Devon

Starcross railway station has been brightened with pretty summer flowers thanks to a partnership between Easter Hill Nursery and its owner James Murphy, First Great Western and the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.

Mr Murphy said: ”Looking out onto the Exe Estuary from Starcross station is one of the best views in South Devon. I am delighted to be working with First Great Western and the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership to welcome passengers at Starcross with these bright new planters full of flowers.”

Three new planters were established as part of Citizens’ Rail,...

An archaeological dig in a rural Devon village is yielding more ancient secrets.

Last year experts working on a major field study at Ipplepen, Devon, excavated a Roman road, complete with ancient wheel ruts and potholes.

Now they have uncovered new insights into how the community lived, through the discovery of new archaeological features and pottery, such as a continental food storage jug that would have travelled across Europe before it was used at the site.

The team uncovered a large fragment of storage jar, known as an amphora, buried under the surface of the...

Sixty-one per cent of workers have stolen items from their office ranging from toilet rolls to mugs, according to new research.

Staff who sneaked something out from work were more likely to have taken pens than any other item (80 per cent), followed by post-it notes (40 per cent), notepads (32 per cent) and highlighters (25 per cent).

One in ten admitted to stealing toilet rolls from the office toilets to take home.

Staff also confessed to unscrewing light bulbs (3 per cent) and taking tea bags home (6 per cent), according to the survey of more than 2,000 office...

Time is running out for local people to tell the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England what they think of proposals for new council ward boundaries across Exeter.

The public consultation closes on 10 August 2015.

The Commission’s draft recommendations propose that Exeter City Council should have 39 councillors in the future: one fewer than the current arrangements. The proposals mean those councillors would represent thirteen three-member wards across the city.

Max Caller, Chair of the Commission, said: “We are keen to hear local views about...

Melissa Phillips, a nurse on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, has won the award for Returnee to Practice of the Year in Devon and Cornwall at the Health Education South West Awards (HESW).

The inaugural awards, hosted by HESW at a ceremony in Taunton, celebrated the huge contribution made by nurses, midwives and health visitors who have completed their journey back to practice after time away from the NHS.

Melissa recently returned to nursing after spending seven years away from the profession.

Melissa said: “I had been working...

Customers and supporters of the Volunteer Inn in Ottery St Mary raised a cheer as the ribbon was cut by pub regular and family friend, Mel Snow on the completion of the first leg of refurbishment.

The new look for the popular pub in Broad Street includes a contemporary dining area, outdoor deck and, the piece de resistance, brand new, luxury toilets.

Landlady Jacqui Down explained: “It’s not often that new toilets are noteworthy, but having had outdoor facilities since the pub first came into existence as a dwelling, hostelry and recruitment centre for the Napoleonic Wars...

The UK's favourite parcel delivery company DPD has announced a major recruitment drive in Exeter, as part of the firm's nationwide expansion.

DPD has confirmed that it is on the look-out for 27 new drivers to join its rapidly expanding owner-driver franchise programme at its Exeter depot, which gives recruits the opportunity to be their own boss and become part of the fastest growing major parcel delivery company in the UK.

The recruitment drive is part of the company's ongoing expansion that has created over 4,000 new jobs across the UK in the last five years, as a result...

A man is being treated for spinal injuries after falling though the roof of a building in a Devon village.

One fire crew from Hatherleigh attended the incident at The Old Tin Buildings in Northlew, near Okehampton at around 8.45 yesterday (Friday 31 July).

On arrival crews confirmed that a man had fallen through the roof the timber building and was trapped underneath galvanised roofing.

Small tools and manpower were used to reach the casualty, who was then taken to hospital by ambulance.

Two world-leading scientists from the University of Exeter have been honoured with a prestigious national science award.

Professor David Stephenson, from the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and Professor Michael Cant, from the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, have been bestowed with a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award.

They are two of just 19 scientists nationwide to be awarded the honour, in recognition of their outstanding research in the areas of Stochastic modelling for improving understanding of storm risk and Social...