Category: Devon News

Farms 'should not be windfarms'

21 February 2012 Last updated at 11:38 Landowners can get subsidies from turbine operators Farmers in Devon should stay with farming and leave energy-production to someone else, a leading rural campaign group has said. About 150 wind turbines are currently proposed for the county, including many single turbines on farmland. Landowners get paid by turbine [...]

On the N Devon oches

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:16 PM THERE were five 180s and five ton-plus finishes in Barnstaple Darts League this week. Maximums were hit by Terry Ashton,Article source: http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/sport/on_the_n_devon_oches_1_1215984

Recruiter struggles to fill posts

21 February 2012 Last updated at 16:09 Simon Girling said he could take on three people but there was no-one suitable A Devon recruitment firm says it is struggling to recruit suitable graduates for jobs. Exeter-based Girling Jones has been looking for three people to join its graduate training programme for six months. But it [...]

Devon role in Euro diabetes study

22 February 2012 Last updated at 06:12 The research will look at how subtypes of diabetes may react differently to treatments Medical researchers from Devon will be involved in a €45m (£37m) European project to research type 2 diabetes. The Peninsular College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital [...]

5 questions: Devon Allman

First, there’s the surname. Devon Allman is indeed the son of the legendary Gregg. But he came from a broken home, and grew up relatively poor in Texas and Missouri. He was 15 before he ever made any sort of connection with his father. Like his old man, however, Allman was obsessed with music, all [...]