A Devon student is one of 40 students showcasing their work at a prestigious exhibition to be held at the Bargehouse, OXO Tower in London.
Karen Sanders, who splits her time between Devon and Bristol, is one of several students who will be showcasing their photographs in the exhibition entitled ‘ FLUXURE’.
The exhibition, which offers a private view on June 19th with the exhibition opening to the public for free from the 20th to the 23rd, is being held to mark the end of the students three year degree course in Photography.
Regular bus users in Exeter are to be protected by a price freeze later this month as Stagecoach South West raise bus fares by an average of 2.6%.
Under the plans the Exeter Dayrider, Exeter Megarider Plus tickets and the unlimited day travel Explorer tickets as well as most of the region’s megarider tickets will see their prices frozen in an effort to limit the affect of the price on regular bus users.
Exeter Stagecoach will also be trialling a simplified fare structure removing all return fares in the City, leaving just four adult single fares which ranging in price from...
As part of National Rogue Trader Week (7 – 11 April 2014), Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Officers have been focusing on the scourge of doorstep crime through education, engagement and enforcement in partnership with Police forces.
The vulnerable and elderly nature of targeted consumers, the high levels of financial loss, and the health issues that victims suffer also creates increased demands on local care and support services, particularly when victims are targeted repeatedly by organised criminal gangs whose tactics are constantly being changed and adapted.
Security experts are warning the public to be on the lookout for fake pass word reset emails in the wake of the latest reports over the ‘Heartbleed’ bug . Exploiting the confusion of advice surrounding passwords after the uncovering of the Heartbleed flaw in the internet’s most widely used piece of data protection software OpenSSL; opportunistic scammers have been sending fake emails surrounding password resets. Many of these emails are ‘phishing ‘attacks containing links to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as a password, credit card, social...
A feature length programme focusing on the aftermath of the devastating winter weather is due to air on BBC one tonight A few months ago,the worst storms in living memory severely battered the South West shoreline, causing millions of pounds’ worth of damage, not only to coastal defences, but also to homes, businesses, roads and railways. The Storms That Shook The South West (BBC One, South West, 7.30pm, Friday 11 April) looks at the aftermath left by the wettest winter on record.
With analysis from Plymouth University experts the programme questions whether people living and...
Bus passengers in Devon are among the happiest in the country according to a new survey which ranks Devon high for overall satisfaction.
Of the 800 plus Devon people who took part in the national survey by Passenger Focus, a record 90 per cent recorded their satisfaction overall, which includes 95 per cent of passengers with a disability.
Value for money, punctuality, bus and bus stop cleanliness all score well, with satisfaction levels higher in most cases to last year’s figures.
But it’s passengers’ satisfaction about their bus drivers that Devon County Council...
Join us at Newton Abbot Racecourse for our first weekend fixture this Easter Saturday and enjoy an exciting afternoon of summer jumps racing.
To celebrate, the first 200 children through the gates will be welcomed with a free chocolate Easter egg. The eggs will be given to the first children coming through the Pedestrian entrance or through the ticket office in the centre of the course for those coming by car.
The Family Enclosure returns for the first time this season with a bouncy castle, jousting and a big challenge assault course for the children to enjoy while parents...
Farmers from the National Farmers Union (NFU) have called on the the Government to act with more 'urgency' on removing 'red tape' from the industry.
A report published today by an independent group led by former NFU Director General Richard Macdonald, suggets that by cutting red tape the government has already helped the boost UK Farming industry.
Changes inclding An ‘earned recognition’ scheme has reduced the number of dairy farm inspections by over 8,000 a year. Earned recognition means that the scheme limits the number of inspections on farms that have excellent track-...
Nearly 50 per cent of people experience problems with their Internet at least once a day, new research has revealed.
The figure paints a worrying picture of the UK’s rural broadband provision. In total, the Government has already invested £530million in to fibre broadband and former Culture Secretary Maria Miller has been reported as wanting the UK’s Internet to be among the best in the world.
According to the research which asked 142 people about their broadband the most common problems include slow Internet and a dropped connection, with 64.7 per cent reporting the former...
Residents could benefit from weekly food waste and recycling collection services under plans being considered by Teignbridge Council.
Teignbridge’s Executive is looking at proposals to change its current service, replacing it with easier, more frequent food waste and recycling collections.
This proposed ‘best affordable’ scheme has been designed to keep Teignbridge at the forefront of recycling in Devon while ensuring residents have a fair, simple system that encourages them to reduce, reuse and recycle.
It includes introducing weekly food waste and weekly recycling...
