On 1 October 2014 a small paper disc which has been a feature on car windscreens in the UK for 93 years will be consigned to history.
From 1 October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle although vehicle excise duty (VED) must still be paid. If you have a tax disc with any months left to run after this date, it can be removed from the vehicle and destroyed from 1 October onwards. Your vehicle will still be registered as taxed in the database of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
Healthwatch Devon want to hear from people living with long-term conditions to find out what they really think about the support they get from local health services in Devon.
A long-term condition could include things like asthma, diabetes, arthritis, chronic kidney disease or heart disease.
Local health managers want to make sure that people living with long-term conditions get all the support they need to manage their own care and live the best lives they can.
To do this they need to understand how people feel about the care that they currently receive. We are...
Devon County Council has secured an additional £20,000 from the Department for Transport to train 1,000 children to Level One standard of Bikeability cycle training.
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.
The Level One training is for children in Years Three and Four at schools in Devon (excluding Torbay and Plymouth) and includes training in basic cycle skills in an off-road environment.
The acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet will be performing one of the great classics of world ballet, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, at Exeter Corn Exchange on Sunday 12 October.
The Vienna Festival Ballet, which was formed in 1980, regularly tours the UK under artistic director Peter Mallek and provides the opportunity to see the art and skills of the ballet at close quarters.
The enchanting tale of The Nutcracker is one of the best-loved ballets and centres around Clara and her nutcracker doll, which magically transforms into a princely soldier. Their adventures see the...
The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has won a national award for outstanding efficiency and improvement in developing community services.
The Trust’s stroke therapy team added to its growing trophy collection with victory at the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards on Tuesday night (23 September).
The team beat seven other finalists in the Value and Improvement in Community Health Service Redesign category.
The nomination related to the ongoing success of the team’s early supported discharge (ESD) and VISTA projects.
Early Met Office figures show this is set to be the driest September across the UK since records began in 1910, with exceptionally low rainfall for many parts of the country.
It is also likely to finish in the top five warmest, with UK mean temperatures significantly above the monthly average.
Using figures from 1-28 September, the UK as a whole has received 19.4 mm of rain, which is just 20 % of the normal amount of rainfall we'd expect for the month. Prior to this, the driest September on record was 1959 with 23.8mm.
East Devon District Council’s Home Safeguard service is one of the highest performing in the country – and that’s official!
Following a rigorous annual inspection by the Telecare Services Association (TSA), Home Safeguard was given a clean bill of health for the fourth year running.
TSA is the largest industry body for telecare services and the largest industry specific network in Europe. They provide an external inspection to telecare services to ensure services are running up to standard and to certify the well-being of customers using the service.
Teignbridge District Council has been given £100,000 to help self-builders get their projects off the ground.
Teignbridge is one of only 11 areas to have been named by the Department for Communities and Local Government as a Right to Build vanguard which will help prospective self-builders secure a plot of land.
The money will allow Teignbridge to continue its great work in bringing shovel-ready sites and help people secure a suitable plot of land so they can design and build their own home.
Cllr John Goodey, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive spokesman for...
A Community Health Check is being held in Exeter city centre on Saturday, 11 October.
The public are invited to “know your numbers” as such values as BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol are measured.
The event will take place at St Stephen’s Church, High Street, Exeter from 10am-4pm on 11 October, and it is free. There is no need to book, just turn up on the day.
The event is organized and staffed by volunteers from the Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Devon & Cornwall, including medical professionals, to offer a service to the public. At last...
