Winner of the Taste of the West Gold Award for Cafe-Restaurant 2012, Otterton Mill, will be providing visitors to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) with a new menu of light meals and refreshments from Friday 30 November.
"We are delighted to have been offered this opportunity to run the RAMM Cafe" said Simon Spiller who runs Otterton Mill with wife Caroline. "As café owners, we feel lucky to operate in Devon. We are surrounded by great ingredients, wonderful growers and hard working farmers & fishermen. Our idea and ethos is to celebrate these ingredients and our...
Concerns for a 57-year-old man, who police were looking for after he went missing from his Dawlish home, have been allayed after he was found safe and sound in the town yesterday.
UNISON, the UK's largest public service union - which represents more than 1.3 million people providing vital services to the public - is ratcheting up its campaign against the consortium of 20 NHS trusts in the South West. The group of trusts, referred to as a “pay cartel” by unions, has announced plans to break away from Agenda for Change and reduce workers’ pay, terms and conditions in a move which could affect around 88,000 NHS staff, including nurses and doctors.
The union is planning lobbies, rallies and demonstrations, inlcuding outside the Royal Devon & Exeter...
Christmas is fast approaching and with the colder weather also arriving, cosy chimney fires are being lit. Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are encouraging you to check your chimney is clean, safe and swept for Santa’s arrival.
Chimney fires can cause serious structural damage to a home, with the risks being even greater if the property has a thatched roof. The damage is not only fire based but also the dirt and smell left from all the soot and smoke, which would affect your personal property, including all your Christmas presents.
New research has revealed a significant gap between what the government claims are the biggest security threats facing the UK and the fears of the population. Terrorism is not perceived as the most important threat to everyday life despite claims by policy makers.
Politics researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Warwick led detailed focus groups across the UK and conducted a nationwide survey as part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project which looked at public attitudes towards security threats.
One third of the way through your season and you are probably bored of your warm up. Don't worry: only another 6 months to go!
When working with athletes I stress the importance of the warm up as something to get better at, not something to get through. I use 4-5 different warm up themes, and add smaller variations as the season goes on.
Here are some ideas:
Use gymnastics as part of the warm up: rolling, tumbling and balancing.
Get on the ground and off the ground, don't keep in one plane of movement.
Stagecoach has just reported that the road between Halberton and Sampford Peverall has been closed by the fire brigade, with the closure due to remain in place for the remainder of the day. "Our 1 service will therefore not be able to serve stops between Halberton and Uffculme, diverting on the 1A route and then returning to its route from Uffculme onwards."
Work is continuing at the Grand Western Canal where the water levels of the lake are dropping and currently pose no there significant safety risk or concerns.
The Devon Fire and Rescue Service is pulling out and South West Highways will be setting up a road closure for this to happen this morning.
Police have arranged for a Chinook helicopter to collect a large pump today and will also be controlling a rolling road block on the A361 so that the pump can be delivered to a lay-by for collection.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for the Government to commit to a joint solution to ensure long-term affordable flood insurance for high-risk households.
The ABI has described the current state of talks aimed at reaching an agreement as being at an impasse. This follows the Government’s refusal to consider providing a temporary overdraft facility to a proposed not-for-profit special insurance fund for 200,000 high-risk households which will otherwise struggle to get affordable household insurance when the current arrangements come to an end next year....
National Rail have provided links to some photos to inform passengers the extent to the flooding, which is currently causing disruption to South West rail services. Some services resume, but This is the latest update:
All the changes listed below are showing correctly for today in the real time Journey Planner ,
The following video and images show the extent of some of the flooding:
