Education secretary confirms details of new funding system for schools
Education Secretary Justine Greening has confirmed details of a new funding system for schools in England.
Posted on: 14 September 2017 | Posted in: Education
‘Rise Above for Schools’ programme to equip young people with coping strategies for modern life launched
Public Health England are launching Rise Above for Schools, giving teachers the resources to equip young people with resilience skills and boost their wellbeing.
Posted on: 14 September 2017 | Posted in: Education
Cranbrook ‘healthy new town’ initiatives get underway
Initiatives to get Cranbrook residents fit and healthy are getting underway, after it was chosen as one of ten sites for NHS England’s ‘Healthy New Towns’ programme.
Posted on: 14 September 2017 | Posted in: Health and Wellbeing
Final phase of Newton Abbot’s ‘East to West’ cycle route approved by cabinet
The completion of an ‘East to West’ shared cycling and pedestrian route in Newton Abbot was today approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet.
Posted on: 13 September 2017 | Posted in: Environment
Devon County Council leader presses case for devolution
Devon County Council leader John Hart is in London today to press the case for devolution for Devon and Somerset with Ministers
Posted on: 13 September 2017 | Posted in: Politics
Devon County Council Farms Estates starter couple appointed new tenants of Stantyway Farm
Devon County Council Farms Estate tenants, Sam and Nell Walker, have been successfully chosen to take on a farm more than twice the size, on the Clinton Devon Estate.
Posted on: 12 September 2017 | Posted in: Environment
Programme launched to help social enterprises
£1 million “Enhance Social Enterprise” project aims to increase the number of social enterprise start-ups and support the growth of existing ones
Posted on: 12 September 2017 | Posted in: Business and Economy
New bridge opens at Roundswell
A new £2.7 million pedestrian and cycle bridge near Roundswell in Barnstaple has opened, completing the second phase of infrastructure improvements in the area
Posted on: 11 September 2017 | Posted in: Business and Economy
Revised plans for new footbridge in Sidmouth
Plans for a new footbridge over the River Sid in Sidmouth to replace Alma Bridge have been updated in order to avoid South West Water underground infrastructure
Posted on: 11 September 2017 | Posted in: Environment
More communities to be connected in latest broadband rollout
Full fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear is carrying out survey work to connect the first 21 communities in Devon and Somerset to a new ultrafast fibre broadband in the latest phase of the Connecting Devon and Somerset programme
Posted on: 8 September 2017 | Posted in: Business and Economy
