Devon has launched a new multi-agency task force to combat fly tipping. Many of the county’s leading agencies will be working together in a crime-busting partnership known as the Clean Devon task force.

In a pioneering move designed to draw a line under fly tipping in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, many of the county's leading agencies have come together to launch a new Clean Devon task force.

The partnership is sending a clear message to fly tippers that their behaviour will not be tolerated.

It brings together for the first time organisations from across Devon,...

Dr John Cooper Clarke will bring his ‘Luckiest Guy Alive’ Tour to the Corn Exchange in Exeter this Spring for what will be an intimate evening of his singular poetry and ebullient chat.

Taking place on 29 March 2020, tickets for the show are on sale now here, priced from £25.00 (+BF). Support act to be announced in due course.

John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’. Since then his career has spanned cultures, audiences, art forms and continents - a lifelong craft most recently embodied in his book of poetry The Luckiest Guy Alive...

Finding excellent vacation spots could be difficult if one is not familiar with some of the popular cities around the world. Are you planning a vacation? If yes, do you have a destination already? There are lots of suitable spots across the world, but finding them could be a problem if one does not get adequate information about these places. Before going on any trip, you should get adequate information about your proposed destination because failure to do this may lead to regrets. A lot of people find it difficult to get useful information online; some even believe that there is no...

This year as part of their annual support of hospices throughout the country the Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire W. Bro. Craig Cox can be seen presenting a certificate denoting the £1000 given on behalf of the Devonshire Freemasons and the Masonic Charitable Foundation to Carey MacKenzie, Chris Webber and Julie Morris at Hospiscare’s Pine Lodge Day Hospice in Tiverton.

The Masonic Charitable Foundation will this year give grants totalling £600,000 to the 245 hospices in England and Wales, including £7,635 to seven hospices here in Devon as part of the £13.4 million...

It's not every day that a person gets a second chance at life. However, that's exactly what Sudhir Choudhrie got more than 20 years ago when he underwent a complicated emergency heart transplant performed by Dr. Mehmet Oz, the popular television personality who is also a renowned heart surgeon. Choudhrie, who had struggled with heart disease for most of his life, received a new heart at Columbia Medical Center in New York City. He recovered completely and has thrived over the past two decades.

Since his transplant, Choudhrie has made it his life's work to give back to the community...

The occasional random cold call every full moon may not be the worst thing in the world, but when you get called every day multiple times, it means that the situation has become a big problem. Receiving a cold call instead of the call you were waiting for a long time can ruin your mood. Companies of such intrusive nature, have even upgraded their arsenal and they’re using pre-recorded messages that play once you answer. It’s quite disorienting trying to understand how all the new and modern methods of marketing have simply ceased to exist in the same dimension that companies who still cold...

The occasional random cold call every full moon may not be the worst thing in the world, but when you get called every day multiple times, it means that the situation has become a big problem. Receiving a cold call instead of the call you were waiting for a long time can ruin your mood. Companies of such intrusive nature, have even upgraded their arsenal and they’re using pre-recorded messages that play once you answer. It’s quite disorienting trying to understand how all the new and modern methods of marketing have simply ceased to exist in the same dimension that companies who still cold...

It is with great sadness that we have made the extremely difficult decision to postpone this year’s TEDxExeter event.

More than 900 people, including speakers and attendees from overseas, were due to join us at the Exeter Northcott and the university’s Alumni Auditorium on Friday, April 17.

Since our recent launch event, a growing number of cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK, including Devon. TEDxExeter is a unique day of human connection and stimulating conversations, but, during times like these, gatherings of large numbers of people bring risk.

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Following on from the deeply saddening news of Flybe entering into administration on 5 March 2020, leading aviation recruitment specialists, JMC Recruitment Solutions, quickly took the initiative to support Flybe personnel and those affected in the supply chain in securing new employment by hosting valuable recruitment fairs.

Exeter-based JMC Recruitment who provide global permanent, fixed-term and contract recruitment support, thoughts go out to everyone impacted by the collapse of the Devon-based airline Flybe. The British airline collapsed after 40 years of regional travel,...

The Devon County Agricultural Association is delighted to welcome Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon, as President of the 2020 Devon County Show.

David has been a member of the DCAA for some forty years and was elected at the Show’s AGM which took place at the end of January. He takes up the reins from Sir Harry Studholme Bt who was Show President in 2019.

David is looking forward to putting the county’s agricultural capabilities firmly on the priority list for the 125th Show: ‘The Devon County Show is an ideal platform for the agricultural community to...