A host of inspiring people from Devon have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list.
Those named include:
CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Rt Hon (John) Michael Jack, Chairman, office of Tax Simplification. For services to tax policy. (Plymouth)
OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
Dr Sarah Buck, Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers and Director, BSW Consulting, Exeter. For services to Engineering and Education. (Newton Abbot)
New research reveals that poisons in tobacco smoke break down the body’s main systems, damaging bones, muscles, brain, teeth and eyes.
Public Health England (PHE) have launched a powerful new campaign to highlight how smoking damages the body and causes a slow and steady decline in a process similar to rotting.
The campaign starts as a new expert review commissioned by Public Health England highlights the multiple impacts that toxic ingredients in cigarettes can have on your body. While many smokers know that smoking causes cancer and harms the lungs and heart, the new...
There are many people who work over the Christmas and New Year period, due to the nature of their job. Devon Air Ambulance crews, along with all other ambulance and emergency services are no different.
Heléna Holt, Chief Executive of Devon Air Ambulance Trust said: “I would like to thank Matt Collins and Michael Caines of ABode who have gone that extra mile and are cooking and delivering our Exeter on duty crew with a special festive lunch on Christmas Day. This is an amazing and generous thing to do and really does encompass the true spirit of Christmas, where we have the chance...
The last few days have seen some crisp, wintry days and nights with the coldest temperatures of the year so far.
The weather is set to change with a rise in temperatures and a move to more unsettled weather, but what's the weather looking like for New Years Eve itself?
If you're heading out of Devon to celebrate the New Year, forecasters say it will be breezy with rain in western parts through the afternoon and evening of New Year's Eve. This is likely to become lighter as midnight approaches and should have eased across Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Although it...
