Exeter’s future doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals had the chance to learn more about possible careers in the NHS during Work Observation Week at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The hospital’s annual work experience programme, which ran from 10th – 14th July, gave 40 year 10 and 11 pupils from local schools the chance to sample some of the many healthcare careers on offer and learn more about working in a busy acute hospital. The week included a packed programme of events including practical training sessions on basic life support and clinical skills, visits to...
AS the school summer holidays approach one Exeter housebuilder is warning youngsters across the city to stay away from its building sites.
New home developments under construction may look like fun and exciting places to play, but Barratt Homes is warning children they also pose serious dangers.
“Building sites are full of potential dangers and, as the school summer holidays are almost here, it is important to remind children and their parents of the need to stay away from them,” said construction director Tim Davies.
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is spreading the word about scams to help stop more people across Exeter from being conned online.
The charity is taking part in Scams Awareness Month, a campaign taking place throughout July encouraging people to report and talk about scams.
The drive to get more people reporting scams comes as nationally Citizens Advice has revealed a 17% increase in people being scammed after purchasing ‘phantom goods’.
The scam works by conning shoppers into buying high value items online, which turn out not to exist. The...
Police in Exmouth are seeking information after a number of high value power tools were taken from a Woodbury home.
The offender/s got inside the building on Sanctuary Lane sometime between 8pm on Tuesday 18 July and 8am on Wednesday 19 July.
They made off with several items, similar to those pictured. Items taken were a Dewalt concrete breaker, a Huskavana chainsaw, a Makita drill, a Makira chop saw and assorted drill and blade parts.
Police are appealing to anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious at the time in the area of Sanctuary Lane in Woodbury...
Property design and management consultants, NPS South West, based in Exeter, went ‘back to school; when they revisited their £1.4m classroom extension project at Highweek Primary & Nursery School in Newton Abbot, 12 months on.
The project constructed by Interserve, was completed in summer 2016, with Hamson Barron Smith (HBS), part of the NPS Group, as design and management consultants, providing building surveying; structures and civils, and building services design.
The dedicated construction team returned to site, and met with teaching staff and pupils, to check the...
Budleigh Salterton Male Voice Choir are delighted that they will be performing at Exeter Cathedral on 5th August at 7.30pm in support of Devon Air Ambulance, who are celebration 25 years of service.
The concert will feature the Choir directed by Michael Graham, together with their special guests Tim Mirfin, Bass and Iryna Ilnytska - Mezzo Soprano. Both guests have appeared in concerts and opera around the UK and overseas.
In addition David Davies, well known as previous organist at the cathedral will be playing. The choir will sing a mixture of popular and traditional songs...
The stunning Seaton Wetlands nature reserve, which is owned and managed by East Devon District Council, has won a prestigious Green Flag Award, one of three sites in the district to receive the accolade.
Manor Gardens in Exmouth and Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth, both also owned and managed by the district council, have also been awarded Green Flags. The International accreditation recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces.
It’s the first time that the wider Seaton Wetlands site, which is managed by the council’s countryside team and its volunteers, has...
Two trading standards services on different sides of the country have worked together to convict a rogue trader who preyed on the elderly and the vulnerable.
Self-employed gardener James Holmes, 29, has been sentenced to 200 hours community work after being found guilty of fraud. Holmes, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 12 July 2017. The court heard how Holmes had targeted elderly vulnerable people in Yaxley in Cambridgeshire, and Exeter, Devon, to get them to agree to have work carried out in their garden. In May an elderly Exeter...
Walkers following the popular Two Moors Way between Newbridge and Holne on Dartmoor can now enjoy an easier walk thanks to a generous donation from a local walking group towards route improvements.
Moorland Ramblers provided a £200 donation to Dartmoor National Park Authority’s Donate for Dartmoor donation scheme to help fund the cost of converting worn out stiles with kissing gates. The work was co-ordinated by the National Park Authority with assistance from local farmers and contractors.
Andrew Watson, Head of Recreation, Access & Estates said: “We would like to...
South West workloads have slowed across all sectors of the construction industry as Brexit delays investment, according to the Q2 2017 UK RICS Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey. Anecdotal evidence from respondents suggests that uncertainty regarding Brexit is weighing on investment decisions, alongside the political turmoil generated from last month’s general election.
After a positive picture in the Q1 survey with the growth in workloads accelerating at its strongest pace since the referendum, there has been a modest slowing in Q2 2017 with private commercial and...
