Dorchester-based independent, family-owned developer C G Fry & Son toasts the success of two of their site managers receiving awards in the South West regional finals of the NHBC (National House Building Council) ‘Pride in the Job’ 2013 in the medium house builder category. Steve Walker was announced as the South West regional winner for The Duchy of Cornwall Poundbury development in Dorchester and colleague Adrian White has won the Seal of Excellence for Wyndham Place in Tisbury, Wiltshire; his first site for C G Fry.
Pride in the Job is the only UK-wide competition dedicated...
Experts are warning of a looming crisis across England as a new report reveals that the country is rapidly running out of space to bury people.
According to a BBC Local Radio survey, a quarter of burial authorities will run out space in 10 years or less; nearly half (44 per cent) in 20 years or less and some areas have already completely run out of space - with others set to run out in less than three years.
The head of the Institute of Cemetery and Crematoria Management, Tim Morris, said: “This is a seriously worrying situation. We are heading towards many burial grounds...
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust is among a handful of hospitals across the country to have been awarded Exemplar status for its Radiology department.
The prestigious status, conferred by the British Society of Interventional Radiology, has been given to only nine hospitals nationwide.
These hospitals have all demonstrated a commitment to improving quality and access to Interventional Radiology. One initiative by the RD&E radiology department that caught the BSIR’s attention was the redesigned patient information leaflets. The society is suggesting...
Friendly, easy-paced walk taking in the Exeter landscape and its autumn wildlife.
This walk follows the Ludwell Valley, Mincinglake and Hoopern Valley for approx. 6.5 miles with some steep and muddy sections, finishing at Millers Crossing, Bonhay Rd.
Join Deveon Willdife Trust for part or all of the route.
Please bring your own lunch/drink.
No charge but donations welcome.
Goes from Ludwell Valley entrance, off Topsham Rd (opposite Northbrook golf course), Exeter.
Beginning a new venture used to mean applying for funding or getting a loan from the bank, but Ian Clifford from Sidmouth took a gamble on a new way of raising money for a new online venture called YouRock. He decided to try crowd-funding, a method of pitching an idea to the internet and gathering multiple pledges of support.
Ian said, “Asking people on the internet to back your idea is a very rewarding way of raising money for your project. You know that they will only part with hard earned money if they see real merit in what you are trying to do”. In August local papers ran...
Russia’s investigative committee has announced they are to prosecute around 29 Greenpeace activists, who were arrested last Thursday (19 September) following an attempt to climb the Prirazlomnaya oil-drilling platform off the Russian coast. Two Greenpeace activists from the international crew of the Arctic Sunrise were detained during this attempt on the 18 September, with the remaining activists arrested the following day. Among the six British Nationals on the Arctic Sunrise are Iain Rogers, 37 and Alex Harris, 27 from Devon. Alex Harris’s mother Linda has said she fears for her daughter...
The One Planet MBA, offered exclusively by the University of Exeter Business School, has come third in the world in the Global Green MBA Survey, announced today (September 23). It also scooped first place in the UK as well as coming top in the global rankings for ‘smaller’ programmes. Undertaken by Corporate Knights, this inaugural Global Green MBA survey is the definitive annual list that examines how universities around the world are faring at integrating sustainability into the academic experience. The survey, which had focused on Canadian schools over the past decade, was expanded...
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Exmouth following a police armed response to reports of a male in possession of a firearm in the town on Saturday evening.
The man was arrested at 10.40pm on Saturday evening on suspicion of aggravated burglary. He is currently in custody in Exeter.
Police responded to the incident at around 7.45pm on Saturday 21 September.
Armed officers including officers from the Force Support Group as well as the Dog Section and the police helicopter were despatched to the incident which was reported to be in the Dinanway Park area of...
Hundreds of thousands of spectators were left feeling “on top of the world” in Devon today (Friday 20 September) after joining The Tour of Britain’s 10th anniversary celebrations.
Stage Six of this year’s Tour, hosted by Devon County Council, started in Sidmouth on East Devon’s Jurassic Coast with a warm welcome from fans and the warmest weather of the race so far.
Huge crowds got to see some of the biggest names in cycling on the 85 mile (137 km) route, which took in Sidbury, Honiton, Willand, Tiverton, Exeter, Chudleigh, Moretonhampstead and Bovey Tracey.
