Devon

Rainbow Living was delighted to recently welcome two prominent NHS England members to the charity’s Exeter Rainbow House.

Dr Dominic Slowie, National Clinical Director for Learning Disability, and Hannah Iqbal, Policy Advisor for NHS England Learning Disability Programme, approached Rainbow Living to find out more about the charity’s bespoke model of supported living housing and how they support tenants, and their families, in making decisions about their individual personal care.

The visit forms part of a large scale national programme that Dr Slowie is leading for NHS...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a rhino sculpture was vandalised in Exeter city centre.

Between 2.30am and 2.45am on Saturday 30th July 2016, a rhinoceros sculpture in Goldsmith Square in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter was vandalised.

It is one of 40 that make up The Great Big Rhino Trail in Exeter and on the English Riviera.

Three male offenders are reported to have thrown a brick at the sculpture, causing damage.

One of the men is described as wearing a long sleeved white T-shirt, possibly of the Superdry brand, with blue lettering and a...

Business confidence amongst accommodation providers is at a record high for the summer holidays in a VisitEngland survey published this week. The ‘business confidence’ survey findings also show that out of 500 accommodation providers, more than half are expecting an increase in visitors following the EU referendum outcome with a particular boost expected for the domestic market. English businesses are anticipating a strong summer holiday period with 65% of accommodation providers feeling “very confident” about the summer holidays and 47% reporting forward bookings as “very good” – both...

Exeter College raises a record breaking £13,470.71 in support of Teenage Cancer Trust – the most ever raised by a college for the charity in the South West.

Over the past year, students and staff have come together to raise funds for the college’s Charity of the Year Teenage Cancer Trust – the only UK charity supporting 13-24 year olds with cancer through their specialist nursing staff and units. In March 2014 Teenage Cancer Trust raised £2.5million to open the first specialist Teenage Cancer Trust unit in the South West for local young people from across the region with cancer....

Devon's men, women and children are being urged to Stand Up To Cancer. A joint fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4, Stand Up To Cancer brings the UK together to raise money to help accelerate progress in life-saving cancer research. Launched in the UK in 2012, Stand Up To Cancer has already raised more than £25million to fund translational research, which takes developments in the lab and transforms them into brand new tests and treatments for cancer patients. Stand Up To Cancer is supported by a host of celebrities including Davina McCall, Alan Carr and Adam Hills....

A former teacher who retired to Crediton, recently lost her battle against mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

Sue Stephens taught hundreds of children in her 30 years in the classroom and believed the cancer was caused by the job she loved.

Sue, who had launched a petition calling on the Government to do more to protect children and staff at affected schools, died at her home on 26 June 2016 to the sound of the dawn chorus.

Her daughter Lucie is continuing with the campaign in her Mum’s memory and aims for the removal of asbestos from...

The slight increase in risk of developing type 2 diabetes during statin treatment may actually be a consequence of having lowered cholesterol, rather than a direct effect of the drug, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation.

The genetic study found that people with genes predisposing them to having lower levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, had a decreased risk of heart disease and an increased risk of diabetes.

The researchers, from UCL and the University of Oxford, used large data sets of genetic information to investigate the possible...

Legitimate businesses in East Devon are giving Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service a helping hand in its fight against rogue traders.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service, Devon & Cornwall Police, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and HMRC all took part in a day-long operation.

Trading Standards officers and Police Community Support Officers talked to legitimate traders and builder merchants in Kilmington, Axminster, Honiton, Sidmouth, Seaton and Colyton asking them to help trading standards officers protect the vulnerable from doorstep crime....