Families of residents at a Devon care home have welcomed new plans to tranform the home into a new dementia care Centre of Excellence.
Plans for the first two of Devon County Council's Centres of Excellence, at Mapleton in Newton Abbot and Woodland Vale in Torrington, go on show this week.
Open days at the homes are giving residents, their families, as well as staff and others, the first opportunity to see the plans.
They are the first of up to ten Council homes to be redeveloped over three years in their £11.2 million improvement programme.
Outlining its plans to cope with population growth, climate change and new environmental legislation, South West Water has published its proposed business strategy for 2015-2040.
The 25-year 'What's in the Pipeline' outlook has been published ahead of the 2014 Price Review, which will establish investment and water charges in England and Wales between 2015 and 2020. South West Water is inviting feedback on its long-term proposals to inform its coming Business Plan submitted to industry regulator, Ofwat, in 2014.
How can local communities take positive action in the face of big issues on climate change? Find out how local active citizens are tackling global issues in their communities.
This year's Exeter CVS Social Action project concludes with a free showcase event highlighting the work of our Active Citizens, alongside local community displays from other social action groups and enterprises.
This event features guest speakers from key local institutions on what is being done in Exeter to lessen the impact of climate change, with a global perspective from the British Council, and...
After the roaring success of last year’s event, the Exeter & East Devon branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) are once again hosting their Festival of Winter Ales at St James Park this weekend.
The 24th edition of the festival is taking place on the evenings of Friday 18th and Saturday 19th January, open from 11am–11pm on both days. Admission is £2, or CAMRA members can enter for free. Students can also enter for free with a valid NUS after 5pm on Saturday.
Like previous festivals, CAMRA is providing over 60 beers that are produced solely in the winter months....
The NHS in Devon is urging people who are in ‘at risk’ groups to visit their GP to get a free flu vaccination if they have not already done so this winter.
People who are in the clinical at risk groups are 11 times more likely to die if they get flu than a “healthy” person – for some groups, like those with chronic degenerative neurological diseases, that risk rises to 40 times.
Clinical at risk groups include those with:
a heart problem;
a chest complaint or breathing difficulties including, bronchitis, emphysema;
Peninsula Renal Network Leads Dr Wai Tse and Rachel Gair have secured nearly £300,000 of national funding from NHS Kidney Care to support patients with renal disease on behalf of the Peninsula Renal Network to improve the experience and outcomes for kidney patients at Derriford Hospital and throughout the Peninsula.
Plymouth Dialysis Unit will be one of the first in the UK to use the national Patient Decision Aid (PDA) in the care pathway for patients with Established Renal Failure (ESRF) as a result of £50,000 of funding awarded by NHS Kidney Care. The PDA is...
Despite news that the administrators have been called in, HMV has announced that its stores are open and trading as normal. However, it is not currently accepting gift vouchers or issuing any more until further notice.
In a statement issued on Monday night it said: "The board regrets to announce that it has been unable to reach a position where it feels able to continue to trade outside of insolvency protection and in the circumstances, therefore intends to file notice to appoint administrators to the company and certain of its subsidiaries with immediate effect."
UPDATE 11.41am: The road has now been reopened and services are returning to their normal timetable.
There are currently diversions in place on Stagecoach's 57 Exeter - Exmouth service due to a road closure following a Road Traffic Accident on the Exmouth Road (A376) between Lympstone Marine Camp and Lympstone Village.
From Exeter: service is running as normal as far as Lympstone Marine Camp then diverting across Woodbury Common, down Hulham Road and into Exmouth where we will resume the normal route.
From Exmouth: the Exmouth - Brixington section of the route is...
Judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled that Exeter Christian nurse Shirley Chaplin, 57, was not the victim of religious discrimination by her employers at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.
Ms Chaplin was transferred to a desk job by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital in 2009 for failing to remove a confirmation crucifix on a small chain, which she had worn to work for 30 years.
The hospital said it had acted in an appropriate and sensitive matter.
In the same hearing, the Court have ruled that British Airways employee Nadia Eweida's...
Update: The man has been formally identified as David Michael Howard Hill, aged 64 years, of Harbertonford near Totnes.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a collision on Monday evening. At about 18.10 hrs on Monday (14th January 2013) a single vehicle Road Traffic Collision occurred on the A379 at Peamore on the outskirts of Exeter, Devon.
A car travelling from the direction of Marsh Barton, Exeter towards Kennford left the carriageway to the offside entering the central reservation.
The vehicle then collided with a tree in the grassed central reserve,...
