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A DEVON home care provider is supporting a charity campaign for people each lunchtime during the COVID-19 restrictions to open their windows and shout ‘hello’ to their neighbours (April 2020).

Guardian Homecare, which looks after the vulnerable and elderly, says it is backing the idea to raise awareness of those staying at home due to the Coronavirus who may be lonely.

Manager, Catherine Porter, who oversees teams in Exeter and surrounding areas, explains: “We provide an invaluable lifeline to the people we visit each day to help them with their medical, emotional and...

Just like in many other countries around the world, for years, dating sites in the United States have been a very popular way to find a partner for building a relationship. Some expect to find the love of a lifetime this way, for others a stormy and passionate romance is enough, while a third will be just happy to meet an interesting penpal. And there are suitable services for all of these purposes.

Today, there are thousands of different dating platforms, from multifunctional and widespread to highly specialized and thematic sites. We’ll try to dwell on some of the most popular...

With spring in the air as well as signs of new life from the natural world, the RSPCA is seeing an influx in fox cubs coming into its care up and down the country.

Animal welfare officer (AWO) Nicola Thomas was called earlier this week to collect a lone fox cub that was found in a garden in Leyton, east London. When she arrived to collect the cub, she could also hear his siblings calling from the garden next door.

Nicola said: “The neighbours kindly let me take a look and sure enough there were two more cubs, who were also very hungry and crying. I popped all three cubs...

Patients in Exeter with COVID-19 are being recruited to the largest clinical trial in the world to investigate existing medicines which might be effective against the disease.

The trial, known as the Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) trial, has been rolled out across the UK [or was set up in just ten days] and already fifteen patients have been recruited in Exeter. The trial is being run through a strong partnership between the University of Exeter and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. Exeter is one of the 157 trial centres being coordinated...