Schools across Devon are becoming interactive theatres during a series of Healthy Lifestyle Weeks designed to formulate a programme which could ultimately be rolled out across all schools.
The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP), is being run by specialists from the University of Exeter Medical School and Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in the South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC).
University of Exeter Legal Services have been crowned ‘In-house Team of the Year’ at the inaugural Halsbury Legal Awards.
The awards were launched for the first time this year to celebrate excellence in law and recognise some of the great contributions to the legal sector. The ‘In-house Team of the Year’ category was specifically created to recognise a team who have delivered an exceptional level of legal support to their business.
The Legal Team were shortlisted alongside three other global and national companies and demonstrated to the judges that the service they offer...
Bicton College has had more reason to celebrate after achieving a ‘good’ grade in a recent Ofsted Care Standards inspection. This happens every four years and looks at the residential provision offered to students; aspects include the quality of service, outcomes for young people, the management system, and safeguarding measures.
Bicton College offers on-site residential accommodation to approximately 250 students, with a small number of off-site lodgings. The inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service and to consider how...
Fashion retailer EAST will be hosting a Fashion Day event at its store in Princesshay on Saturday 25 May as part of the shopping centre's yearlong charity partnership with WESC Foundation.
Shoppers will be welcomed to the event with a glass of fizz and can expect to be truly pampered at EAST’s Fashion Day.
Indian head massages will be on offer for a donation to the charity to help customers relax and enjoy a special shopping experience. A representative from Princesshay’s Molton Brown store will also be available at key points throughout the day offering hand massages in...
John Lewis has announced that it has signed the multi-stakeholder Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, coordinated by the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Stephen Cawley, head of sustainability at John Lewis, commented: “While we have a relatively small supplier base in Bangladesh - we work with a small number of factories that produce less than 5% of our own-brand fashion range - this incident has highlighted the pressing need to raise safety standards across the country’s garment industry.
"In signing the Accord on Fire and Building Safety, we...
Bus services to the new community of Cranbrook will be introduced by Devon County Council from Tuesday 28 May.
The Services 4, 4A and 4B, funded by developer contributions, will replace services 60, 60A, 60B, X60 and 380 on the route between Exeter, Clyst Honiton, Cranbrook, Ottery St. Mary, Honiton and Axminster.
Devon County Council’s existing funding for Service 380 along this route will also continue towards the additional services.
In line with the requirements of the planning agreement for Cranbrook, there will be a half-hourly service between Exeter and the...
Have you seen the Queen’s Jubilee Sculpture on the side of Honiton Leisure Centre?
The sculpture was designed by six-year-old Alfie Gibbins from Fenny Bridges near Honiton.
Last year, East Devon District Council's Chairman, Councillor Peter Halse, asked young people to draw their ideas for a sculpture to celebrate young people for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Hundreds of enthusiastic children and young people who live in East Devon entered the competition in the hope of getting their drawing made into a real-life sculpture and installed in their local park.
On Wednesday 19 June, Vic Williams of The Audacious Company will be running a one-day business development and sales training course for solicitors in Exeter.
Many solicitors feel uncomfortable selling their services yet being able to win new clients is a crucial element of their role, particularly in today's tough economic climate. This course is designed to overcome these issues.
Vic has over 20 years’ experience managing and training sales teams in the legal and financial services environments.
With food production under extreme pressure from climate turmoil, unsustainable returns, high costs, disease challenges, and confusion over European common agricultural policy reform, the chairman of Devon NFU has called on the government to urgently consider implementing a long-term national food security strategy. Bampton sheep farmer, Colin Rowland, says: “Farmers make up less than two per cent of the population and we currently produce 60 per cent of the nation’s food, but we seem to have been a soft touch for both governments and supermarkets who have taken us for granted over the...
