BUSINESS telecommunications firm IP Office Ltd has won a major contract to help a Plymouth health care centre further improve its customer service to patients.
The contract to provide a new telephone system for Ernesettle Primary Care Centre will allow a network of four surgeries - Ernesettle, Cumberland, Mount Gould and Trelawny - to operate independently from the main Derriford...
Researchers in Exeter and Plymouth have been brought together in an exciting new venture to defeat dementia.
In the lead up to World Alzheimer’s Day, the UK’s leading dementia research charity has announced new investment in a Research Network across the UK, bringing scientists together to tackle this devastating condition.
Alzheimer’s Research UK will support 15 Network...
Police attended a serious road traffic collision on the A361 North Devon link road on Friday morning, 22nd August, at around 11.30am near South molton.
Three vehicles were involved in the collison, a Peugeot 206, a Triumph Spitfire and a Renault Megane.
The Peugeot was travelling towards Barnstaple followed by the Triumph. The Renault was travelling in the opposite direction...
Devon and Cornwall Police are fully prepared to prevent and disrupt any illegal rave activity across the two counties this coming August Bank Holiday.
In summer months the counties can be vulnerable to illegal incursions and raves, such as the problems encountered at Bellever and Davidstowe in the past.
Each year police have to remove a number of illegal raves which diverts...
Drivers using Merrivale Road in North Prospect are being urged to keep an eye on their speed.
The residential road has a 20mph limit but people living there say cars are regularly speeding through, putting their safety at risk.
Council Leader and local ward councillor Tudor Evans has asked the Council’s road safety team to install a ‘speed visor’, which will capture all vehicle...
A health centre has undergone a major telecommunications revamp to help further improve customer service for its 10,000 patients.
Roborough Surgery, in Eastcote Close, Plymouth, has had a new call handling system installed by IP Office Ltd based in Exeter, which hopes to boost service efficiency.
The new installation was completed last week and now call-handling is via a full...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has reinforced his plea to the public to pay a more active role in local policing.
Speaking on the opening day of the Devon County Show, Mr Hogg has highlighted volunteering opportunities and set out plans for the Force to significantly increase the number of Specials. Recruitment for this opens again in the autumn.
The partners and staff of Chartered Accountants Haines Watts held an event at Grange Exeter to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War 1 and to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the inception of The Royal Marines since their formation in 1664.
Over 100 members of the local business community attended the high-profile event in aid of The C Group charity, which seeks to inspire...
Exeter Chiefs players, school children and city representatives revealed a giant calendar at Sandy Park today (May 6) to mark 500 days to go to Rugby World Cup 2015.
The calendar revealed the date when tickets for all 48 matches, including three fixtures at Sandy Park, will go on sale to the general public: September 12, with the application window closing on September 29, 2014. From...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died when he was crushed between two vehicles.
At around 6.20pm yesterday (Tuesday 29 April) an incident took place on Glenholt Road, Plymouth involving a stationary Landrover Defender with a flatbed trailer attached, which was carrying a Volkswagon Transporter van.
A 25-year-old man from the Hull area had collected the Volkswagon...
