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Staff and patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been sharing their bright ideas to promote infection control by designing special posters to be displayed throughout the hospital.

Throughout the autumn, the RD&E’s Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) ran a competition asking patients and staff to design poster campaigns around an element of infection control. Entries could range from guidance about good clinical practice, information on certain products or facts about a particular type of infection. In December, Maternity Support Worker Sally Anne Stone...

Playground equipment should be monitored more regularly to ensure toxic metals contained within paints do not present a danger to public and child health, a study recommends.

Environmental scientists from Plymouth University analysed the metallic content of paints on equipment at almost 50 playgrounds, including some less than a decade old, across the south of England.

They discovered lead content up to 40 times greater than recommended concentrations, along with higher than expected levels of chromium, antimony and cadmium.

Their research, published in the journal...

Forecasters have issued a severe weather warning for Devon as a period of changeable and potentially disruptive weather heads for the UK.

Rain will become heavy and persistent at times during Tuesday and into Wednesday, and will be accompanied by south or southwesterly gales and possibly severe gales at times

The heaviest rain and strongest winds are likely to occur in two main bouts - one late morning and afternoon on Tuesday and another Tuesday night into Wednesday, before clearing to the southeast on Wednesday afternoon.

The Environment Agency has warned...

Exeter Guildhall will play host to a free-to-enter exhibition on 27 January as part of Exeter City Council and Devon County Council's commemorations of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January - remembers not only the well documented Holocaust which occurred during World War Two, but also the ongoing worldwide genocides.

The exhibition will raise awareness of these ongoing issues with readings, presentations and visual displays as well as giving those who attend the opportunity to reflect on such issues and maybe even leave a comment in the City Council's...