Devon Air Ambulance welcomes the young and young at heart to embark on a brand-new online summer holidays fact-finding mission…
Young explorers are invited to navigate their way around the Devon Air Ambulancewebsite to discover some interesting and fun facts all about the local life-saving charity.
While many public and family-friendly attractions are now opening up across the county, there are still times when families are at home and in need of entertaining - especially with the changable weather. Fact-finders are invited to seek out all the information needed to...
Devon County Council is advising people to take extra care when travelling during the current storm conditions.
Following further torrential downpours today, surface water flooding, landslips and fallen trees have caused disruption on a number of roads across the county.
A Met Office Yellow Warning of strong winds, in force from 8pm tonight and extending throughout tomorrow and into Friday, could create further issues with gusts of up to 60mph expected. Coastal areas could bear the brunt of these strong winds.
Among the issues on Devon’s roads earlier today...
With the sun shining and tourists out in full force, the team at The Drifting Bear Co , an award-winning, local creative business, will open their first bricks and mortar shop, ROAM, in Teignmouth on Monday 24th August.
While the doors to the Northumberland Place shop were set to open on Easter weekend, COVID-19 had other ideas. Not ready to give up on their dreams, the company founders, who won the notonthehighsteet.com Make Awards for “Start-up Success’ in 2012, have worked tirelessly to make their vision a reality.
Selling a stunning selection of products from their...
Virtual support sessions started during lockdown by the Armed Forces Community Support Hub in Exeter, will have long term benefits for the project after proving a hit with users.
The Hub (based in the Exeter CoLab), which provides support for veterans and their families across Devon, some of whom have complex mental health conditions including PTSD, depression and anxiety, received two grants from Devon County Council’s COVID-19 Prompt Action Fund, totalling over £5,000.
Unable to provide their usual face-to-face support, they used the money to help over 200 veterans,...
People from across the south west have helped a new vaccine trial registry for Covid-19 research reach a milestone. Over 100,000 people have now signed up to the NHS COVID-19 vaccine registry, helping to speed up efforts to discover safe and effective vaccines. This includes thousands of people from across the south west, meaning they will be amongst the first in the world to be contacted with details about the large-scale vaccination trials starting in the coming weeks and invited to take part.
Speaking about the milestone, Alison Potter, Senior Research Delivery Manager – NIHR...
Devon’s Tesco stores are holding a special summer food collection to support the Trussell Trust and FareShare charities as they respond to an increased demand for food in the wake of the pandemic.
From August 20 to 22 customers can donate essential items of long-life food to the good causes. Tesco will top up all customer donations with an additional 20% donation in cash to the two charities.
The collection has been organised in direct response to the extra pressures placed on the food banks and community groups supported by FareShare and the Trussell Trust during the...
BRITAIN’S fed-up motorists have come up with a top ten of the most irritating things that backseat drivers say…and the worst is: “You should have gone the other way.”
A nationwide study showed that 83 per cent of drivers regularly suffer from unhelpful passenger comments, and the main culprit is usually their partner.
Among the most annoying phrases are, “Aren’t you a bit close to the car in front” and “Do you know it’s a 30mph limit here?”, according to research by insurance experts Money Expert .
Devon’s Deputy Director of Public Health has issued guidance to commuters and other car sharers as they head back to work or are out and about.
With people asked not to use public transport if possible, some are opting to share lifts to work with friends and colleagues. Young people might also be sharing lifts to places during the holiday period.
Steve Brown, Devon’s Deputy Director of Public Health and Vice Chair of the county’s multi-agency COVID-19 Health Protection Board , said:
“The best travel options are walking and cycling, rather than sitting in an...
Most non-drivers don’t have a clue how to tell if a car is about to reverse into them, new research has found.
Only 44 per cent of non-drivers surveyed by YouGov for Injury Prevention Week (17-21 August) knew to look out for reverse lights.
“When walking behind a parked car everyone should be aware that it is about to reverse towards you when those white lights come on,” said Sam Elsby, president of APIL, a national not-for-profit group which hosts Injury Prevention Week.
Some of the more worrying responses to the survey question about how to tell if a vehicle...
Barratt Developments' new west regional director has welcomed the government's announcement of an extension to the Help to Buy Scheme , which helped more than 5000 households in the South West buy a new home in the year to March 2020.
The scheme enables people to buy a brand-new home with a 5% deposit on a property up to a value of £600,000 and a 5-year interest-free government loan for up to 20% allowing buyers to take out a 75% mortgage.
The deadline for the homes to be finished in order to qualify for the loan scheme has been extended from December 2020 to the end of...
