Exeter

Classpeople, the leading independent education recruitment specialists in the South-west today announced the appointment of new compliance officer, Lauren Thompson. The move has been made to tackle constant changes to legislation such as the recent introduction of Disqualification by Association (DBA) meaning that a teacher or practitioner can now be disqualified from work if living or working in the same household as an individual that has been disqualified.

Lynis Bassett, Classpeople Director, explains: "We take our commitment to safeguarding very seriously and have always made...

The challenges faced by blind and partially sighted people in busy city centres will come under the spotlight in Exeter this week.

Tracy Wilson and her guide dog Mardle will take leading councillors and key officers on a tour around Exeter city centre on Wednesday (1 April ) to demonstrate the difficulties faced by those who have sight difficulties in an urban environment.

Tracy, who is the Eye Clinic Liaison Officer at the West of England Eye Unit at the RD&E Hospital, said: "Every day blind and partially sighted people face real challenges navigating streets that most...

We’re counting down towards April 23rd, children everywhere are putting on their Iron Man masks and wearing their Hulk gloves. The release of The Avengers: Age of Ultron is a huge event in the movie (and real) world and it is likely to become the highest grossing superhero movie of all time, beating its own previous instalment The Avengers which took a mammoth 1.5 billion at the box office in 2012.

Here in Exeter it will be screened first at the Vue cinema at one minute past midnight on April 23rd, that showing has now started selling tickets and they are already going fast....

The Devon Lions, especially set up as a gay-friendly team, won Exeter City Football Club’s One Game One Community Futsal tournament yesterday (Sunday 29 March).

The Lions, inspired by some outstanding goalkeeping, edged out the Open Space International Legends, who included several Afghan players, 2-0 in the final.

The tournament, organised by Exeter City Football in the Community, attracted a diverse range of community teams from the local YMCA to a group of University of Exeter students from Hong Kong. Many countries were represented including players from Nigeria,...

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning of strong winds across parts of Devon during this evening and overnight.

Gusts of 50-60mph are expected, with isolated gusts of 65-70mph in exposed locations.

Forecasters say the westerly wind will become north-westerly by Tuesday morning, and although easing for a time, it will become very gusty through the day, particularly near showers.

The public should be aware of the risk of localised damage from these winds and for minor disruption to travel.

The warning is valid until 7.30pm tomorrow (Tuesday)....

An East Devon heathland is being nursed back to health thanks to the work of a leading local wildlife charity.

Clayhidon Turbary nature reserve sits in the heart of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its 34 acres are made up of heathland, marshy areas and wet woodland – a series of landscape types that were once common but which have disappeared from much of the English countryside in recent decades.

Clayhidon Turbary was once used by local people who grazed their cattle there and who also cut peat from the site to use as fuel to heat their homes....

Bikeability cycle training is helping families in Devon to cycle together, according to a new survey by Devon County Council.

The survey results come as the County Council has successfully secured £264,000 of funding from the Department for Transport to provide cycle training for another 6,600 children in 2015/16.

Bikeability is a national initiative providing “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has been adopted by Devon County Council as the cycle training standard in the county.

Just over 350 parents in Devon completed the County Council’s Bikeability...

The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter will be open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Easter Saturday.

At least 1,300 people are buried at this site on the corner of Magdalen Street and Bull Meadow Road.

This is the year of the 4 Rs - the Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Trust team will be repairing, rebuilding and re-bonding the broken fragments of some of the nearly 100 monuments on the site and re-pointing boundary walls. And they would love to meet potential volunteers willing to spend half a day being trained and at least a couple of days over the summer on some of the...

Visit The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth during the Easter holidays to take part in Donkey Grooming and a spectacular Easter Holiday Hunt.

The Sanctuary’s Easter activities will be taking place between Friday 27 March and Sunday 12 April and are sure to be a hit with children of all ages. Donkey Grooming takes place daily between 10.30am-2.30pm and, at £3 per person, is the perfect opportunity to make friends with some of the charity’s rescued donkeys.

Explore the Sanctuary’s walks and woodlands with the chocolatey Easter Holiday Hunt or get your daily dose of fresh air by...