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Record number of Exeter College students secure Oxbridge offers

Fourteen Exeter College learners have received offers to study at the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge, marking another year of exceptional academic achievement across the College and highlighting the ambition and determination of its learners.

This year, a record 73 Exeter College learners submitted an Oxbridge application. Of those, more than half (56%) were shortlisted for interview, with 14 securing highly competitive offers. Eight learners received offers from the University of Cambridge and six from the University of Oxford to study subjects including...

The search is on for Exeter’s best DIY lockdown project

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 06/26/2020 - 8:39pm

Paint brushes, lawn mowers, sanders and spanners have been out in full force over the past few months as the people of Exeter take on home DIY projects during lockdown.

Of these projects, more than 5 per cent have been putting it off for a year and 92 per cent only felt inspired to do it during lockdown.

Heating and bathroom experts BestHeating and Big Bathroom Shop polled Brits that had undertaken home improvement projects over the past couple of months to find out what they had been working on and how successful it had been.

The results show that whilst the UK’s...

Suspecting an Affair? Here's What You Can Do to Find Out the Truth

According to an article published in the journal of Social and Personal Relationships last 2015, the average individual of the opposite sex will have about 42 percent chance of cheating on their partners. Perhaps among the most common causes someone in a relationship is unfaithful can be attributed to lack of openness and honesty among partners. In this article, we are going to discuss what to do to find out the truth if you suspect that your partner is having an affair.

Consider Hiring a Private Investigator

When you are pretty uncertain of the unfaithfulness of your partner,...

Keep Britain Singing with Rock Choir

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/25/2020 - 11:38pm

Rock Choir is the largest contemporary choir of the UK and remains unique with over 32,000 Members participating in approximately 400 local communities across the UK. With coronavirus gripping the country and with many of their Members in isolation, Rock Choir Founder and Creative Director, Caroline Redman Lusher , has pledged that Rock Choir will ‘Keep Britain Singing’ .

Rock Choir is known for its unique formula that leads to a natural high and change of mood experienced by its Membership on a weekly basis and confirmed by a singing experiment featured on BBC2’s Trust Me I’m A...

Vet advises Exeter pet owners to avoid feeding dogs and cats barbecue scraps

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/25/2020 - 11:34pm

With temperatures set to reach up to 30 degrees this week, an expert is warning pet owners against the potential dangers for dogs and cats eating food from the barbecue.

According to a 2019 study, one in three Brits feed their pets food directly from the dinner table but barbecue foods in particular can be extremely unhealthy and even dangerous for animals.

Leticia Fidalgo Buron, vet and technical manager at Webbox, said: “While many of us love a barbecue, it’s important that people don’t leave food unattended or feed their pets scraps - even if they look like they’re...

New family walking trail MonsterHero Safari comes to Exeter

A new interactive family story-trail around Exeter will launch on Saturday 4th July. The MonsterHero Safari Trail works on smartphones, challenging families to find hidden ‘MonsterHeroes’ around the city which appear on the phones when you reach their hiding place.

Families and households in Exeter can search the streets for 10 cute and colourful ‘MonsterHeroes’. Using only smartphones, the safari allows players to learn each of the MonsterHero’s name, story, and superpowers. Once all 10 MonsterHeroes are found, a free e-book, that tells the story of their first team-up, will be...

Exeter community centres overcome COVID-19 to complete solar installations

Two Exeter community centres have completed solar power generation projects this month, having faced a deadline coinciding with the COVID-19 lockdown and threatening their viability. Westbank Community Health and Care in Exminster, and The Beacon Community Centre on Beacon Lane are among the UK’s last solar projects to get government feed-in-tariff subsidies.

Exeter Community Energy (ECOE), which owns the solar panels, and installer SOL Electrical had to register the sites with OFGEM, the government power regulator, before the end of March. That was needed to get the subsidies that...

Get Familiarized with Numerology

There will be many times in your life that you see a sequence of numbers again and again in everyday life. You might even find that you are drawn to certain numbers whether they be singular or many at once. Numerology explores the reasoning behind these sequences and how we can read them to discover what they mean. You might be sitting there thinking you’ve never even heard of Numerology and you wouldn’t be alone. In the following article, we will be discussing what Numerology is and how it can affect your life.

What Is Numerology?

In Layman’s terms, Numerology is the study of...

Five tips for selecting the best jewellery photographers in the UK

A professional jewellery photographer works to offer high-quality images that capture every intricate fraction of even the most delicate bits of jewellery. The images that you photograph for your brand speaks much about the value of the jewellery, the style of the piece, and the prestige of your brand. Jewellery photography can be a tricky job as it should cover details of all those small gems and emeralds.

The gems are highly-reflective, the pieces are commonly small, and colored stones do not appear as vibrant in photos as it is in reality. It is thus important to hire a...

How to Find 3 New Fifty Pence Coins Featuring Ferocious Dinosaurs

The United Kingdom is commemorating its ancient history through fifty pence coins depicting three dinosaurs that existed in that region about 140-110 million years ago. These dinosaurs roamed this region throughout the early Cretaceous period. Archaeologists discovered the remains of these beasts in the 17th century. The dinosaurs are the Hylaeosaurus, the Megalosaurus, and the Iguanodon. The Royal Mint is in the process of minting the coins, though some are already in circulation. You can learn a lot more about them at CostlyCoins.co.uk , but here is how to find them.

The...

Car Life: My 5 Favourite Commercials Ever

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 06/24/2020 - 8:19pm

I am a sucker for TV commercials, and my big pastime is cars.

I love to watch the 360 angular shots, listen to the grim voice-over narration, and the features focus all merging to become one interesting story. Unfortunately, car ads have changed so much over the years. I don’t even want to start about the print ads, it’s silly. Where did all the creativity go?

Steven Smith at Car Finance Company UK Car Finance believes it is because many ad execs from other sectors such as FMCGs are entering into the auto scene. “You know, advertising cars is quite different from selling...

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