More children in care face growing up without their brothers or sisters unless more foster carers who are able to care for siblings can be found.

There is a national shortage of foster carers who are able to look after more than one child.

Nationally there could be as many as 2,000 children who are growing up in foster care without the support of a brother or sister.

There are currently four sibling groups in the care of Fostering Devon looking for foster home where they can live together.

Some people may feel that they could not foster siblings because...

AN Exeter optometrist whose diagnosis saved a woman’s sight is raising awareness about the importance of eye tests.

Emily Beard, who works at the Specsavers Exeter store, assessed a 33-year-old woman whose sight was deteriorating.

As part of an extensive eye examination Emily used a hospital-grade optical coherence tomography (OCT) machine to look at the woman’s eyes and what she saw concerned her, so she urgently referred the woman to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

They immediately did an MRI scan and found a tumour pressing down on her optic nerves. The...

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This week marked a landmark moment for our organisation, as the doors to the Courtyard Exeter Sandy Park Hotel opened to the public.

Tony Rowe OBE, Chairman & Chief Executive of Exeter Rugby Club was joined by the wider board of directors for the grand unveiling, celebrating a new chapter in the history of the business.

The spectacular, £40 million development is the latest feature in the expansion of the Sandy Park site, following on from the re-developed East Stand at the beginning of the year, and marks a significant investment in the future of the wider business...

To support its ongoing growth, South West-based Harbourside Corporate Finance has announced the appointment of Ricki Critchell as its latest Director.

Launched in the autumn of last year, Harbourside Corporate Finance is the newest corporate finance outfit to launch in the South West. Built around an experienced team from regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, with whom they remain integrally connected, Harbourside has full operational autonomy and independence.

Ricki joined this experienced corporate finance team as a manager just over five years ago. Since then,...

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer has announced his intention to leave Devon & Cornwall Police later this summer.

He had originally intended to retire shortly after the G7 Summit but has remained as Chief Constable, with the support and leadership of PCC Alison Hernandez, to see through the initial stages and response to the tragedy in Keyham and the first anniversary on the 12th August this year.

In an internal message he thanked colleagues past and present for their professionalism, sense of public service and courage. Having first come to the force in 2010 as deputy...

We all have our own fashion sense. How we present ourselves is a very important factor in our success, in the way the world perceives us. However, we should never be satisfied with just the basics; we should have the desire to take the world by its heels, to paint it in our colors. This desire begets beauty; this desire brings out the trends that can make you famous. There are many ways in which you can make sure that you are always trendy and not just stop there and set these trends yourself.

This article will guide you to become stylish and give you the confidence to set your...

Re-flow's Co-Founder & Managing Director, Michael Saunders, has completed his 400-mile run to raise money for the prevention charity, PAPYRUS.

Over the past four weeks, Michael has run a 10-mile commute from his home in Cheriton Fitzpaine to the Re-flow offices in Exeter, Devon. Undertaking this distance twice a day, he’s completed just under a full marathon every weekday, for 4 weeks in a row. Overall, this has amounted to 400 miles and 40,000 feet of elevation – the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest one and a half times.

Re-flow works closely with companies in...

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As of Monday, the British government declared ambitions to turn the country into a worldwide centre for cryptocurrency investment and technology. The Royal Mint plans to issue an NFT to promote the UK's efforts in the crypto industry, and stablecoins are expected to become a legal form of payment.

“Today, we've laid out the steps that will assist businesses to invest, develop, and grow in this nation," said UK finance minister Rishi Sunak. It's only been a few weeks since the UK's banking authority ordered the closure of all bitcoin ATMs in the nation. Adverts for...