Rail, maritime and transport union RMT announced today that the organisation has continued to increase its membership in the past twelve months in the teeth of the most savage attacks on jobs and working conditions for a generation.
Membership figures released by the union today show that RMT has put on a net gain of 1,456 members through 2012, taking the total to 77,549 – an annual growth of nearly 2% in the most challenging circumstances.
The union has increased its membership year-on-year from the 59,277 total when General Secretary Bob Crow was elected in 2002.
Staff and pupils at a Newton Abbot primary are beginning the New Year with a double celebration after education inspectors judged that every aspect of school life was good or better.
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary was judged satisfactory by education inspectors in 2009. But now every aspect of life at the 120-pupil school is good or better. That improvement has come at a time when school inspectors have been getting tougher with their judgements and they say St Joseph’s is set to get even better.
The school is also celebrating a new partnership with St John the Baptist...
NICE has today (9th January), published new medical technology guidance supporting the use of a device to heal fractured bones.
The NICE guidance advises that the EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system benefits patients and the NHS when used for treating long bone fractures with non-union (bone fractures that have failed to heal after 9 months). However, the case for adopting EXOGEN routinely for long bone fractures with delayed healing, that is, fractures which do not show radiological evidence of healing after 3 months, wasn't supported because of uncertainties in the evidence....
Police are concerned for the welfare of 18-year-old man Jamie Grewal, who has gone missing from the Ivybridge area.
He was last seen last on Friday afternoon, 4th January, after having a drink with friends after work in the Abbey Inn pub at Buckfastleigh during lunchtime. He was then dropped off in Ivybridge around 1.30pm to 2pm.
He has not been seen or heard from since that time.
Jamie is described as five feet five inches tall, of very slim build with dark brown, short hair.
He was last seen wearing a turquoise blue jacket with jeans and trainers.
Exeter-based music aficionado Matthew Vizard reports on the re-emergence of the legend that is David Bowie, with his first album release in 10 years.
Yesterday, among the BBC 6 Music presenters anticipating the records that would rule their worlds in 2013, was DJ, writer and avowed Bowie fan, Mark Radcliffe. 'He's been so mysterious and so uncharacteristically quiet, I would love just to hear a little murmur from David Bowie'. He didn't have to wait long, because at 5am this very morning, January 8th 2013 - David Bowie's 66th birthday - pop's most celebrated chameleon released his...
Join the stars from the racing world at Exeter Racecourse’s Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening on Thursday, 21st February.
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls, Phillip Hobbs, David Pipe and the Racing Post’s Andrew King will be on the panel to answer all your questions about their runners at the Festival of jump racing and to give their opinions their rivals runners.
Channel 4 Racing’s Tanya Stevenson will host the evening and Paddy Power will advice on market movers, bankers and blow outs.
Join Exeter Racecourse from 6pm, with the panel starting at 7pm, on 21st...
From Devon with Love is a showcase of all kinds of work being made right on our doorstep - two weeks of locally made theatre featuring dance, epic poems, work-in-progress shows and politically charged pieces.
There will be local food and produce on show in the bar and lots of chances to meet the people who are making Devon such an exciting place to make and see theatre.
Tickets cost £7, £5 concessions for single shows, £10, £7 concessions for two shows.
For further information visit http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/
An aspiring chef training at the Michael Caines Academy is the first student to open up his own restaurant in Exeter.
Second year student, Ryan Mell, will be opening up his dream restaurant “The Salty Pigeon” on 22nd January 2013, at 29 Magdalen Road, Exeter.
The student, who is a local from Exeter, sees this as a great business opportunity and is hoping to bring the community exciting food, job opportunities for the local people and his ‘salty’ pigeon.
The Salty Pigeon is a 30 seat restaurant which will consist of a variety of food ranging from local to exotic...
Shotgun Theatre presents the three time Tony award-winning Musical 'Spring Awakening' at The Exeter Phoenix.
Originally a controversial German play by Frank Wedekind which was banned for a short time due to it's intimate topics, has since been altered for Broadway performances with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater.
Spring Awakening illustrates a blunt portrayal of the break-through that teenagers experience when delving into the adult world.
This Musical embarks on a powerful story following 14-year old Wendla and her journey...
