The future of an Exeter Youth Club, held at The Grenville on Ringswell Avenue in the Barton Hill area of Exeter, is currently under threat following the announcement by Devon County Council that the Club would have to close from 14th December.
The closure is due to the transfer of the land from the County Council to the Royal Academy for Deaf Education, which is due to relocate there from its current Topsham Road site in September 2014. Since the news was announced, County Councillor Olwen Foggin and City Councillor Rosie Denham have been trying to find ways to help keep...
A Devon County Councillor has spoken of the difficulty faced by his father who died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Cllr Philip Sanders , 65, from Tavistock in Devon, said his father had been a life long smoker and after being diagnosed with COPD his last five or six years were uncomfortable and unpleasant.
Cllr Sanders is now supporting a new campaign launched last week called ‘ Take a breath’ that highlights the dangers of COPD which accounts for more deaths every year in the UK than breast, prostate or bowel cancer.
Essential work to address persistent drainage and subsidence problems in Exeter’s High Street is scheduled to start as soon as January sales are over, Devon County Council has announced.
The City Centre will remain open for business and there’ll be minimal disruption while the work is done, is the message from City Centre Manager, John Harvey.
New work, to be completed before Easter will see new gullies and pipework installed along the length of the road from Queen Street to Broadgate.
Previous work to resolve 'settling' of the road and...
Devon County Council leader John Hart is to visit Exeter next week as part his tour of Devon to hear how the authority can help local people improve local life.
For the past three years Mr Hart has staged successful consultation events across the county. The feedback from these meetings - and online responses too - has helped county leaders take tough choices and ensured scarce resources are concentrated on the things most important to Devon people.
This year’s events are focusing on local community action. They will concentrate on identifying local...
Devon County Council has welcomed a High Court ruling that the way it calculates the fees it pays to independent sector care homes is fair and reasonable.
The judgement that the decision on fees was “a rational one which was preceded by a fair consultation process” comes after a judicial review into the way that this year’s 6.6% increase in fees was calculated.
The legal challenge was brought by a small number of independent care home owners and made on three separate grounds.
In addition to claiming the model used to calculate fee levels was flawed and unreasonable...
Twenty five young people have joined the County Council at the start of their two year apprenticeships.
The successful apprenticeship programme has been running for many years across all areas of the Council’s work in business administration, customer service, ICT and civil engineering. For the first time this year ten young people have also been recruited to the social care apprenticeships within the council’s own residential homes. The apprentices work towards nationally recognised qualifications and gain excellent ‘on the job’ experience over the two years. They are often...
A series of special events for anyone interested in fostering start this month, as Devon County Council continues its drive to recruit much needed carers.
The Council is hosting a mixture of information events and stalls in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them.
Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to...
The last section of the £1.1 million Town Quay Bridge, linking Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton, was lifted into place this week.
The new 90-metre long steel cable-stay bridge is being developed by Devon County Council and charity Sustrans, as part of the charity’s work in developing new everyday walking and cycling links in communities across the UK, with funding from the Big Lottery.
Finishing works are continuing on the bridge, and parapets incorporating lighting, are still to be installed. Approaches for the cycle way are also to be completed.
Devon is already home to world class, innovative businesses and a campaign by Devon County Council is aiming to make it easier for companies and entrepreneurs to move to the county and be part of its on-going success story.
Devon Delivers ( www.investdevon.co.uk ) is highlighting the wide range of businesses that have played a part in Devon’s economy growing faster than the national average over the past decade.
That growth is set to continue, with investment in vital infrastructure making Devon even better connected. Companies looking for the next stage...
Businesses and residents in Exeter are being asked for their views on proposals for two new railway stations in the city.
The new stations being planned by Devon County Council for Newcourt and Marsh Barton have been identified within the Local Transport Plan and Exeter City’s Local Development Framework.
The County Council is seeking the views of local firms and residents in advance of submitting detailed planning applications for each station next year.
Before this can take place, officers will be reporting to the County Council’s Cabinet later this year on...
