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.
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.
Did you know that quitting smoking is the most important thing you can do for your baby?
If you are pregnant and smoke yourself, or live with someone who smokes around you, your baby is exposed to a number of dangerous chemicals.
Your baby may receive a restriction in the amount of oxygen it needs, causing its heart to have to beat harder. Smoking can cause a greater risk of miscarriage and still birth and a lower birth weight.
After they are born, your baby is more at risk of ear infections and asthma. Plus they are more likely to become a smoker themselves....
Exeter residents who want to look after their pennies and help save the environment can now take advantage of a new reuse shop at the Exton Road Recycling Centre.
In a joint initiative between Devon County Council and SITA UK the shop will provide a wide range of items including furniture, ornaments, clothing, golf clubs, bathroom fixtures and fittings and crockery.
Councillor Roger Croad at Devon County Council said: “This is an excellent development and one which we believe will prove popular with people living in and around Exeter. We want to reduce the amount of waste...
Since its move to Exeter, the Met Office's partnership with the University has made Exeter an international hub of expertise in weather and climate research.
Together the two organisations have developed collaborative ideas with a potential value of over £30 million.
Collaborative initiatives currently in development are worth over £17 million, of which over £12 million have successfully gained funding, and four professors are employed jointly.
Together our scientists are working to improve weather and climate prediction models and researching many key environmental...
Elections will take place on Thursday 2 May for nine seats in the Devon County Council divisions in Exeter and residents are being encouraged to ensure that they will be able to vote by being on the electoral register. Jeff Chalk, Electoral Services Manager said: “You must be on the electoral register to have your say on who sits on the council. If you have recently moved to the area, or moved house it is important to make sure that you register at your new address otherwise you won’t be able to vote. “It only takes a few minutes to complete a registration form but you must make sure we...
A major contract to manage and run integrated health and social care community services for children has been given the green light.
The NHS Devon Board and Devon County Council cabinet have confirmed that Virgin Care will manage and run integrated health and social care community services for children in Devon.
This follows an extensive open procurement process and due diligence exercise to ensure the safe transfer of these services to Virgin Care from 1 April 2013.
Services for children with physical, sensory and learning disabilities; public health nursing...
Photographer Peter Stephens has created a large panoramic photograph of Exeter which enables you to zoom up close to features within the image. The photograph was taken from the top of the Barley Valley Nature Reserve on the west side of Exeter. You can zoom right up to buildings including Exeter Cathedral, the College and University, John Lewis, and the new waste to energy incinerator.
The image is a composite made up from a number of photographs taken with a telephoto lens and stitched together into one large panoramic image.
It's not the clean cut image you might expect from Exeter's flagship store but John Lewis has gone for, shall we say, a slightly more earthy image with its latest men's wear model.
Out has gone the more traditional smooth, fresh-faced appearance for a rugged, bearded, 'deconstructed' look.
According to Matthew McCormack, John Lewis’s buying director, this new look ‘represents what the brand is about’.
He added: "He is a little deconstructed but kind of smart and has a great sense of style.
"He is a bit dishevelled and is deliberately growing his hair, but he...
Outspoken former Apprentice star Katie Hopkins has once again courted controversy by admitting that she won't let her children play with friends who she deems to be beneath them.
In an article in a national newspaper she says: "Call me controlling, call me ruthlessly aggressive. But I'm convinced one of the best things I can do for my children - India, eight, Poppy, seven, and Max, four - is to choose their friends for them."
Katie, who lives in Exeter, has in the past said that smokers should pay for their own medical treatment and that a female boss is a woman's worst...
