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Devon & Cornwall Police ask 'Who's gonna drive you home?'

With summer well and truly bere, Devon & Cornwall Police are asking everyone to have fun, drink responsibly and plan to get home safely.

The annual drink and drug drive summer campaign, #WhosGonnaDriveYouHome, started on 1 July and runs throughout July and August 2022.

Devon and Cornwall roads policing officers will be proactively patrolling the roads of Devon, Cornwall...

New electronic patient record system, Epic, now live across Northern Devon

On Saturday 9 July, the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust went live with their new electronic patient record, Epic, across Northern Devon.

Suzanne Tracey, Chief Executive Officer for the Royal Devon said: “This is a huge digital milestone for our Trust. Having gone live with Epic across our Eastern services in October 2020, we will now be able to improve the...

Celebrate Dartmoor’s awesome archaeology at a new heritage day

Dartmoor’s amazing history is being celebrated in a new heritage day. Saturday 16 July is dedicated to the National Park’s rich cultural heritage and a whole range of activities, events and talks are planned so people can get hands-on and closer to history. Dartmoor Heritage Day is focused around 'prehistoric Postbridge' and is free to attend. People can drop in at any time although guided...

Visiting a hospital? Wear a mask

Covid rates rising in Devon

With Covid-19 rates rising, people attending health appointments at their GP or in hospital are being strongly encouraged to wear a mask. The same advice is being issued to people visiting friends or family in hospital or a care home.

There are currently six times as many people in Devon’s hospitals with Covid-19 than the beginning of June; over 300...

Innovative marine litter collector installed in Plymouth

An award-winning piece of technology has been installed at Plymouth Yacht Haven in Mount Batten to remove pieces of floating plastic from the sea.

A ‘Seabin’ has been installed in the popular marina to collect debris, plastics and microplastics from the water with the ability to collect over 1 ton of marine waste each year. Made from recyclable materials, the Seabin draws water in...

Taste East Devon returns - A 16 day food festival

Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, Taste East Devon is delighted to announce its 2022 food festival is to run from 3-18th September, extending into a 16 day celebration.

Award-winning venues, producers, chefs and restaurants across East Devon have joined forces again to celebrate the incredible food and drink on offer across the region. Founder Members include...

South Western Railway: incorrect use of customer alarms caused over 30 hours of rail delays in six months

The incorrect use of passenger communication alarms by customers on-board South Western Railway (SWR) services resulted in over 30 hours of delays between December 2021 and May 2022.

There were 176 incidents of customers incorrectly activating emergency alarms, causing 1,825 minutes of delays and nine service cancellations.

When an alarm is activated, the train guard must...

Foot Anstey welcomes new Legal Director to its Developer sector team

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has welcomed Phil Parrott as a Legal Director to its Commercial Property team

Phil will be based at Foot Anstey's Exeter office and prior to joining Foot Anstey, Phil worked for Nabarro LLP and Michelmores LLP as well as a period working in-house at Prydis. He has extensive experience in dealing with a variety of real estate centric matters, with...

Are YOU the New Face of Farming?

The Black Farmer and Writtle University College (WUC) are on a crusade to stop the drought in diversity within the food, farming and agricultural industries.

Today they begin a nationwide search to find the future faces of farming. The search is going to take place outside of traditional farming circles to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to consider farming as a...

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