The organisation responsible for buying most healthcare services in Devon has been shortlisted for an award following its efforts to help reduce inappropriate attendances at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) research project aimed at understanding how urgent care services were being used in Devon has been shortlisted for a national Chartered Institute of Public Relations campaign award.
The CCG will find out if it has won the award at an event on 22 November.
The South West tourism industry was today celebrating a bumper Bank Holiday weekend after an estimated £172,524,363 was spent in the region.
Beches were bustling and parks packed as people soaked up the last of the summer sun.
Carolyn Custerson, chairman of Visit Devon, said: "Tourism is one of the leading industries in Devon – and we have proved this year that we can really deliver economically for the region."
National Trust properties were reporting an eight per increase year on year.
Laura Holt, deputy chairman of Visit Devon, said: "It's a tribute to...
East Devon District Council have launched a fresh consultation on aspects of the document that will form the planning blueprint for the district over the next 13 years to 2026.
A decision to go ahead with a six-week consultation into the latest changes was made by EDDC’s Development Management Committee on Tuesday, following advice from the inspector who is examining the Local Plan document submitted to him on 2 August.
Mr Anthony Thickett has been appointed as the Independent Inspector and he has advised that he cannot undertake his examination of the document because...
Make the most of today's weather because, for a change, it's going to be better than the rest of the week!
According to the Met Office, this morning's mist and cloud should clear through the morning. It will then be a largely dry and fine day with very warm, sunny spells and light winds and a maximum temperature of 26 °C.
Any isolated showers will clear quickly, to leave a mainly dry night with clear spells, which may allow some mist and fog patches to form. The minimum temperature will be 11 °C.
On Tuesday mist and fog patches will again clear leaving a mostly dry...
With the summer festival season in full flow people in Devon are being warned to keep safe from the silent killer.
Gas distribution business Wales & West Utilities is warning of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from camping stoves and barbeques and is asking parents to make sure their festival-going teenagers are well aware of the risks before they set off on their camping weekends.
The warning came just days after Bethan O'Brien, 20, died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning while on holiday in Devon.
Volunteering may be good for your health, reveals a large systematic review and meta-analysis published in the open access journal BMC Public Health .
Volunteering can improve mental health and help you live longer, finds the study which pools and compares data from multiple experimental trials and longitudinal cohort studies. Some observational evidence points to around a 20 per cent reduction in mortality among volunteers compared to non-volunteers in cohort studies. Volunteers also reported lower levels of depression, increased life satisfaction and enhanced well-being, although...
Farmland prices in the South West hit yet another record high during the first half of 2013 and have now more than trebled in less than a decade, according to the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey H1 2013.
During the first six months of the year, the cost of farmland jumped to £7,250 per acre across the region, hitting a record high for the eighth consecutive period. The cost of land is now more than three times that of the same period in 2004 when an acre cost just over £2,300.
The exponential growth in prices has been driven by the on-going demand from farmers and...
An interactive map with embedded digital codes is giving the people of Exeter the chance to engage in some playful activities in city centre streets. Whether accepting the invitation to ‘Be Neighbourly’, ‘Hold Something Dear’ or ‘Street Dance’, participants are using the beautifully designed map to explore the urban environment in new and immersive ways.
Produced by Devon-based art collective Blind Ditch and realised by designer Lee Hodges, This City’s Centre 2: Linger offers a unique opportunity to engage with and see Exeter anew. Participants are directed to perform colour-coded...
Ethical Devonshire farmers Wild Beef have been featured in a series of mini documentaries celebrating home-grown British ingredients; just one of a handful of producers featured for raising the bar in their industry and for creating food according to their ethos; ‘Food as Nature Intended.’
The series ‘On the Road to Thoughtful Eating’ is the latest food initiative by Hemsley + Hemsley, the London-based sisters renowned for turning healthy food into an art. The documentaries are currently available on the Hemsley + Hemsley website and YouTube.
Police were called to the A38 at Kennford, Exeter just before 6.30am today (Thursday 22 August) after two vans were involved in a collision. The incident happened in the outside lane at the bottom of Telegraph Hill, just before Splatford Split on the southbound carriageway heading towards Newton Abbot. The outside lane was blocked and Highways are dealing with this. The ambulance service were called to treat minor injuries. The vans involved were a white Renault Trafic van registered to Slough and white Mercedes Sprinter van registered to Bristol.
