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#1 – Eating Noisily

At some point in your life, you’ve probably had to endure the noisy eater who manages to eat his food in a manner not dissimilar to a pig slurping on its swill. Oblivious to his fellow diners, he munches, crunches, slurps and swallows the food set before him for all to hear while you try to enjoy your own. But you can’t. Of course, you’d love to politely point out his immensely annoying eating habits but you know you’re not going to. Oh no, you’re going to suffer in silence until he finishes every last morsel on place plate. Arghh!

#2 – Not Thanking You...

Great minds often tend to change the whole world with just one invention. We would still be sitting by a candle and writing a letter to get in touch with a friend, as opposed to sitting in front of the computer and logging into Facebook to contact a friend if it wasn’t for certain inventions that were so incredible that they had enough impact to change the whole world forever. Today, we point out the 10 inventions that have had the most impact on human society.

1 - The Wheel

The wheel is often regarded as the invention that paved the way for all other...

Had the recent storms and flooding been caused by a perceived external enemy – another country, a hostile organisation or terror group, there would have been political uproar. We would have seen civil anger against the perpetrators and the calling for violent retaliation. A massive propaganda campaign would have ensued against the provocateurs, and there would likely have been strong demands for a declaration of war. But climate change (which is the most likely explanation for increasingly extreme weather events) is not caused by any of ‘them’. It is not caused by an easily definable enemy...

With only a week and a half to go until Sleep Easy, Exeter YMCA is delighted to announce that Radio Exe will be the official media sponsor of this year's event.

Sleep Easy is a sponsored Sleep Out event which takes place each year in the Guildhall Shopping Centre. Last year Exeter YMCA held the biggest Sleep Easy event in the country. The event offers participants the chance to experience, in a very small way, what life can be like for the thousands of people who sleep rough on Britain’s streets each night. However, it is also an opportunity to raise media awareness about the...