Devon County Council’s (DCC) cabinet has supported a £15.15million increase in adult social care funding for 2017/2018 to help older people regain their independence following NHS treatment.
The money was announced in the spring 2017 Budget as part of a national directive. In total £30.34million will be provided over three years through the Better Care Fund.
The £15.15milion for the first year was agreed in principle at DCC’s Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday 14 June.
This money is additional to the extra £18.7million allocated to adult care and health in February 2017...
A SCIENTIST in Exeter is urging women to back life-saving research - by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
Prof Willie Hamilton, lead researcher and professor of primary care diagnostics at the University of Exeter, has spent much of his career working in collaboration to help discover new and more effective ways to diagnose cancer by applying different methods to GP surgeries.
As a GP himself he has dedicated his working life to studying which cancer symptoms are the most important, so that GPs can more readily spot potential cancer at an earlier stage. He...
Devon County Council’s Cabinet has agreed plans to build a new £5.7 million junction off the A361 near Tiverton.
Approval of the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension access junction by councillors means that work is now expected to start on phase one of the scheme in September. However, concern was raised at the meeting that the Local Transport Board has so far only agreed to provide £250,000 of funding, rather than £1.5 million that was expected.
The funding currently available will enable the development of the access junction to the A361 to be started, along with landscaping...
On Friday 30th June, British rowing champion James Cracknell OBE, will lead a group run through Exeter’s City Centre to raise awareness of Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) being one of the chosen charities of Exeter’s Great West Run, which is taking place in the City later this year.
Owner of Exeter’s Great West Run, the double Olympic gold medallist will be joined on the run by several running supporters of CHSW, including a team from the Exeter offices of Girling Jones. The group will set off from the charity’s shop on Sidwell Street following a route down the High Street,...
Local renewables company, Beco, have recently been commended for their work at the Energy Efficiency and Healthy Homes Awards 2017.
The Totnes-based company which has been specialising in renewable energy solutions for 40 years, were commended for their work in two categories, Small Scale Project of the Year and Vulnerable Customer Support of the Year, thanks to their work on The Shine Project which provided renewable solar energy to tenants of South Devon Rural Housing Association across Devon’s South Hams area.
The Shine Project was an initiative launched in March 2015,...
Police are seeking witnesses after officers were notified of an alleged racially aggravated public order offence outside the Islamic Centre in Exeter on Saturday 10 June 2017.
The incident occurred around 8.30pm just after a peace walk and vigil in Bedford Square, Exeter, which had been arrange by Exeter Mosque and attended by hundreds of people.
Shortly after the vigil, three men attended Exeter Mosque and allegedly made racially aggravated verbally abusive comments to those within.
A 31-year-old man, a 26-year-old and a 24-year-old were arrested on suspicion of...
Exeter residents are invited to put forward questions to members of the joint County and City Councils' Exeter Board, at their next meeting on Thursday 13 July at 5:30pm at the Civic Centre in Paris Street.
The Board allocates 15 minutes for their ‘open forum’, with 3 minutes per speaker, with a maximum of three to four speakers to allow time for discussion.
Previously, residents have prompted debate about issues including broadband provision in the city, waste collection and street lighting. Questions need to be on key issues for the city of strategic, political or...
Exeter’s world-leading diabetes experts have been awarded more than £800,000 to develop a test that can identify babies with neonatal diabetes in the first few days of their lives.
The research is a collaboration between the University of Exeter Medical School and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. The funding, from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) will help prevent babies with neonatal diabetes from developing life-threatening complications and related conditions, by getting them on the right treatment pathway as early as possible.
People from across the country have come to Exeter to celebrate the difference local community group, ISCA Wheelchair Dancers, is making to people’s lives.
Five teams of walkers began their journey on Monday 29th May and have trekked across the UK to celebrate the great projects that bring people and communities together. The Great Big Walk is a new initiative made possible by National Lottery funding and run by Eden Communities. It has seen a dedicated group of walkers and their supporters visit a different local project every day. They are able to experience first-hand how...
Parents are urged to follow the advice issued by the Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service when purchasing baby sleep bags after some brands failed quality tests.
Baby sleep bags are full length fabric bags with a neck opening and armholes but without sleeves or a hood. They are designed to keep the baby warm, when sleeping in a cot or Moses basket from Kidsco , without the need for extra bedding.
A product carrying the British Standard label can give consumers’ confidence that it meets the agreed specifications laid down in the standard.
