Connecting Devon & Somerset (CDS) has announced that it will be publishing the tender for the second stage of the superfast broadband programme across the region by early February.
The announcement comes as the current programme gathers significant momentum with over 400 cabinets and nearly 100,000 homes and businesses connected to fibre. In addition, some 2,500 individuals and businesses have attended events as part of the Get up to Speed programme, which is designed to help them get the most out of faster broadband.
Connecting Devon and Somerset will be using the...
New research reveals that that one in six people in Britain have kept secrets from their loved ones by hiding or lying about rent or mortgage troubles.
Research from Shelter and YouGov paints a picture of a nation of ‘secret strugglers’ who are keeping housing worries from their partners and families. People reported secretly taking out loans, selling items such as jewellery, and even shredding bills to keep their problems hidden.
The strain of today’s sky-high housing costs is taking its toll, with almost a quarter of people (24%) losing sleep because they are worried...
Devon County Council’s snow wardens have been put on standby for the coldest spell so far this winter.
Road surface temperatures are set to plummet below -5 C overnight tonight and are not expected to rise above freezing before 9am tomorrow. The County Council is advising people to take extreme care if travelling tomorrow morning, particularly on untreated roads.
Devon County Council gritters will be treating around 1,700 miles of the precautionary salting network across the county from 3pm this afternoon and again in the early hours.
Geoff Pringle, the Chief Operating Officer at the University of Exeter, has been named as one of the most influential executive role models in the UK.
Geoff has been recognised as being amongst the most influential Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) executives in business today, in the Out at Work Top 50 rankings.
He ranked 43rd in the prestigious list, published in the Telegraph on Friday, 16 January 2015.
The influential rankings recognise the contribution that prominent individuals have made to create and promote LGBT networks and initiatives within...
The European credentials of Exeter Chiefs will be put firmly to the test this weekend when Rob Baxter leads his side into battle at Connacht this Sunday (3.15pm).
After a difficult month of action in the Aviva Premiership, the switch to European Challenge Cup action could not have been better timed for the Devon club, who head into this weekend’s tussle top of Pool Two and two points clear of their Irish hosts.
Connacht, though, are a tough nut to crack at the Galway Sportsground and their impressive European record - which reads 10 wins in their last 12 home games - means...
The Donkey Sanctuary is this week celebrating the 50th birthday of Tessa, its oldest donkey!
Tessa arrived at The Donkey Sanctuary in 1985. She has since spent 30 years living happily on its farms with various donkey friends. With the average UK donkey life expectancy at 27, Tessa has outlived many of her peers- but she is still going strong!
Born in 1965 amid The Beatles and Top of the Pops era Tessa has a zest for life, a healthy appetite and a love of being groomed. She lives amongst a group of 27 donkeys and is friendly with all of them, and she has a favourite...
InnovateWest invites ambitious entrepreneurs to Dartington Hall on 29th January 2014 to discover the radical business management methodology 'lean start-up'.
Ready! Fire! Aim! is an intense, hands-on, one-day workshop that demonstrates the strength of doing over deliberating and experimenting over estimating.
Utilising the latest thinking, local case studies and the power of peer-to-peer collaboration participants will acquire lean start-up skills, increase business awareness and take-away resources to use back at the coalface.
A fugitive drug trafficker who headed a crime group that supplied huge amounts of heroin to the South West, including Exeter, has been arrested in Tenerife.
Stephen Blundell, aged 36, of Leathers Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin but fled to Spain before he could be sentenced in April 2013. He was later jailed for nine years eight months in his absence.
Blundell (pictured in 2013) controlled a crime group which included a Cornish grandmother caught transporting £50,000 heroin under pasties in her shopping bag.
Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their front-row options with the signing of young prop Alec Hepburn from Australian club Perth Spirit.
The 21-year-old forward, who has previously enjoyed spells with Wasps and London Welsh, has signed a deal that will keep him at Sandy Park until 2017.
Brought into the Chiefs this week by head coach Rob Baxter, Hepburn was a member of the victorious England Under-20s side that won the Junior World Championship in France two years ago, lining up alongside current Exeter young guns Luke Cowan-Dickie, Joel Conlon, Sam Hill, Henry Slade and Jack...
Physical inactivity may be associated with twice as many deaths as obesity, according to research.
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that just a modest increase in physical activity, such as a brisk 20 minute walk, could have significant health benefits.
Researchers, from University of Cambridge, studied data from 334,000 European men and women, and measured height, weight and waist circumference, and measured levels of physical activity using self-assessment.
Using data on European deaths, they estimated that 337,000 of the 9...
