A top team of environmental experts, charged with ensuring that Devon reduces carbon emissions as quickly as possible, is calling on residents to submit their ideas on how to do it.
The Net-Zero Task Force has been appointed by the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group - made up of Devon’s councils, emergency services and business groups - to deliver the Devon Carbon Plan.
The Carbon Plan will lay out in stark terms what every resident, organisation and business has to do to reduce emissions and safeguard the planet for the next generation.
Ian Kingsbury, the Provincial Grand Master of the Devonshire Freemasons recently met the Very Revd Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter Cathedral to present him with a certificate to commemorate the £10,000 granted to the Cathedral to help with the renovation and modernisation of the facilities so essential to the wellbeing of the house of worship, in particular on this occasion the Chapter House.
The Chapter House is essential for so many of the most important Cathedral meetings, events and activities and is the gathering place for all the Civic and State ceremonies that the Cathedral...
A fine example of a traditional butcher’s bike will go under the hammer on November 2.
The vintage 1930s bike was once used by a family-run butcher’s shop in Topsham to deliver orders to local people, before its practicality was made redundant with the advent of van deliveries in the 1950s.
People from a certain generation have fond memories of this style of bike, also known as a baker’s bike, particularly from the much-loved Hovis bread advert of the 1970s. Interestingly, this advert has only recently been remastered by the British Film Institute after being announced as...
Smartphones are designed for nearly all age groups, including elderly people, as long as they still have adequate cognitive and motor skills. We already become dependent on using various devices in our lives. Unfortunately, elderly isn’t technology friendly and they tend to avoid technical devices like smartphones and tablets. Un-beknown to them, there are also apps that helps with mind training and memory skills . If an elderly family member or friend is still sticking with dumb, feature phone, here are ways to encourage them to migrate to smart devices:
So you have decided to move to the UK. When we travel to a different country, we only experience a fraction of what immigrants adapting to a new culture may encounter.
Many immigrants have small children or older kids still in school that come to the UK for a better education.
Coming across articles such as these bring in a bit of warmth and ease the feeling of uneasiness most immigrants face. For many people, the language is a huge factor that affects adjustment.
So what can we do to soften the blow of culture shock that comes hand in hand with immigration?...
A lot of businesses are flash in the pan successes, here today and gone tomorrow – and yet even the most wildly profitable rarely last more than 50 years.
Think about it – companies like Amazon have had their doors open for less than three decades and, while there’s no sign of their success slowing any time soon, anything could happen to them.
That’s to say nothing of most SMEs, which are likely to fail within less than a decade of establishing themselves.
It takes a great deal of tenacity, then, for a company to stay open for more than two centuries – but that’s...
A recent survey of regional businesses, undertaken by South West recruitment specialists King Recruit, uncovers concerns about future skills shortages and the dissolution of current workplace roles.
Intrigued by the changing demands of our new digital age, Specialist Recruitment and Search Agency King Recruit decided to conduct a survey with South West clients to find out if they are prepared for this so called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution.’
Helen Plumridge, Managing Director of King Recruit, comments: “We are increasingly reminded by the media and industry experts that...
When you are planning to sell your home at some point, any work you do on it needs to be through the lens of what will help increase the value. While you want to choose improvements that benefit you and your family, you also want to consider the most profitable home improvements that will offer the best return on your investment. But what are some of the most common ones?
Add space to the home
One of the top ways to improve your home and add value to it is with some kind of space increasing improvement. By repurposing or adding to the space that your home provides, you can...
A grant from Postcode Local Trust has allowed Exeter Deaf Academy to create both a new sensory garden and an outdoor gym for the benefit of their students.
Postcode Local Trust is a grant-giving trust funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Players are not only in with a chance of winning a cash prize every day, but are also supporting a number of local projects, with 32% of each ticket going to charities and good causes.
The Academy’s plan was to enhance their outdoor space for Deaf young people with complex needs with the purchase of sustainable play...
Devon & Cornwall Police and Dartmoor National Park Authority are working closely with partners through the Dartmoor Rural Crime Initiative, an arrangement which was formally adopted on 25 October 2019.
A working group brought together by the partnership arrangement is focussing on issues that have been identified as areas of concern by local communities.
These are reducing antisocial behaviour and increasing safety around illegal raves, reducing incidents of speeding where animals are injured or killed, general road safety on the moor and fly tipping.
