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Police appeal for information following Cullompton burglary

Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a house in Cullompton, which took place between 6.15pm and 10.15pm on Saturday, 16 February 2013.

The property was entered and numerous items stolen, including a pair of drop earrings worth £900, a Sharp video camcorder, valued at £200, a red Samsung digital camera, worth £200 and an HP Photosmart Series 420 camera, valued at £179.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, quoting refrence KU/13/139.

BDA Supports Calls For Hospital Food Standards

The British Dietetic Association (BDA) is supporting a new report from Sustain (the alliance for better food and farming), calling for better hospital food with the introduction of hospital food standards (in England).

The BDA, founded in 1936, is the professional association for registered dietitians in the UK. It is the nation's largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals with over 7,000 members. The BDA is also an active trade union.

As part of its Better Hospital Food campaign, the Sustain report called Twenty Years of Hospital Food Failure found that...

Campaign to tackle illegal tobacco trade launches in Devon today

On Monday 25 February 2013, Smokefree South West launch a multi-partnership initiative alongside HMRC, Trading Standards, the Police, Crimestoppers and other enforcement partners, Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities as part of on-going efforts to tackle the illegal tobacco trade in the South West.

Progress is being made. HMRC figures show that in 2010 the associated revenue loss caused by illegal tobacco in the UK was estimated to be £2.18bn, today that figure has dropped to £1.86bn. Illegal tobacco however remains a serious issue. According to research, 1 in 20 (5.2%)...

Torquay school teacher conquers 203-mile trek

Last year 54-year old special school teacher Edward Thompson from Torquay set out to walk round Dartmoor on foot and climb 100 tors in 10 days for charity while living rough on the moor.

203 miles and over 105 hours of walking later, he had conquered 156 tors, walking at an average speed of 1.93 mph, and raising over £3,000 for the charity Dream-A-Way in the process.

Now, on the back of that success, Edward has set his sights on visiting a marathon 200 tors, hills and rocks in 10 days, a feat that will require him walking for up to 12 hours a day in order to complete a...

Baxter hopes return to home ground will provide perfect pick-me-up

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter hopes a return to home surroundings will provide the perfect pick-me-up to get his ailing side back on track in the Aviva Premiership.

With just one league defeat at Sandy Park this season - that came against Northampton Saints back in early January - the Chiefs welcome Premiership newcomers to London Welsh to Devon tomorrow (3pm).

Like the Chiefs, the visitors have also been experiencing some tough times of late and last weekend's narrow home defeat to Sale Sharks has pulled Lyn Jones' team into the division's relegation fight.

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UK's AAA credit rating downgraded by Moody's

Moody's Investors Service is the first to cut the UK's top AAA credit rating down a notch to Aa1, based on its expectation that growth will "remain sluggish over the next few years".

Moody's said that the UK's huge debts were unlikely to reverse until 2016 and that the country's debt reduction programme faced "challenges" ahead.

Fellow agency Standard & Poor's in December became the last of the three main rating agencies to put the UK's top AAA rating on "negative outlook" and said it may lower its rating if the UK's economy worsened.

Germany and Canada are the...

Copplestone woman dies following road traffic collision

A Copplestone woman has died following a road traffic collision on the A377 that occurred last November.

78-year-old Patricia Anne Daniels was the driver of a red Nissan Almera, which was in collision with a silver Volvo C70 on the A377 just before 5pm on Tuesday 27 November 2012 at Barnstaple Cross between Crediton and Copplestone.

Mrs Daniels was taken to hospital following the incident but died on 19 February 2013.

The cause of the collision is still being investigated and officers are particularly keen to speak to the driver of a Peugeot 306, which was being...

Single parents in our family history & now: making a living and making it work

I have been a keen family historian for over 10 years. I also coordinate the ‘Exeter Single Parent Family Friendship Group (Exeter Gingerbread)’. Since becoming a single parent two years ago I have developed a connection with the single parents in my family tree. I have researched the circumstances that led to them becoming single parents and how they made a living in the historical and social context in which they lived.

My journey into researching family history began with my great, great grandfather’s birth certificate. Tubal Casely was born in 1848 in Wanstead, London. He is...

Special Event marks National Apprenticeship Week 11-15 March

Devon County Council is calling on small and medium-sized businesses to think about the benefits of offering an apprenticeship.

The Council is organising a special event at Sandy Park in Exeter on Tuesday 12 March to bring young people and potential employers together.

Businesses are being encouraged to sign up to the event to see how they could get involved and maybe find a suitable apprentice for their organisation.

The day starts with a Business Breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00 am for those considering taking on apprentices to find out more information.

In...

Curry chef Mohammed named best in Exeter and Teignbridge

Mohammed Syed Walid has been named Exeter and Teignbridge Curry Chef of the Year.

The curry chef from the Real India, South Street, Exeter, proved to hot for the other competitors in the contest held at Exeter College's @34 Restuarant.

Mohammed's nearest competitor was runner-up Rajender Singh Hatwel, of the Dana Pani Indian Cuisine, in Sidwell Street Exeter. Izzadur Rahman of Saffron, Newton Abbot, came third.

The competition was organised by Exeter City Council and Teignbridge District Council's Environmental Health teams, to promote food hygiene.

Mohammed...

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