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Exeter Brick Festival returns

After the HUGE success of last year, the Exeter Brick Festival returns on 26 th April, and it's gearing up to be the biggest brick-tastic celebration for LEGO fans!

Immerse yourself in a world of creativity and fun as families, collectors, adult builders, and every LEGO-fanatic imaginable come together for a day of brick-filled bliss!

Wondering what's on at a Brick Festival event? Hold onto your bricks, as Exeter Brick Festival is unleashing a whirlwind of excitement! With new LEGO activities that include lightning-fast speed building competitions to super creative...

New data reveals Amazon Alexa finds EXETER accent one of the easiest to understand!

According to new research from Uswitch.com , the comparison and switching service smart devices struggle to understand over 23% of UK accents.

AI assistants are now estimated to be in over 5.8 million homes across the UK, with voice command features allowing us to do everything from checking the weather to turning off the lights.

The data reveals that not all of us have the same experience, however, the results swung in favour of the EXETER accent!

The comparison and switching service analysed 30 accents from cities across the UK by recording them asking their...

What are Your Duties and Obligations After Getting a Loan

Getting a personal loan offers several benefits. Whether it is for financing a once in a lifetime holiday trip or your dream wedding, purchasing a brand new car, covering home improvements, or medical expenses, securing a loan provides a variety of possibilities to make your life more comfortable and easier.

Apart from the obvious reasons, this move will also help improve your credit score in the long run. Whatever your motives for getting a loan may be, it is still important that you should be aware of your responsibilities as a borrower. Being a responsible borrower helps you...

New Proud to Care Devon campaign inspires next generation of Devon’s health and social care heroes

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 10:38pm

With GCSE and A-level results days approaching quickly and many young people across the county thinking about the next steps in their careers, Devon County Council and NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group have launched the latest Proud to Care Devon recruitment campaign to encourage them to consider roles in health and social care.

The latest campaign raises awareness of the varied careers possible in Devon and highlights the different pathways that young people can take, from school and college to vocational courses and university degrees.

The importance of health and...

Children in Need

Exeter project awarded £29,970 from BBC Children in Need

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 10:01pm

BBC Children in Need has announced that it has awarded a new grant totalling £29,970 to a local project working with disadvantaged children and young people in Exeter.

The new funding award - made possible following BBC Children in Need’s 2019 Appeal in November - will support the delivery of vital services to young people in the area and means that the charity now has more than £219,000 invested locally.

Youth Arts and Health Trust has been awarded a three-year grant of £29,970 to provide arts therapy sessions for children and young people experiencing anxiety and...

Six Exeter schemes shortlisted in the 2020 Michelmores Property Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 9:53pm

Six recent building schemes based in Exeter have been shortlisted by a panel of expert judges in the 2020 Michelmores' Property Awards. The Awards, now in their 18th year, recognise the very best South West property and construction schemes, as well as the teams involved in them.

Jasmine Lodge, X Keys and Nancy Potter House have each been shortlisted in the Project of the Year (under £5 million) category.

Jasmine Lodge has delivered a much-needed inpatient facility for local women with severe mental ill health during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth....

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The 25 best universities for cycling in the UK

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 8:15pm

Research released today has officially named the University of Edinburgh as the best in the UK for student cyclists, beating bike-famous Cambridge - as students prepare to ditch public transport for social distancing in September.

The research, from student accommodation search engine, Mystudenthalls.com , has ranked the UK’s universities using measures including campus bike storage, pro-cycling and bike campaigns, university cycling societies, accessibility of local bike shops and quality of resources for would-be cyclists; points were deducted for bike theft and air pollution...

Dog owners warned after pet caught in fox trap

Dog owners have been warned to be vigilant after a pet was lured into an illegal fox-trap at a popular walking spot in Exeter.

Fortunately the dog escaped unharmed and the incident has been reported to the police.

The incident happened in Ludwell Valley Park, close to the Wendover Way entrance. The owner of the dog said her pet was lured into the wire snare that had been placed in a hedgerow, by a number of opened tins of dog meat. She had to crawl through undergrowth to set him free after she heard her pet crying for help.

She took her dog to have him checked...

Gold winner Digital Beer Awards

Salcombe Brewery’s Speyside barrel aged Porter wins gold

Authored by kath@raw
Posted: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 11:40am

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) annual Beer Awards has named Salcombe Brewery’s Speyside Island Street Porter as the best beer of its kind in Britain. SIBA’s annual competition, held digitally for the first time, attracted entries of just under 500 beers from more than 180 different breweries, into 15 beer categories.

John Tiner, founder of Salcombe Brewery, comments “This is an amazing tribute to the creativity and technical prowess of our brilliant young brewers’ led by Sam Beaman, in just our third full year of operation.”

Sam Beaman, head brewer at the South...

We Need to Change the Way We Think About Energy: Here's Why

We were never really taught about the world. Sure, you learn how things work on the surface, and you understand that some actions have reactions. When you open the tap, water will flow, and when you flip the switch, the lights come on. We understand this fundamentally, but once you ask someone how all of this actually happens, they probably won’t be able to explain. What even is energy? How do we have it? How does the power get to the wires and into devices all around us?

These are such fundamental questions that are crucial for our lives and are the very fabric of how we operate...

Social enterprises invited to join regional network

Social enterprises in Devon and Somerset have praised a partnership that has supported them during the Covid-19 pandemic - and now they are encouraging others to sign up.

The Enhance Social Enterprise Network Devon & Somerset was created to support the development of social enterprises across Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset following funding from the European Regional Development Fund.

Like traditional businesses, Social Enterprises aim to make a profit – but Social Enterprises use some of those profits to do social good.

As with other businesses,...

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