Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale was pleased to end a three game losing streak as he saw his side come from behind to draw away to Dagenham and Redbridge. Top goal-scorer Jamie Cureton’s second-half goal cancelled out Medy Elito’s by-line strike to put an end to the Grecians' 300 minutes without victory.
The Grecians' manager said: “I’m very pleased with the way we played, we had a bit of a poor patch and we knew it would be a very competitive game here.
“The game was so high tempo and erratic and the players responded very well and were competitive....
A member of the Prime Minister’s ‘champion’ group on Dementia Friendly Communities is to help and advise Devon County Council on how their new multi-million pound dementia care Centres of Excellence should be run, it has been announced.
Ian Sherriff and research colleagues from Plymouth University have been appointed by the Council to help make sure that their new Centres of Excellence not only provide first-rate care to people staying as residents, but also that they support the great many people living with dementia in their surrounding communities, and their carers....
Devon County Council is ensuring that communities are well prepared to keep Devon moving during any severe weather over the coming Winter months.
Devon has a network of 265 Snow Warden volunteers across the county – as more than 60% of towns and parishes in Devon have signed up to Devon County Council’s winter self-help Snow Warden initiative. The scheme is also currently being rolled out in Exeter where recognised community groups and residents’ associations who wish to be involved
Devon County Council’s salt stocks are at full capacity with around 25,000...
Representatives from Devon have spent a day talking to central government about how services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) should be delivered in the future.
Invited to an All Party Parliamentary Committee, Devon representatives spent an hour detailing their work to help develop and implement a radical new approach to services for children.
The government’s ambition is to create a system that provides children and young people with individual education, health and care plans from birth to the age of 25 that supports...
Police governance is changing. In November 2012 your local police authority will be abolished and replaced by Devon and Cornwall’s first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
There will be one Police and Crime Commissioner covering Devon (including Torbay and Plymouth), Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The PCC election will take place on Thursday 15 November 2012.
The Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) will:
Be singularly accountable to you for the policing of Devon and Cornwall
Police are appealing for wtinesses following a serious two-car collision on the A30 at Clyst Honiton near to Exeter Airport.
The collision took place at around 0025 hours on Saturday 21 October 2012 and involved a silver Vauxhall Astra and a silver Seat Altea.
It is believed that the Astra was travelling west on the east-bound carriageway when it collided head-on with the Seat travelling in the opposite direction.
A 48-year-old female passenger in the Seat, who is from Ottery St Mary, was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with...
Devon is already home to world class, innovative businesses and a campaign by Devon County Council is aiming to make it easier for companies and entrepreneurs to move to the county and be part of its on-going success story.
Devon Delivers ( www.investdevon.co.uk ) is highlighting the wide range of businesses that have played a part in Devon’s economy growing faster than the national average over the past decade.
That growth is set to continue, with investment in vital infrastructure making Devon even better connected. Companies looking for the next stage...
An East Devon coastal road closed by a cliff fall during heavy rainfall in the Summer will not re-open, Devon County Council has confirmed.
Old Beer Road in Seaton has been closed since 12 July after a 25 metre section of the road fell away by around three metres.
A geotechnical report was carried out earlier this year by Devon based experts Frederick Sherrell Ltd. Its findings suggest that the collapse was triggered by the prolonged rainfall, saturating the weathered mudstone and leading to a “block” failure. It also advises that further slippage is...
One of the UK's leading charities has given South West Water's drought expert a top award for voluntary work.
Neil Whiter, the company's Head of Supply Demand Strategy, received the President's Award for Outstanding Contribution to WaterAid at the international charity's Annual Supporters' Meeting last week in London.
He has served as WaterAid Regional Representative (South West) for the last four years and supported the water industry charity for over two decades by immersing himself in promotional and fundraising activities, delivering engaging presentations about...
Pupils and staff at West Exe Technology College today showed off their ground-breaking new iPhone, iPad and Android app.The app, exclusively designed for West Exe by leading Exeter based software development agency Rokk Media, provides ‘real-time’ news and information for parents, students, and friends of the college. Vicki Carah, Acting Headteacher, said: "The new mobile app will make it easier than ever before for people to stay in touch with West Exe anywhere, anytime." Managing Director and owner of Rokk Media, and West Exe parent, Adam Stone said: “It has always been our policy to...
