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Entries now open for the RSPCA’s Walk on the Wild Side challenge

Wildlife lovers are being invited to sign up for the RSPCA’s autumn active fundraising event ‘ Walk on the Wild Side ’.

The event invites participants across England and Wales to complete a walking challenge throughout October.

The fundraising challenge comes at a critical time for the charity as it reveals that last October (2024) was its busiest month for hedgehogs in the last five years*, and also marks the beginning of ‘seal pup season’ - when the RSPCA’s wildlife hospitals also typically see a spike in grey seals admitted as orphans, or struggling to feed and are...

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What is ‘fronting’ in car insurance?

Fronting is an insurance industry term for when a motor policy is taken out by one person but in fact, they are not the main driver of the vehicle and the car is actually been driven by someone else says UK Show Plates . This is usually to get a lower insurance premium as the policyholder is deemed to be of lower risk than the real driver. The commonest scenario is an older driver, usually a parent, taking out a policy for a young driver, often a teenager, who has just passed their test and are faced with an annual insurance premium of around £2,000.

Insurance premiums are pretty...

Dash cams – What are the pros and cons?

What is a dash cam?

Dash cam stands for Dashboard Camera and is an in-car camera that records and films whilst you drive. So many people have dash cams now but what are the advantages of having one or does it just distract the driver? Show plates express, a UK leader in providing number plates (see here: https://www.showplatesexpress.com/number-plates-maker/ ) explains in more detail the pros and cons.

Advantages of dash cams

Dash cams can provide an important record of bad driving both before and during a traffic collision – many insurance

Fashion Eyeware offer free glasses for NHS heroes

With the high street closed, our frontline workers have fewer options to service their eyewear needs right now - needs that play a vital part in performing their daily jobs. Still operating all prescription services as normal, Fashion Eyewear want to help those making an immense sacrifice for our country and express their gratitude by offering our NHS heroes a pair of prescription, reading or varifocal glasses, free of charge.

With the generous support of De Rigo, Mondottica and of some of their other partners, the eyewear e-tailer will be offering top designer brands (starting...

Three Exeter students among finalists in the 10th annual Young Game Designers competition

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced today the 53 individual finalists, from across the UK, for the tenth anniversary of the nationwide BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) competition.

Iggy Gill-Ces (13), Caden Cheong (13) and Gustav Hills (13) have been selected as BAFTA YGD finalists for their games entitled ‘Evolution’ and ‘Hero,’

Iggy said: “This was a challenging and rewarding experience that taught me a lot about teamwork, deadlines and applying my creativity.”

Gustav added: “I'm really happy about being chosen as a finalist...

Community-owned Real Food Store set to re-open - but not as you know it

Exeter’s Real Food Store is re-opening its doors next week after over two months of closure during the Covid-19 crisis.

The re-opening on Tuesday June 9 comes ten years after the business set out to secure support and funding from the Exeter community to establish the business.

To mark the occasion, the team at the Real Food Store have made significant changes to the shop on Queen Street during the quiet period. The team contacted members and ran a ‘ Call for Ideas ’ campaign via email and social media, giving customers and other stakeholders the chance to influence how...

Grant to help hospice hygiene standards

A regional housebuilder has helped a local hospice meet the cost of maintaining its highest hygiene standards and protecting patients by naming it a Community Champion and awarding £1,000.

Hospiscare, which provides specialist palliative care to communities in Exeter, Mid and East Devon, each year supporting more than 2,000 patients was recognised by Persimmon Homes South West and its Community Champions scheme.

Carey Mckenzie, for Hospiscare, said: “Our ward patients are very poorly, and one of the fundamental requirements of good care is impeccable hygiene and infection...

£2.5 million award to fund new evidence review facility at Exeter

The University of Exeter has received £2.5 million to establish one of two evidence review facilities dedicated to ensuring that government health and care policy is informed by the highest quality research.

The funding, from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP), will bring together academics from a range of disciplines within the University of Exeter Medical School. The programme of work involves producing evidence syntheses to inform policy development and evaluation across the full policy remit of the Department of Health and Social...

Olympic runner Jo Pavey praises our key workers

Most of us have religiously shown our appreciation for NHS staff and key workers by raising the roof each week but very few will have gone to the lengths Devon Olymipan Jo Pavey has.

In an Astley Media In Conversations With webcast she revealed that on one occasion she took part in the 8pm tribute while running on a treadmill.

Jo had been asked to take part in a live-streamed, fundraising indoor relay but realised her slot coincided with the regular Thursday night celebration.

And so, undeterred, she managed to do both.

She said: “I was running on the...

Exeter receives £1.2 million grant for pioneering new research hub

The University of Exeter has been awarded a grant of more than £1 million to create a new research hub to boost diagnosing and managing some of the world’s most debilitating long-term health conditions and antimicrobial infections.

The centre, called the Hub for Quantitative Modelling in Healthcare and led by experts from the University’s Living Systems Institute has received a grant of £1,231,618 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

The hub is due to begin carrying out pioneering research from early 2021.

Exeter’s world-leading...

Care provider says ‘we’re in it together’ for Carers Week

A SOUTH Devon care provider is praising unpaid carers this month who have been looking after vulnerable and elderly loved ones during the lockdown (June 2020).

As part of Carers Week from June 8, which highlights how being an unpaid carer impacts on an individual’s life, Guardian Homecare is raising awareness of those caring for others.

Catherine Porter, Manager for Guardian Homecare, which provides services in Exeter and surrounding areas, said: “There is an army of unsung heroes out there who provide care for their loved ones day-in and day-out, 24/7 in their own homes...

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Entries now open for the RSPCA’s Walk on the Wild Side challenge

What is ‘fronting’ in car insurance?

Dash cams – What are the pros and cons?

Fashion Eyeware offer free glasses for NHS heroes

Three Exeter students among finalists in the 10th annual Young Game Designers competition

Community-owned Real Food Store set to re-open - but not as you know it

Grant to help hospice hygiene standards

£2.5 million award to fund new evidence review facility at Exeter

Olympic runner Jo Pavey praises our key workers

Exeter receives £1.2 million grant for pioneering new research hub

Care provider says ‘we’re in it together’ for Carers Week

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