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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Seventeen young carers from across Devon have enjoyed a well-deserved break from their caring responsibilities at the largest festival in the world dedicated to young people with unpaid caring roles.

It’s the 25th year that Devon Young Carers has attended the Young Carers Festival at YMCA Fairthorne Manor at Botley in Hampshire. Four dedicated staff members, one volunteer, and one inspiring Adult Young Carer accompanied them on a two-night adventure packed with connection, laughter, and discovery - a well-deserved break from their day-to-day caring roles at home.

They...

Survey into crime in rural areas

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 05/25/2015 - 10:31pm

The largest ever survey into crime and anti-social Behaviour (ASB) in rural areas has been launched in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to find out how the police can better serve rural communities.

The survey, launched by the National Rural Crime Network (NRCN), is calling for people who work or live in rural areas to come forward and give their views on policing in their community, the impact crime and ASB has on them and their neighbours and to ultimately help shape the future of crime prevention and rural policing.

Anyone living or working in rural areas is being...

Two non-executive directors reappointed to Trust board

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 05/25/2015 - 10:06pm

THE Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust is pleased to confirm the reappointment to the board of Tim Douglas-Riley CBE and Nick Lewis MBE as non-executive directors.

Tim Douglas-Riley has been reappointed for a further two years, until May 2017.

He joined the board in May 2013 and chairs the quality assurance and organ donation committees.

He is the Trust board champion for safety and quality and for safeguarding adults, a member of the safeguarding adults board and also a trustee of the Charitable Fund.

Tim is a qualified doctor who spent his professional...

Velo Vintage returns to Exmouth

It seems hard to believe that it is a year since Velo Vintage was last in Exmouth.

Since then they have held their unique cycle events in Exeter and also in the north of the county in Barnstaple, but Exmouth has always felt like the home of Velo Vintage and where the first Occasion & Ride took place.

Rumour has it that this next event on Saturday 13 June, which is the eighth, is going to be rather different and as well including many of the excellent cycle paths, they will also be spending some time relaxing over a picnic and watching some cricket, all very British. The...

Ring & Ride celebrates 25 years

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 05/25/2015 - 11:37am

Ring & Ride services in Devon celebrated their 25th anniversary at a special event on Sunday 17 May.

More than 200 guests who are involved with the service were invited to a Silver Jubilee celebration which was held at Seale Hayne in Newton Abbot.

Ring & Ride was set up in response to new legislation at the time which gave local authorities powers to meet the travel needs of elderly and disabled people, and in April 1990, Honiton became the first market town in Devon to launch a Ring & Ride service.

Ring & Ride offers door-to-door transport in a...

Air Cadets donate to Dartmoor

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 05/25/2015 - 10:16am

Air Cadets from Devon and Somerset Wing Air Training Corps have donated £515.00 to Dartmoor’s £ for the Park initiative. A cheque was presented by Squadron Leader Terry Ancell to Dartmoor National Park Chairman, Peter Harper at Ten Tors 2015 last weekend.

Each year the Wing runs a training programme for the Ten Tors Challenge. Starting in January, the team conduct eight training weekends, many of which are within Dartmoor National Park, progressively developing the teamwork, leadership and technical skills, together with the physical and mental strength necessary for completing the...

Exeter photographer tops national competition

An Exeter Photographer has been awarded a coveted ‘runner up’ prize in a national photography competition. Gareth Beynon, 42, from Exeter, has been awarded one of the five ‘runner up’ spots in National Accident Helpline's #FreshStartPhotos competition, along with £50 in Amazon vouchers, with his entry: "The Long Road Ahead".

He said: "Starting out on a new journey with the road stretching ahead of you." The competition was judged by the editorial team at Photography Monthly Magazine, who said of the entry: "We liked that this image is relatable to anyone that looks at it. It could...

Glorious come-back for county show

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 05/24/2015 - 5:33pm

Organisers of this year's Devon County Show are celebrating what they called a 'glorious come-back for glorious Devon's premier event', as the last of almost 100,000 show-goers made their happy way home from the Westpoint showground near Exeter.

A combination of a myriad of trade stands, some of the finest food and drink to be found at any show anywhere, an impressive range of agricultural machinery, perfect weather - plus what seems to have been a very conscious effort by Devon's people and businesses to rally round their county show after last year's third day cancellation,...

East Devon office relocation debate

An Extraordinary meeting of East Devon District Council to debate the office relocation has been requested by 15 newly elected independent councillors.

The meeting, which will be open to the public, will take place at Knowle on Wednesday 3 June at 6.30pm.

Full council will debate a motion to suspend all processes relating to the sale of the Knowle site for six months, in order that a number of actions can be carried out:

• Comprehensive plans to be produced, showing the distribution of services between the two proposed alternative office sites of Honiton and Exmouth...

Success for Exeter School Olde Timers

Exeter School’s Young Enterprise team has won the Devon & Somerset round of the national YE competition. The Olde Timers, made up of Lower Sixth pupils who sell clocks from recycled materials such as cheese boxes and records, also took the prize for Best Trade Stand at a Devon & Somerset event held at Asda supermarket. The team generated the highest revenue out of the teams there and repeated their success at the Guildhall Christmas event where they sold out of stock. The enterprising team set up a crowd funding page in a bid to raise enough money to develop their product range and...

Don't leave your family in turmoil

More than 55% of people living in south west England risk leaving families in turmoil when they die or become seriously ill because they have no will or have not discussed their end of life wishes.

Research by the Dying Matters Coalition, conducted to coincide with Dying Matters Awareness Week, which ends today (Sunday) shows millions could leave their family affairs in tatters and pile extra stress on their relatives if they die or become seriously ill.

This week is also Dementia Awareness Week, and legal experts and the Law Society are reminding people of the importance...

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