Climate conscious Devon residents are being urged to reduce their carbon footprint by cutting down on the clothes they buy and instead get the most out of what they have.
And if residents do have to buy new clothes, they are encouraged to buy better-quality, ethically sourced items, preferably from a local retailer.
The ‘fast fashion’ industry is the second highest carbon-creating industry in the world* and emissions from textile production outweigh the total carbon footprint of international flights and shipping combined. **
Trusted provider of aviation manpower and engineering services, JMC Group, are proud to announce the signing of a long-term contract with leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company, Caerdav to act as the exclusive manpower supplier to Caerdav.
This exclusive partnership marks the latest in a string of notable new customer signings for the aviation and engineering specialists, JMC Group. This agreement will see JMC supply contractors and permanent recruitment support to Caerdav’s global operations.
An ambitious and efficiently structured company, JMC, is...
The first homes and businesses in Barnstaple can now benefit from reliable ultrafast broadband straight to their door, from internet service provider Jurassic Fibre.
The Exeter-based company’s full-fibre network went live in parts of the town this month, providing internet speeds of up to 950Mbps. The network will cover over 10,000 premises across Barnstaple, with the build expected to be completed by late summer.
Barnstaple is the latest location to go live as Jurassic Fibre extends its network into North Devon. The announcement follows the successful roll-out to towns...
Freezing conditions are continuing to grip Devon and there is further risk of snow showers and icy patches early tomorrow morning.
Devon County Council’s gritters are carrying out multiple treatments on 2,000 miles of the county’s roads.
Secondary routes are being treated this afternoon, before heading onto Devon’s main salting network at 7pm and again in the early hours.
The Met Office has issued a Yellow Weather Warning for snow and ice from around midnight tonight until 11am tomorrow morning. Up to 4cm of snow is forecast for Dartmoor and across south Devon,...
Potholes are perceived by motorists to be a much more significant concern on the road than they were three years ago, overtaking texting and drink driving as a worsening problem according to the findings of a new report from the UK’s largest road safety charity. IAM RoadSmart’s annual Safety Culture Report, which tracks drivers’ changing attitudes to key road safety issues over time, discovered that three in four motorists (75 per cent) now perceive potholes to be a bigger issue for road users than they were three years ago. This was followed by driver distraction (68 per cent) – such as...
Devon’s gritting teams are gearing up for the possibility of snow showers later tonight (Monday 8 February).
Extremely cold conditions are expected to continue all week and there is a risk of up to 5cm of snow over the next 24 hours, with flurries most likely in the east of the county.
Road surface temperatures are expected to fall to as low as -7C this evening, the lowest so far this winter.
Devon’s gritters have treated secondary routes already today, and the main salting routes will be treated this afternoon and again in the early hours.
Boots Hearingcare , the leading private hearing care provider in the UK, is calling on Brits to improve the quality of their life, with the business estimating that as many as FOUR MILLION people are enduring the early signs of hearing loss unnecessarily.
An early 2020 study showed that there were 11 million people with hearing loss in the UK - a number that is estimated to grow to 14.2 million by 2035 - while approximately 8.8 million of that figure already are seeking support and help, either through the public or private sector.
The NHS in Devon is giving details on the different ways local people can access the life-saving coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in the county, as thousands of people are vaccinated every day.
Like other areas, the vaccination programme in Devon is focussed on vaccinating people in priority groups 1-4 , as determined nationally by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and in line with the Government ambition of vaccinating these groups by mid-February. These four groups are
All residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
Individuals and organisations in Devon who have gone the extra mile to support people affected by dementia over the past year could be recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony.
Nominations are now open for Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Heroes Awards 2021 which will be hosted by Alzheimer’s Society supporter and TV presenter, writer and journalist Richard Madeley in May.
The awards, which are sponsored by Tunstall Healthcare, will take place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday 20 May during Dementia Action Week (17-23 May) and will showcase...
