Cranbrook’s first ever town council members have been elected.
There are 12 vacancies on the new body that will be set up to manage local governance for the new community.
Nine people stepped forward for the seats on the new town council and so all nine are duly elected uncontested.
The new council is quorate (it has enough members to carry out its duties) but there will be an opportunity to co-opt three more members in the future.
A notice announcing the result of the search for new town councillors is on display at Younghayes community centre.
Blazing sunshine set the tone for the Exeter Tri Club Tristars Aquathlon, which took place at Dawlish Leisure Centre on Sunday, as part of the club’s aquathlon series. The record books were broken from the club’s junior representation alone – seeing a total of 14 ETC juniors competing across the Tristart to Tristars (7-13) categories, many for whom this was their debut performance.
First off in the Tristars 1 category were Austin Crow and Jacob Price. Jacob put in a strong first performance, setting the benchmark for future events, while Austin put in a magnificent run after a...
A teaching resource, to help school children learn all about coastal areas, has won an industry award.
Living with a Changing Coast (LiCCo) is a european project helping coastal communities to better understand, prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change, sea level rise and erosion on the natural and human environment on both sides of the channel.
Its UK partners include the Environment Agency, the Exe Estuary Management Partnership, Devon County Council and the National Trust.
LiCCO has been highly commended at the Geographical Association Publisher's...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision in Sidmouth which left a 65-year-old pedestrian with life-threatening injuries.
Emergency services were called to Church Street in Sidford at 6pm yesterday (16 April) after a Vauxhall Corsa car-derived van was in collision with the male pedestrian.
The Sidmouth man sustained serious injuries and was flown by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, where he remains in a stable condition.
The driver, a 41-year-old man from Seaton, was uninjured.
South West Communications Group is expanding its sales team,
swcomms is looking to double the size of their current telesales team to make appointments for their field based communications consultants who offer voice, data and Internet connectivity solutions to businesses throughout the Westcountry and beyond.
There are opportunities available now for both full and part-time roles.
Tamsin Abba, swcomms’ telesales manager, said: “We are looking for people who are bright, vivacious, reliable and punctual, and have a cracking sense of humour.
Hospiscare has three spaces left in the exciting Ride London event taking place on Sunday 2 August 2015.
Celia Wilkinson, Hospiscare’s challenge and running fundraiser said: “This 100 mile road race follows the Olympic 2012 road race route through central London and out into the Surrey countryside, look out for some nasty hills!
"You’ll be joining thousands of other cyclists from all over the UK in one of the fastest growing events on the cycling calendar.”
To ride for Hospiscare there is a £75 registration fee and £600 minimum sponsorship.
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has announced the appointment of Glen Wilson as Head of Property for small and medium sized enterprises, leading the bank’s support for this important and growing sector within the emerging British economy.
As part of his new role as the sector’s national head, Glen will oversee the bank’s relationships with property businesses with annual turnovers of up to £25million, offering a wealth of financial expertise, funding and guidance for those companies with ambitions to grow.
He moves from his role as Head of Mortgage Quality and Change at...
Kay Transport Ltd, based in Cullompton in Devon, has contributed to the phenomenal growth in pan-European volumes announced by Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network, and of which Kay Transport Ltd is a member.
Deliveries across Europe for the network increased by 35% last year and are forecasted to rise by 50% in the 12 months ahead. Kay Transport Ltd collects goods from their local area and through the network delivers to 14 European countries.
Tim Prout, Depot Principal at Kay Transport Ltd, said: “These are very exciting...
Rob Baxter says Exeter Chiefs should set their sights high and look to be amongst the top clubs challenging for honours come the end of the season.
Having already advanced to one major final this term, the Devon club are now targeting a second as they look to advance to a first-ever European Challenge Cup Final on Friday, May 1.
Standing in the way of Baxter's in-form charges, however, are Aviva Premiership rivals Gloucester, who provide the opposition in tonight's mouth-watering semi-final at Kingsholm (7:45pm).
With both clubs have advanced to this stage with...
TEDxExeter will be available to watch live via a computer or smart phone anywhere in the world for the first time this year.
Its annual conference takes place on Friday 24 April at the Exeter Northcott Theatre, and tickets sold out in two hours last December. Now those who were disappointed don’t have to miss out, as the conference will be streamed live via the TEDxExeter website.
“We are aware that the appetite for what we are doing here in Exeter is growing rapidly,” said TEDxExeter organiser Claire Kennedy. “It’s been called ‘the hottest ticket in town’ and ‘the most...
