Last week a local award winning at-home care provider celebrated several staff member service milestones. Bluebird Care Exeter and East Devon understand how important staff longevity and commitment is to the happiness and welfare of their customers, so take time each quarter to recognise, celebrate and simply thank the staff who have reached service achievements.
William Flint, Director said “Our Care Workers are the lifeblood of this business, their dedication and commitment to doing the best job possible is staggering, so to take time out to thank them is so important” Husband...
Paul Lewis born on 20th May 1972 is an English classical painist and will play Beethoven’s last three sonatas at St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton on Saturday, 3rd October from 7.30pm. These are widely considered to be three of the most sublime, brilliant and audacious of his works for piano.
Paul’s father worked at the Liverpool docks and his mother was a local council worker; there were no musicians in the family background.
He is married to Bjorg Vaernes, the Norwegian cellist of the Vertavo Quartet. (“I played the cello as a young boy, really badly, and that was my...
International pianist Peter Donohue will be playing an inspiring programme: SCHUMANN, R: Abegg Variations, Op. 1 SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A Major D959 SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 CHOPIN: 3 Waltzes CHOPIN: Two Nocturnes, Op. 62 DEBUSSY: Trois Pièces Pour Piano 1. Masques 2. D'un Cahier d'Esquisses 3. L'Isle Joyeuse for further details see website: www.stpetersmusic.co.org
Join the East Devon District Council Countryside rangers during the summer holidays to explore some local habitats and discover more fascinating facts about the world of rockpools and bugs.
Did you know for example that male and female crabs can be identified from the shape of their tail or that crickets have ‘ears’ on their legs?
East Devon's rangers will be leading the rockpool rambles so just turn up at the events and bring a net and bucket if you have them. Events are free but donations are welcome, and will help the team continue the events programme in the future....
Two of East Devon’s best loved parks will be the venue for several outstanding shows this summer.
Well regarded touring theatre companies will be performing at Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth. Choose from Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet or Pride and Prejudice.
This is a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments bringing new events to our outstanding parks and gardens.
EDDC’s Culture Champion, Cllr John O’Leary said: “It is great that these Green Flag gardens have the facilities to offer...
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.
