East Devon Conservation volunteers have dedicated an amazing 1800 hours to help keep the countryside looking beautiful since they were established more than two years ago.
The volunteering group was established in September 2013 and since then the group has gone from strength to strength. There are now a number of regular volunteers who give up their time to play an important role in the development and conservation of the district's fantastic wildlife and habitats.
Under the guidance of Countryside Ranger, Nathan Robinson, the volunteers help with the practical management...
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced that an additional 5,000 places have been made available for their biggest ever grass roots initiative, Tennis for Kids in partnership with Highland Spring. The initiative was launched to establish a genuine tennis participation legacy, following Great Britain’s historic Davis Cup by BNP Paribas win. The Tennis for Kids initiative which initially aimed to inspire 10,000 children aged 5-8 to pick up a racket and play tennis for the first time has had such a positive uptake, with all 10,000 spaces filled in under a week, that an extra 5,000...
St George’s Day on Saturday April 23rd is not only the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare it is also the start of Great British Beef Week!
British beef was a firm favourite for theatregoers to Shakespeare’s famous Globe Theatre in London during the Elizabethan era.
It was a quick and easy convenience food, to be enjoyed ready cooked from a roasting spit of half an oxen between thick slices of bread.So it comes as no surprise that today the humble sandwich is still the staple of Britain’s mealtimes - breakfast, lunch and dinner, as an easy to make...
A pioneering new research centre in Exeter, which aims to revolutionise the diagnosis and prognosis of a range of common chronic health conditions using predictive mathematical models, will celebrate its official launch this month.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) centre for Predictive Modelling in Healthcare will host a world-leading team of mathematicians, statisticians, and clinicians who will be working with a range of industrial partners, patients, and other stakeholders on diagnosing and treating conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes,...
Teignbridge District Council has successfully prosecuted a man after potentially hazardous computer waste was found dumped in a country lane.
South Devon Magistrates, sitting in Torquay, fined Christopher Chalk, 21, from Torquay a total of £1,166 for not having the proper licence to get rid of waste.
People or businesses that transport, buy, sell or dispose of waste, or arrange for someone else to do so, must be registered.
In this particular case a Torbay computer business owner paid Mr Chalk to dispose of the goods but Mr Chalk did not have a waste carriers...
Blurt know what it’s like to live with the stigma of depression. All too often, shame and fear force us to ‘mask’ our illness; and although public attitudes are improving, unhelpful associations still abound.
This Depression Awareness Week (18-23 April), The Blurt Foundation will be harnessing the power of social media to reveal what depression REALLY looks like.
Instead of a traditional ‘selfie’, we’ll be asking people to share ‘mhelfies’ – pictures of themselves, as someone affected by a mental health issue – with a caption...
The Devon County Show's Prince of Wales Award has its first urban winner, in the shape of Park Life, Heavitree, in the heart of Exeter. The award, which carries a first prize of £1,000, is given each year for community projects which build local sustainability, which is what Park Life is all about.
It was set up five years ago by three local families with the aim of using Heavitree Pleasure Grounds to bring local people together to have fun, get to know and help each other and lead more fulfilling lives, all in the beautiful setting of Exeter's largest green space. As well as...
THE iconic image screen on the front of Exeter Cathedral is to undergo an extensive renovation – made possible thanks to the support of The Prince of Wales who made a donation through The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Foundation.
The three rows of statues on the West Front were added to the already constructed Cathedral between 1340 and 1470, and depict angels, kings and prophets and disciples of Jesus.
Dozens of figures also peer out from the battlements above and the whole screen is decorated with plants and animals. Originally, the statues were coloured in bright paint,...
Recorded crime across Devon and Cornwall has reduced by 11% during Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg’s term of office Comparing total recorded crime for the 12 month period to the end of December 2015 to the 12 month period to the end of December 2012. This represents nearly 10,000 fewer crimes per year in 2015 compared to 2012. As a result, the risk of being a victim of crime has reduced substantially. This good performance has been driven by consistent reductions in acquisitive crime. For example burglary and theft offences have reduced by nearly a quarter (22%) during the...
