When she was younger, Mrs Edna Millard worked as a demonstrator for the Max Factor cosmetics company.
Looking at her this week, as she celebrated her 100th birthday at home in Budleigh Salterton, you could be forgiven for wondering if she should be the face of Max Factor 2015!
Mrs Millard has been a tenant in Moorhaven for just under 25 years and is one of many people who enjoy the comfort of these manageable council-owned homes, fitted with a Home Safeguard alarm system in case of emergency.
On Monday, Mrs Millard followed up a weekend of celebrations with family...
The site has been identified, funding secured, the design team appointed, now Exeter City Council wants to hear people’s views as they start to prepare a planning application for a brand new leisure centre to be built on the bus station site in the centre of Exeter.
Having opened in the 1940s, Exeter’s much loved but ageing Pyramids pool is reaching the end of its lifetime. It has become very costly to run and needs substantial multi-million pound investment just to secure its continued operation, before any improvements could be made to enhance the user experience.
A group of young people in Exeter looking to progress their careers have received a major boost thanks to an Exeter City Council Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy project.
Nine unemployed 17-22 year olds have completed the two-week Rugby Empowering Employment Programme, run by Motiv-8sw. Set up by Exeter City Council and the Exeter & the Heart of Devon Employment & Skills Board, he Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy scheme aims to inspire and boost the prospects of 16-24 year olds struggling to find work. The pilot programme, inspired by the values of sporting achievement – hard work,...
Rangers at Devon County Council’s Stover Country Park in Newton Abbot are celebrating after scooping a prestigious award last night.
The park and nature reserve won bronze in the Access & Inclusivity Award category at this year’s South West Tourism Excellence Awards.
Stover was one of only six from across the region to be shortlisted for the award which honours tourism businesses that excel in being accessible and inclusive. To qualify entrants had to demonstrate exceptional customer service to all and offer an outstanding experience for visitors, particularly those...
Crowdcube, the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platform, has continued the strategic expansion of its senior team with the appointment of Dean Mayer as Head of Debt and Stuart Nicol as Growth Director.
Dean will develop Crowdcube’s new debt business, including its increasingly popular mini-bond offering. Stuart will lead the growth of Crowdcube through initiatives that include attracting more institutional and public funds to invest in businesses alongside the crowd. Stuart's new role sees him moving from being a Non-Executive to an Executive Director on the Board.
Health and well-being advice and information will be found at the South West's biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
The Health Zone at this year's Exeter Pride, which will take place on Saturday, May 16, will include free HIV testing, free "safe sex" packs and information about mental health, counselling and other health issues.
Preparations are well in hand for what will be the seventh Exeter Pride.
It promises to be the biggest, most colourful such event, to date, with more than 2,000 people expected to take...
A host of opportunities to explore Devon the naturally healthy way are on offer during February half term, giving people the chance to take a deep breath of fresh air and make the most of Devon’s fantastic woodlands, parks and urban green spaces, moors and coasts.
Explore Devon is a new website packed with activities and places to go during the February half-term, and ways to entertain the children; offering the chance to go outdoors and get muddy, build a den, collect bark rubbings, climb a tree or play hide and seek.
Winter in Devon is a great time to wrap up warm and...
The world-renowned National Portrait Gallery in London has upgraded its public WiFi system to allow visitors easy speedy access, with the help of Devon-based WiFi SPARK.
WiFi SPARK, which has provided the SPARK® managed service, is a major player in the competitive market of public access WiFi. The National Portrait Gallery has just gone live with the new free access system, which will allow visitors to log in by simply entering a few details about themselves.
Visitors also have a choice to opt in to receive the gallery’s enewsletter. Future login options using Facebook or...
Bicton Arena is readying itself for Devon’s first ever international horse trials, which take place on April 24-26.
Sponsored by Worcestershire-based Empire Coachbuilders, a well-known horsebox manufacturer, the trials are expected to attract a plethora of stars from the sport of eventing, including some of the world’s most famous names. Arena manager Helen West played an instrumental part in persuading the sport’s governing bodies, which include British Eventing and the FEI, that the Westcountry needed an event of this caliber. She said: “It’s fantastic for Devon to have such a...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash on the A377 near Crediton.
Emergency services attended a reported serious road traffic collision on the A377 at Nymet Cross near Lapford just after noon yesterday (Tuesday 17 February).
The collision involved a single vehicle, a Subaru Legacy which was travelling on the A377 from the Eggesford direction towards Lapford, when it left the road, impacting with a culvert wall and telegraph pole before hitting a tree.
The two male occupants of the Subaru were pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics.
