Options for the future of East Devon District Council’s offices will next be debated on Wednesday 17 July at Cabinet. Subject to the outcome of this meeting it will be followed by a special face-to-face event with local stakeholders on 26 July.
The council is inviting representatives from around East Devon, to join councillors and senior officers for a special event where they’ll hear more about the council’s objectives for the project and can talk about any decisions made by the Cabinet.
Among those invited to the event on 26 July are representatives from Chambers of...
East Devon District Council are delighted to announce that the children of Cranbrook have now selected a preferred design for their £240,000 play space, the first in the new community.
The chosen design which includes, sensory play boards, an explorers Island with boat and barrel, animal rockers and a toddler play house was designed by Eibe, a specialist play equipment company.
Eibe was one of five companies who were invited to produce design concepts for the community to vote on. This was part of an ongoing consultation process during which the children had previously...
As the Government spells out its spending plans, the Leader of Devon County Council, Cllr John Hart looks ahead to the next four years.
Here he writes: “I won’t be alone in predicting that the next four years could be the toughest local government has ever faced.
“But we won 38 of 62 seats in May and I believe Devon’s Conservatives have a continuing mandate to take tough decisions.
“When we took control with a landslide victory in 2009, we got straight on with the business of cutting costs and making the authority more efficient and more businesslike.
Devon County Council’s latest intake of apprentices have been speaking about their experiences so far in the work place.
The Council hires apprentices annually. This year is the biggest intake as 25 apprentices are now working in a range of council services from social care to transport.
The latest group is continuing to work through qualifications in their allocated area as well as becoming an integral part of the team. They are also paid during their apprenticeship.
Two of the twenty five new employees, Tom Satterly and Lorna Raymonthole, both from Exeter say so...
An East Devon church school has achieved a clean sweep of outstanding judgements from Diocese of Exeter inspectors.
Broadhembury Church of England Primary was rated outstanding in four key areas following the inspection:
The school was said to be outstanding at:
• Meeting the needs of all learners • The effectiveness of its leadership and management • Its distinctiveness and effectiveness as a church school • The impact of collective worship on the school community
Outstanding is the highest judgement that inspectors can make.
The Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital has invested over £30,000 in a state-of-the-art high definition camera stack to help with keyhole surgery.
The new Karl Storz camera stack is now in use for laparoscopic procedures and operations such as gall bladder removal, hernia repair and gynaecology procedures.
Theatre Manager Jason Finney said “This new camera stack will be of great benefit to the surgeons, giving an even clearer image for them to work to and providing greater detail.
Patients may experience quicker operation times, and so even shorter waits.
Mr Parish has supported Guide Dogs’ call for the installation of a vital safety feature on quiet hybrid and electric vehicles to keep pedestrians safe, by attending a reception at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 26 June. The Tiverton and Honiton MP was amongst the large number of Members of Parliament who backed the charity's call to install artificial noise generators on quiet vehicles. Research shows that some quiet vehicles cannot be heard until one second before impact and, in certain conditions, are more likely to be involved in a collision with a pedestrian than conventional...
Do you think people are basically good or bad? Is humanity intrinsically evil or fundamentally benign? Or, if we are a mixture of both, what is the balance? And, if you are a person of faith, you may ask what does your church or tradition say about this ancient and ongoing enigma? One view is what history calls ‘dualism’. There are forces of good in life and they oppose forces of evil, and the world is the arena in which this struggle takes place. But if this is so, why do good people do bad things and bad people do good things? Big questions and not immediately relevant or applicable to...
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An annual craft festival is currently being held on Exeter's Cathedral Green with tents as far as the eye can see, stalls selling everything from handbags to garden plants there's something for everyone at the fair.
A variety of live music is played on the Green giving the fair its own soundtrack as people browse the stalls. There's a good old fashioned Punch and Judy show, a magician and a face-painting stall for the kids - for once they won't be moaning about wanting to go home.
When you're tired of shopping, there's a chance to sit on Cathedral Green to enjoy the...
