A series of special events for anyone interested in fostering will take place this month, as Devon County Council continues its drive to recruit carers. The Council is hosting a mixture of information events and stalls in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them. Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to recruit new carers. The children and...
Police are appealing for information following a four-vehicle collision near Tavistock which left three people injured. The collision happened on the A386 near Grenofen around 6pm on Wednesday (27 February). A silver Ford Focus travelling towards Tavistock was in collision with a Nissan Almera and a DAF HGV travelling in the opposite direction. As a result a fourth vehicle, a black BMW also heading to Tavistock, was in collision with the Nissan Almera. The occupants of the Focus, an 80-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman from Bere Alston, had to be cut free from the vehicle by the fire...
Hello, I am writing this on my 100th day in office. If I’m honest, it feels more like 100 minutes because we’ve packed so much in to these first three months, and at times there’s hardly been time to catch my breath.
I am really pleased with what I’ve managed to achieve so far. The appointment of a new Chief Constable, publication of the police and crime plan and setting the budget quite rightly took a good deal of thought and hard work, and I suspect you wouldn’t want it any other way.
I do realise that many of you are yet to be convinced about the need for a Police and...
Veteran folk-rockers Fairport Convention celebrate 45 years on the road with special guests Tarras, 6-piece folk-rock band from the North of England, John 'Fake Thackray' Watterson, keeping alive the repertoire of comic songs by the late, great Jake Thackray, brilliant ragtime and jazz guitarist John James and the ever-colourful Exmouth Shanty Men.
Gates open 1pm. Music from 2pm until midnight. Showcase performances by the best of local talent 2pm - 3.30pm. Main concert starts at 4.30pm.
All-day bar PLUS rolling hog roast, barbecue, paella and tapas bar.
As Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg reaches a notable milestone on Friday 1 March - 100 days in office - he has reinforced his determination to make a real difference and says he is looking forward to the next 1,000 days, and beyond.
Since being elected in mid-November, Tony Hogg has overseen the appointment of a new Chief Constable, published his Police and Crime plan, and set budgets.
He has already received encouraging feedback from local people about how he is developing the role, and engaging directly with them. He has met numerous partners,...
John Lewis Exeter has today announced that all Partners (staff) recruited on a temporary basis when the shop opened have secured permanent positions.
Following an extremely positive response from customers during a busy Christmas trading period, the 121 who worked across a number of departments in the shop have been offered permanent roles.
Kate Connock, branch manager, John Lewis Exeter said: “I’m delighted that we’ve been able to offer all the 121 temporary Partners we recruited at opening permanent positions. The success of John Lewis Exeter has been due to the positive...
A silver chalice and a silver wafer box have been returned to the church from where they were stolen at the end of January 2013. The theft happened between 20 and 24 January at the Church of St Michaels & All Angels in Otterton, East Devon. Two other chalices, a Grimaldi and a Philips, were also stolen from the vestry at the time and these have yet to be recovered. The returned chalices were left in Colaton Raleigh church sometime before 23 February 2013. Some documentation was also returned including a Marriage register book which was described as irreplaceable. Police are appealing...
Leading wine expert Stan Parks will be joining The Magdalen Chapter’s Head Chef, Ben Bulger, for an evening of impressive food and wine matching.
Tickets are now on sale for this event that is taking place on Wednesday April 17th at 7pm at The Magdalen Chapter Hotel, Exeter. Guests will be able to indulge in an array of wines from across the world as well as enjoying a lively commentary from one of the UK’s top wine experts.
The evening’s host is Stan Parks, from Milton Sandford Wines, who has been sourcing great wines for over two decades. His love affair with wine started...
Devon’s Crealy, located just off junction 30 on the M5, is reporting a great start to the year and the double award-winning Park is predicting a good year for the South West tourism industry.
February started off well, for Devon’s Crealy, when it was announced that they had been voted ‘Overall Winner’ and ‘Best Family Attraction’ by Primary Times readers and scooped the Star Awards for the second consecutive year.
Josh Haywood, General Manager of Devon’s Crealy said, “We were absolutely delighted to learn the readers of Primary Times had voted us the winner of two Star...
The Institute of Directors has moved its South West regional headquarters to the Bristol & Bath Science Park.
IoD Director General Simon Walker visited the new offices where he met regional IoD representatives including South West Chairman Richard Ayre, South West Director Simon Face and regional staff, along with the Bristol & Bath Science Park’s chief executive Bonnie Dean.
Simon Walker, who has led the 38,000-member Institute of Directors since October 2011, said: “I’m delighted that the IoD now has a base at this hugely impressive Science Park.
