As the number of people seeking refuge from atrocity soars to unprecedented levels globally, Devon’s residents are rallying to give support.
Recent months have seen a surge in local initiatives to assist asylum seekers and refugees at home and abroad. This is in sharp contrast to the slow and minimal government response to the crisis.
The situation has led longstanding charity Refugee Support Devon (RSD) and the newly formed Exeter City of Sanctuary (ExCoS) group to publish a brief encouraging Devonians to continue their efforts in 2016 and beyond. It also calls upon local...
Devon County Council is set to spend at least £443 millions on services in the new financial year.
Devon's ruling Cabinet today agreed to set a target budget which includes a £16 million boost for under pressure care services.
But there will be a reduction of £3.4 million in Place services which covers highways, libraries and the economy. The target budget calls for the county to spend an extra £16.1 million on its People services in the new financial year. That's an increase of 5.4 per cent on this year's spending. The People budget covers children and adult care as well...
Devon and Cornwall Police have welcomed the OPCC’s ‘101 – One year on’ report.
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said: “We are pleased and reassured that the emergency 999 service remains strong, even when demand is high.
This is our absolute number one core function and overall this service is consistently good. We accept however, that our 101 non-emergency service is not as good as we want it to be. I must add that this is absolutely not a criticism of the men and women who work in the control rooms in Plymouth and Exeter. These people have an incredibly challenging role and I...
Hosting the Rugby World Cup is returning many benefits to Exeter, a report to the City Council will set out next week (21 January).
More than 34 million people will have seen television and other media and press coverage of the city's involvement in the games amounting to an equivalent value of £1.5 million worth of advertising.
The exact amount of economic benefit that RWC2015 brought to Exeter is still being measured and will be announced later this year. Before the tournament Ernst and Young forecast a total of £39 million economic benefit to the city.
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner is ring fencing up to £250,000 for the Chief Constable to make immediate improvements to the 101 non emergency phone line. The commitment comes as Tony Hogg publishes phase two of his office’s ongoing review into the 101 service, a report which also assesses the force’s progress against the initial findings from a year ago. The main findings of the report are:
The average call waiting time for non urgent matters has almost doubled to more than 8 minutes
The percentage of callers waiting for more than 10 minutes
Dominic West fans are in for a steamy VUE year as the premium entertainment group offers the best seat in the house for the star’s latest stage show.
West features in a lead role in the National Theatre’s stylish and intimate production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
The show is part of Vue’s’ stunning January line-up as once again Europe’s largest cinema group beams fantastic live events direct from London’s West End via satellite to their state of the art venues.
As well as West’s stage performance, Vue Exeter is offering customers the best seat in the house for a...
Jack Nowell’s knee injury will not require surgery and is not as bad as first feared, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has revealed.
But that news has been offset by the revelation that lock Mitch Lees is set for around four months on the sidelines after an operation on his injured arm on Monday.
England back Nowell, 22, hobbled off in some pain with eight minutes left in Saturday’s 19-10 win over Gloucester, having badly twisted his knee in a tackle. He is unlikely to train this week.
Lees, who had been tipped for a spot in Eddie Jones’ England squad to be...
Dozens of firefighters are tackling a large thatch blaze at the Ring of Bells pub in North Bovey, Dartmoor.
Fire appliances from across Devon and Somerset were mobilised to reports of the thatch roof alight, shortly after 11.30am today (Wednesday 13 January).
Crews from, Chagford, Bovey Tracey, North Tawton, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Ashburton, Torquay, Exeter Danes Castle, Totnes and the High Volume Pump from Taunton (crewed by Wellington) are in attendance.
A spokesperson for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said: “This is a thatched public house,...
