Services at Axminster Community Hospital are now back to normal after it was temporarily closed last week due to flooding.
The flooding, from a burst water main pipe, caused some infrastructure damage and affected the hospital’s IT services and electricity supply. As a result, services at the hospital had to be temporarily suspended.
Staff from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare Trust, together with partner organisations, worked jointly throughout last week and into this week to fix the problems.
Three men have been arrested and drugs and cash seized following a warrant being executed at an address in Exeter.
On Monday the 10th of October, officers from the neighbourhood policing team and drug enforcement officers executed a misuse of drugs act warrant at an address in Longbrooke Terrace, Exeter.
Three men aged 21, 19, and 18, all from London were arrested.
Detective Sergeant Alan Barnsley said: “A significant amount of heroin and crack cocaine was seized, predominately from inside the bodies of the men arrested. A large amount of cash and multiple mobile...
Marine businesses, fishermen and sailors are to get a new voice about what happens on the Exe Estuary.
Commercial fishermen, ferry operators, mooring authority representatives, pleasure boaters and boat yard owners have come together to form a new watchdog, the Exeter Port Users Group.
This is a result of Harbour authorities, such as Exeter City Council, now having to consult their local communities about what happens on the Estuary.
The new Secretary David Rochester, company director and active boat owner, said at its first meeting in Haven Banks: The City Council...
Exeter’s Terrace restaurant and rooftop bar is now open, inviting people to enjoy stunning city and Cathedral views while sipping cocktails and dining on the very best in local produce.
Independently owned restaurant and bar The Terrace is the sixth restaurant to launch in the city’s new £12m dining destination, Queen St. Dining. It joins Turtle Bay, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Absurd Bird, The Stable and Comptoir Libanais, which are already open.
The stylish Terrace, spread over two floors of Queen St’s landmark glass building, is inspired by the most stylish venues from...
National Adoption Week 2016 kicks off on Monday 17 October with this year’s South West campaign focusing on the needs of individual children currently waiting to be adopted. Adopt South West is highlighting the fact that there are children waiting to be adopted in Devon and Somerset, and all partner agencies are looking to assess potential adopters now.
Due to changes in court practices at the start of 2016 we saw a national decline in the number of children in care who had adoption as their plan.
The effects of this have been felt nationally and both local authorities and...
Exeter College has won the prestigious City & Guilds ‘UK Centre of the Year’ award – celebrating the outstanding opportunities delivered by the college to technical and vocational learners.
The City & Guild’s Lion Awards are one of most prestigious in the skills education calendar and is a culmination of the Medals for Excellence awards programme, which dates back more than 100 years.
Judges of the awards - known as the ‘Oscars of skills education’ awards - praised the College for ‘ensuring excellent care, guidance and support for their learners’.
High levels of investment and the impact of a hot summer combined with changes to consumer spending in the wake of Brexit have led to members of the Devon Hotels and Restaurants Association reporting an almost unprecedented demand for new staff.
Hotel and restaurant managers are attempting to recruit for a variety of openings with roles for front of house, reception, housekeeping and chefs available.
Craig Findleton, Chair of the Association said: “Members of the Association have been investing heavily in their hotels and restaurants over the past two years resulting in...
Tomorrow (Tuesday 11 October) is World Obesity Day, and today the British Dietetic Association pushes for junk free checkouts as new figures from the World Obesity Federation indicate that 3.28 million school aged children in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2025. On current trends, obesity-related diseases will increasingly affect school-children, including 43,000 with type 2 Diabetes and 296,000 with hypertension by 2025.
The British Dietetic Association (BDA), founded in 1936, is the professional association and trade union for dietitians (the only legally regulated...
Damian Welch’s last-gasp try snatched a dramatic draw for Exeter Chiefs in an enthralling derby with Gloucester at Sandy Park.
With less than a minute remaining, Gloucester’s hopes of a second Aviva Premiership victory of the season were dashed when the Chiefs mauled their way over in the left-hand corner to tie the scores at 27-27.
Even then Rob Baxter’s side could have won it at the death, but the normally deadly Gareth Steenson was unable to land the tricky conversion from wide on the touchline.
Following a disappointing 15-6 defeat at the hands of Bath Rugby...
