French tourism chiefs enjoyed a Red Coat Tour in Exeter as part of a tour of Devon to see how the county is successfully promoting cycling tourism.
The group of 32 business people were given a tour of some of the county’s cycle trails in a visit arranged through the Cycle West project, which has helped connect cycle routes in Devon and South West England with Brittany, and Normandy.
The visit was an opportunity to highlight how Devon County Council is establishing a county-wide network and how it is working with Britanny and Normandy on the Cycle West...
The Earl of Wessex will officially open Exeter’s Greenest school later this month.
His Royal Highness will visit Montgomery Primary in St Thomas which has been formally certified as England’s first zero-carbon school.
The Devon County Council school is one of the Greenest buildings in the UK and generates all its own electricity – and a surplus – from an array of solar panels on the roof.
The innovative, air-tight Passivhaus design means it doesn’t need a boiler to provide heating.
For most of the time, the building is warmed by the body heat of pupils and...
Two major planning applications for Exeter’s Science Park given the green light
Devon County Council’s planning application for the flagship building at Exeter Science Park has been approved by East Devon District Council.
The £7 million Science Park Centre will enable growing businesses to flourish, offering a unique collaborative environment for innovation and business support.
It will provide a range of highly flexible accommodation for high growth, science-based organisations including managed desk space, offices, workshops and laboratories as well as other...
Bridge Road in Exeter will be closed this weekend to allow essential work to the Countess Wear Flood Relief structure to take place.
The structure, which is situated between the River Exe and the entrance to the South West Water treatment works, was built in the 1960s and is in need of major repair and refurbishment as part of the Bridge Road Widening Scheme.
All of the existing tarmac road layers will be removed from the top of the structure, and concrete repairs carried out. Following this, waterproofing will be reapplied before new tarmac is laid to replace the road...
Devon County Council is to submit a planning application for a 20 acre business park in Okehampton.
The 'Okehampton East Business Park' located to the east of the town aims to create a range of commercial premises along with the creation of around 150 jobs.
Stakeholders and members of the public are invited to view the application at an exhibition on Wednesday 9th April at the Okehampton business support centre from 10am-5pm.
Officers from Devon County Council's economic development team will be on hand to talk to visitors and answer any queries.
An ambitious programme of works for the South Devon Link Road, carried out over the Christmas period, has been successfully completed.
Devon County Council and Torbay Council, together with contractor Galliford Try, have announced that the activity was completed well ahead of schedule.
The essential works took place at four locations in Newton Abbot and Kingskerswell and despite the poor weather went ahead without major incident.
The programme began on Christmas Day with the removal of the Accommodation Bridge at Aller, Newton Abbot. This was completed in two 12...
The wet and windy weather that has been ever-present this festive break will be back again just in time for some of us returning to work.
Those living or commuting near seafronts were warned to be extra careful as the stormy conditions will coincide with spring tides.
An Environment Agency spokesman said: "From Monday onwards large waves and strong winds are expected along the south and west coasts which may lead to spray and waves over-topping promenades and coastal defences, especially on Thursday as spring tides approach."
"Excessive and inappropriate" restraint was used in a Devon County Council-run children's home, an Ofsted report has found. Inspectors discovered that unacceptable practices were used at the Rifford Road care home in Exeter. The report comes just months after Ofsted inspectors found child protection services in the county were also inadequate – the lowest of four rankings available.
The children's home provides planned and emergency short-term care for up to seven young people who have emotional or behavioural difficulties. At the time of the report there were four boys aged 12 to...
Devon County Council will be raising the European flag at County Hall to mark international Europe Day. The ceremony will take place at 12.30pm on Thursday 9 May.
Exactly 63 years ago the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, took the first steps in a speech that held out a hand of friendship to Germany, towards the creation of the European Economic Community, which developed to become the European Union.
Mr Schuman spoke of their two countries cooperating with each other to pool their economic resources, and to no longer be enemies.
More Devon children have been offered a place at their first choice secondary school for this September. 97 per cent of the families which applied to Devon County Council have been offered their first choice school compared with 93.7 per cent for last year. Altogether, 6,091 children have been offered places in Devon schools with a further 464 being offered places in other local authority schools. Only 12 children throughout the county have not been able to be accommodated in one of their preferred schools. In all nearly 93 per cent of applicants used Devon’s online service to submit their...
