South Devon Link Road, near Kingskerswell, Devon, have widened their search.
The archaeologists, who uncovered the remains of a 2000-year-old Roman settlement and a stone-constructed medieval building in December last year, will now be undertaking a further assessment along the rest of the planned route of the new road, to establish archaeological potential.
Archaeologists have just discovered another medieval building at Edginswell Lane: pottery found at the site indicates that it dates to the...
Preview: Bristol Rovers v Exeter City Exeter City will be hoping that they can repeat their weekend success this Wednesday evening when they visit in-form West Country rivals Bristol Rovers.
Having brushed aside Northampton Town 3-0 on Saturday, the Grecians will have renewed belief that the push for promotion is by and large in their own hands – other results from around npower League 2 fortunately went in Exeter’s favour too. The team will also be hoping that this match doesn’t prove to be a banana skin – which it often has been in the past – and will look to build on the seven...
As part of its ongoing Business Transformation, Thomas Cook Group plc has announced that it has began a consultation process to restructure its UK business, which would see the Group's UK workforce reduced by 2,500 full-time roles. Job losses would mostly be from back-office functions and its retail network, including some store closures. However it has not yet been revealed which stores are to close.
The Group currently employs 15,500 across the UK & Ireland. The cost benefit of these changes, and the costs of achieving them, have already been included in the cost-out numbers...
