New fire safety measures will help save the lives of tenants and ensure all rented property is equipped with a smoke alarm, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said today.
From today (1 October), landlords will be required by law to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties, under new Government measures coming into force.
It is estimated this could help prevent more than 25 deaths and nearly 700 injuries a year. Landlords who fail to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms could face up to a £5,000 civil penalty.
As the smallest of 11 host cities for Rugby World Cup matches, Exeter is making the biggest impact.
Sandy Park Stadium will be hosting two further matches during the event, Namibia v Georgia on Wednesday 7 October and Italy v Romania on Sunday 11 October.
On social media fans across the country have been congratulating the city on the effort being made.
Sarah Stanbury said: “Well done on all your advertising! Been to two other host cities in the last month and there is nothing about RWC2015”, Brian Moy commented on Twitter; “You have done the best job of keeping...
Exeter has gone rugby world cup creative over the past two weeks with the creation of a Street Band, school workshops, a Creative Hub at Emmanuel Hall and all leading up to a colourful, creative and spectacular parade through Exeter City Centre to the Northernhay Gardens FanZone on the Saturday 10th October.
Produced by internationally renowned outdoor celebratory arts company Walk the Plank plans and activities are well underway and continuing this week with workshops at the Creative Hub (Emmanuel Hall) and more school workshops with nationally renowned artists. Creative Hub...
Guest of Honour, writer, explorer and television presenter, Monty Halls, enthralled Exeter School pupils, parents, teachers and governors with an exciting and eye-opening speech at Exeter School's annual Speech Day on the evening of 17 September.
Former Royal Marine and knowledgeable and intrepid traveller, the broadcaster and campaigning explorer has made himself an authority on the Giant Humboldt Squid, rare crocodiles, the life of crofters, lobster potters and underwater exploration.
Earlier in the day he spent time in the Junior School where he gave a talk about sharks...
Stoptober – the 28-day challenge to support smokers to stop smoking is back, and with the introduction of new legislation making it illegal to smoke in a car with a person under 18, there are more reasons than ever to quit.
Devon County Council is backing the Stoptober campaign and, working with organisations and communities across the county to support people to quit, with a combination of events and activities, smoking cessation support and advice through its Devon Stop Smoking Service.
Currently over 100,000 people in Devon smoke. Research shows that smokers are two...
A groundbreaking exhibition inspired by the prominent English Renaissance poet Michael Drayton will open to the public at the University of Exeter on 7 October 2015. The free exhibition will take place in the Forum Street and will run until 20 November.
Previously on display at the Royal Geographical Society in London, the ‘Faerie Land: Michael Drayton’s Vision of Britain’ exhibition is dedicated to Drayton’s 15,000-line poem, Poly-Olbion, which describes the landscape, history and traditions of early modern England and Wales, county by county. The poem was published in 1612 and...
Devon ranks highly within the UK for recognising the immense value and potential for learning from its many unique heritage sites, according to a new report.
Britain’s heritage is much-loved but its value and potential is being underused in some places, says the independent RSA think-tank in association with the Heritage Lottery Fund, in a new heritage index published last week, (23 September 2015).
Devon is among all 379 local authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales that have been ranked for their heritage assets – built, archaeological, cultural and natural – the...
We're giving you the chance to come along and recycle your unwanted belongings by having a space at our table top sales this October. Tables cost £5, but coming along to browse costs nothing, and you may pick up some bargains! Held indoors so the weather can't spoil it! We hope to see you there, looking around the sale, around the leisure centre and maybe stopping for some refreshments at Elsie May's poolside cafe!
Please book your table by emailing mpalk@middevon.gov.uk
Older people in the UK are disproportionately at risk from electrical hazards, according to research by leading charity, Electrical Safety First.
The Charity has found that a person over 60 is ten times more likely to die in a fire than somebody aged 17 to 24. And more than half of the accidental fire-related deaths last year in Great Britain were people aged 65 and olderii.
“Half of all accidental electrical fires are caused by misuse, so they are preventable,” said Phil Buckle, Director-General of Electrical Safety First. “
