Saltrock now charges 5p for every carrier bag given out in all stores across the country, and every penny collected is donated directly to coastal charity Surfers Against Sewage.
Saltrock hopes that by taking this company wide decision it can raise both awareness and funds for the charity to fight the causes of coastal damage.
“Surfers Against Sewage is a cause close to our...
The Service is issuing advice to the owners of thatched properties following a fire which destroyed a thatched cottage in Ide, near Exeter, on Friday (23 January).
Twelve fire engines were at the incident in Little John’s Cross and fire crews have re-visited throughout the weekend to dampen down hotspots.
Firefighters covered neighbouring thatched properties with foam to...
Nominations for the prestigious Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards are now open.
Active Devon and Exeter Foundation, who jointly stage and promote the event, are expecting this year’s event to be more popular than ever.
The awards celebrate, not just the participants, but the clubs and teams, the coaches, the officials and the volunteers who help performers to succeed....
New research reveals that that one in six people in Britain have kept secrets from their loved ones by hiding or lying about rent or mortgage troubles.
Research from Shelter and YouGov paints a picture of a nation of ‘secret strugglers’ who are keeping housing worries from their partners and families. People reported secretly taking out loans, selling items such as jewellery, and even...
A fugitive drug trafficker who headed a crime group that supplied huge amounts of heroin to the South West of England has been arrested in Tenerife.
Stephen Blundell, aged 36, of Leathers Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin but fled to Spain before he could be sentenced in April 2013. He was later jailed for nine years eight months in his absence.
A newly created and innovative marketing communications agency launched on Monday (12 January 2015).
Triangle Communications has been set up by three experts in the fields of PR, Digital Media, Marketing, Events, and Internal & External Communications, specifically to support the needs of businesses in the South West.
As a specialist marketing, lead generation, media...
Provisional full year figures for 2014 show it is the UK's warmest and fourth wettest year in records dating back to 1910.
It is also the warmest year on record in the Central England Temperature series, which dates back to 1659 and is the world's longest running instrumental temperature series.
The UK's mean temperature for the year is 9.9 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-...
The Venus Awards National Final takes place on the 23rd January.
The Devon Regional winners will compete against more than a hundred other Venus Award Winners from around the country. This sold out event is being held at the Audleys Wood HandPicked Hotel in Basingstoke.
Established in 2009 as the Langtry Manor Business women awards to reward local hard working women, they...
The year of Rugby World Cup 2015 is here and the world’s top 20 teams will now countdown to the six week Tournament, hosted in England and Cardiff in 2015, to compete for Rugby's greatest prize: the Webb Ellis Cup.
Tournament Organisers, England Rugby 2015, Tournament Owners, Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL), VisitEngland, and Newcastle Council marked the turning of the year by unveiling...
Three members of staff from Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have played for the UK Fire Service Women's Rugby team.
Kezia Lee (winger) is a retained firefighter at Crownhill, Caitlin Short (fly half) is Senior Technical Assets Admin Assistant at Service Headquarters, Exeter, and Bethan Ayling (centre) is a retained firefighter at Tavistock.
