School children in Exmouth and Exeter are being encouraged to get active on their journey to school over the coming weeks.
Devon County Council and Sustrans are working in partnership through the Access to Education programme to get more young people in the Exeter, Exmouth, Newton Abbot and Totnes to walk, cycle or take public transport to school to help tackle congestion. The scheme is being piloted by eight local authorities, led by Devon County Council.
In Exeter and Exmouth, the project is currently working with three local primary schools - Pinhoe Church of England...
Devon County Council remains one of the best performing authorities in the country for recycling, despite a slight fall in the recycling rate.
A report which will go before the Devon Authorities Waste Reduction and Recycling Committee later this week (19 June) shows that during 2012/13, Devon’s recycling centres continued to increase the amount of waste recycled, with a 2% rise helping them reach 80%. However, the county’s overall recycling rate decreased by 0.4% to 54.8%.
The reduction has been put down to the wet weather affecting garden waste quantities, which fell by 2...
Exeter will be hosting the first event of its kind in Devon, to celebrate recovery from addiction.
Organised by the Devon Recovery Consortium, a multi-agency team involving Devon County Council and providers of drug and alcohol services, The Walk for Recovery will start at Exeter City Football Ground (St James’s Park) and culminate on the Cathedral Green, on Saturday, June 22, at 10.30am.
Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, said: “As commissioners of drug and alcohol services, we want the focus of this work to be towards...
As recently reported, one of Exeter's oldest parish churches is threatened with closure as St Thomas Church in Cowick Street faces repair bills of around £3m and rising. Its plight has led to a major rethink of how best to look after it and its two sister churches, Emmanuel in Okehampton Road and St Andrew's in Alphington Road, which are also both in need of considerable repair and refurbishment.
St Thomas City and County Councillor Rob Hannaford, who attended the recent well-attended public meeting about these issues adds:
“One option is to make the parish church, which is...
Students and staff at Tiverton High School are claiming the world record for the biggest ever cream tea.
They played host to 559 guests for a proper cream tea yesterday (12 June).
The current world record for the biggest cream tea is 403 people, but an event earlier this year claimed 430.
Pupils from local primary schools, Tiverton students and staff and special guests from the community all joined in to swell the record-breaking numbers which have still to be ratified by Guinness World Records.
Officials from GWR were present at the attempt today.
It's going to be quite a summer for some of the projects that together make up the Seaton Regeneration Programme, with substantial progress on the horizon.
Meanwhile, plans are also under way to consult in the town about providing more council-owned employment units. Together, the projects represent a real vote of confidence in boosting Seaton’s economy and employment prospects in the town.
On Tuesday 11 June, a revised planning application for the Discovery Centre building was approved by EDDC’s Development Management Committee. The principle of planning permission for the...
A messy bit of ground at Exwick Community Centre has been transformed into a child-friendly paved area, enabling young and old users of the Centre to enjoy the outdoor space.
The piece of ground was included in the boundary of Exwick Community Centre when it was built, but it was never levelled by the developers. The land was not able to be used by the centre users and was a maintenance headache for Exwick Community Association, who operate the centre on behalf of the community.
Now with funding from Devon County Council, the existing patio area has been extended to include...
A new study has shown that a system of local electricity generation and a network of underground hot water pipes can be developed to heat buildings in Exeter. The increased efficiency of the system can lead to lower energy prices and a reduction of 11,000 tonnes per year in the City’s CO2 emissions.
The work, commissioned by Exeter City Council, Devon County Council, the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust and the University of Exeter, was prepared by engineering consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff.
The system uses combined heat and power (CHP) engines to generate both heat and...
Devon County Council's road safety team is supporting a new scheme which could help save the lives of motorcyclists if they are involved in a road traffic collision.
The Motorcycle CRASH Card is an initiative created by the Ambulance Motorcycle Club, a group of experienced paramedics and ambulance staff who are passionate about motorcycling. The scheme encourages motorcyclists to carry cards containing vital life-saving information in the event of an incident.
Motorcyclists can place the free card securely in their helmets. It comes with a green sticker to attach to the...
The latest issue of a magazine for residents in East Devon ensures that they continue to get direct information about important issues in the District – at a bargain price.
East Devon Connect, a magazine produced in partnership with Devon County Council and others, is now out and is produced and distributed at nil cost to EDDC.
It's delivered free to homes across the district and should be arriving on doorsteps any time now.
Working with Devon County Council means that the 24-page magazine can be produced more cheaply whilst still providing residents with a line of...
