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Ghostly Nights Named Paranormal Experience Provider of the Year for the South West

Ghostly Nights, the South West’s leading paranormal events company, has been officially recognised as the Paranormal Experience Provider of the Year for the South West, celebrating its authentic and immersive ghost-hunting experiences.

With autumn nights drawing in and Halloween around the corner, Ghostly Nights offers the perfect alternative night out. Guests can step inside historic venues - from manor houses to prisons - and take part in real paranormal investigations using professional equipment.

“This award is a huge honour” says Will Hodges, founder of Ghostly...

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ProtonVPN review – Is it a good Hong Kong VPN or not?

You will not find many VPN services that are as straightforward in their approach as ProtonVPN. This service provider is unique in its own way. It talks about important matters openly so you know what decisions to make and when. There is a special emphasis from this VPN service provider on your privacy and security, and these are the most important factors that matter when you browse the internet. Let’s get into the details of what makes ProtonVPN great.

ProtonVPN – The Advantages
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Exeter care home residents reunite with loved ones in Home’s new visitor pod

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/07/2020 - 9:43pm

Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Cadogan Court, in Exeter, were overjoyed to be reunited with their loved ones this week after months without visitors.

The Home is among the first in the country to install a COVID-secure visitor pod, to enable residents to meet safely with their families again.

Like many other care homes, Cadogan Court closed its doors to all but essential visitors at the start of the pandemic to protect its residents.

Staff have worked tirelessly to ensure that residents have had regular contact with their families by ‘phone or video call, but...

Exeter City Futures appoints new Managing Director

Exeter City Futures has announced the appointment of their new Managing Director, Andrew Hardwick.

Having previously worked as Regional Stores Director for Tesco (Westcountry), Andrew brings 20 years of senior executive management experience across retail, hospitality, leisure, and not-for-profit sectors.

Andrew takes up the role from Liz O-Driscoll, and joins following the curation and publication of the Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan . As the new Managing Director, Andrew’s focus is to ensure Exeter City Futures delivers effective collaborations that facilitate Exeter’s...

‘Don’t suffer in silence’ – help at hand for anyone in Devon feeling anxious about leaving lockdown

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/07/2020 - 4:31pm

People in Devon who are worried or anxious about coping with the newly relaxed lockdown measures are being offered help and support.

A further easing of lockdown measures on Saturday, 4 July, has left many people concerned about going back to pre-Covid social situations, such as visiting a restaurant, or about the catching virus itself while out and about.

Livewell Southwest and Devon Partnership NHS Trust (DPT), the providers of mental health services in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth, are reminding people that mental health services are open for business and available to...

East Devon beaches claim Blue Flags and Seaside Awards for 2020

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 07/06/2020 - 11:21pm

Blue Flags will be flying high above the beaches of Sidmouth and Exmouth from this week and these beaches, along with Seaton and Budleigh have also won prestigious Seaside Awards too ranking them among England’s best in the country.

Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy give the awards in recognition of beaches in England that achieve the highest standards of beach management and, in the case of bathing beaches, meet the required standards for water quality.

This year, Sidmouth wins the prestigious Blue Flag for the first time and Exmouth retains the award for a second...

RSPCA braces for summer surge in abandonments after 282 calls in Devon last year 

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 07/06/2020 - 11:16pm

The RSPCA is bracing itself for a surge in abandoned animals and fears the fallout from the Covid crisis could see more owners struggling to keep their pets.

Typically, the charity sees abandonment peak in the summer months. Between June and August 2019, 16,519 animals were reported abandoned to the RSPCA which accounts for 30% of all animals reported abandoned that year.

During the summer months the charity received 282 reports about dumped animals in Devon.

This included a poorly rabbit who was abandoned on a roadside in Brixham last summer. Found in July (...

Drivers can help shape Devon's low carbon future in electric vehicle questionnaire

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/06/2020 - 3:25pm

Drivers are being asked to help deliver a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging points across Devon by revealing their driving habits and attitudes towards EV in an online questionnaire.

Devon County Council (DCC) is working with district councils and the private sector on two projects which aims to deliver more than a 100 EV charging points across Devon.

Now DCC has launched three online questionnaires, each one targeted to a specific group, to gauge the public’s attitudes towards EV.

Drivers are asked to choose a questionnaire that best describes their...

Independence Fleet celebrates its 19-year anniversary

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Mon, 07/06/2020 - 10:17am

Independence Fleet celebrated its 19-year anniversary last week, capping off the celebrations by introducing the seven newest members of its Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 4th. Retired members Chameleon "Cam" Circuit, Gorath, Laria Jorel, Ena Robi, Jimmy Rogers, James Sullivan and Landon Wakeland were enshrined for their extraordinary contributions to the group. While Jorel, Robi, Rogers and Wakeland were all members within the last 10 years, Circuit, Gorath and Sullivan hail from the club’s earlier days.

The week started with a bang when Independence Fleet leader James D. West...

How to report that you have been scammed – A step by step guide by Money-Back.com

It is quite an uncomfortable situation when you find out that the broker you trusted with your money has scammed you. You signed up with a broker in hopes of making money, but the opposite just happened. The broker took your money and gave you a clear signal that you were not going to get it back. What should be your next course of action? Of course, you have to find a way to get the money back. You can try to get the scammer blocked, banned, and punished as well, but that would be a long shot. An easy way to repair the damage is only to get the money back that the scammer has taken from...

The Exeter College graduate behind one of art’s biggest lockdown trends 

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Sun, 07/05/2020 - 10:33am

An Exeter College art graduate has been the inspiration behind one of lockdown’s more unique art trends.

Since the Government’s lockdown of the country in March, a number of artists have been looking for an outlet for their creative flair and have taken to recreating classic pieces of art from the comfort of their own home using photography.

But Anna Grayson, from Teignmouth, has been producing work like this for years, having originally experimented with this photographic art style while studying an Access to Higher Education Art course with Exeter College in 2012....

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