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Exeter finds funds to revamp run-down leisure centre

Money paid by developers building homes in and around Exeter could be used to fund a £6million refurbishment of a run-down leisure centre in the city’s most deprived area.

Sport England is also prepared to chip in with a third of the cost of creating a new ‘hub’ for Wonford, which has some of the poorest health figures in the city and lowest levels of physical activity.

Planning permission was given for the project on the site of the Wonford Leisure Centre last year, and now city councillors are likely to rubber-stamp the funding package to allow the revamp to go ahead...

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Guardian Homecare Manager, Catherine Porter.

Devonians asked to donate unwanted puzzles to housebound elderly

DEVONIANS are being asked to donate any unwanted or surplus jigsaw puzzles they may have to the county’s elderly and vulnerable who remain housebound under the current Coronavirus restrictions (May 2020).

Guardian Homecare, operating in Exeter and surrounding areas, says many of its service users can’t afford to buy these items and they urgently need things to do during the lockdown.

Catherine Porter, Guardian Homecare’s Devon Manager, says: “Most of the people we look after and care for do not have the funds to purchase endless entertainment items, as they are on...

Online medicine lectures attract thousands of students – and Peter Andre!

A Medicine student at the University of Exeter has teamed up with two clinicians to launch an online seminar series which has attracted more than 10,000 students from across the UK – and has already joined forces with Peter Andre.

Year 3 student Muntasha Quddus is involved in SMILE - Sustaining Medical Education in a Lockdown Environment, supported by the University of Exeter. Together with registrars John Pascoe, from the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, and Paul Foster, from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, they are hosting daily seminars on Zoom. The series brings...

89% of Devon residents say they are likely to donate to charity despite current coronavirus uncertainty

Data released today from specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s annual Movement for Good awards has revealed that residents still intend to donate to good causes despite the difficult social and economic challenges caused by COVID-19.

The Movement for Good awards will see £1 million given to charities in need this summer and members of the public can nominate a cause close to their hearts for a potential £1,000 award.

The findings, taken from the 1,660 kind-hearted Devon residents who have so far nominated a charitable cause as part of the awards, show an overwhelming majority...

On-street parking enforcement due to resume

On-street parking enforcement will be gradually reinstated by Devon County Council.

Parking enforcement officers will initially be deployed to areas where issues with increasing numbers of visitors have been raised by communities, Police and local County Council members.

During this first week of returning to duty, penalty charge notices (PCNs) will NOT be issued. Instead, officers will be issuing warning notices to anyone flouting parking restrictions in on-street pay & display, limited waiting bays and residents’ parking areas, in order to allow drivers a grace...

Top racing watches for your collection

Both race cars and racing watches are powered by amazing machinery. A racing watch represents precision and accuracy, and they are not similar to other watches such as field and aviation watches. The TAG Heuer Aquaracer - the perfect watch for the racetrack is not bound by a ‘uniform,’ so their look tends to be more outgoing and flashier.

An excellent racing watch is defined by a chronograph and a tachymeter. If you are a racer, you know how important these features are. If not, you should know that one is a separate stopwatch function on a racing watch, while the other allows...

Read all about it! RNIB launches new online library for people with sight loss in South West

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has launched a new online library offering people with sight loss in South West instant access to thousands of free books in formats they can read.

RNIB’s new platform already has more than 26,000 titles making it the UK's largest online library of Talking Books – the world’s first audiobooks, which were originally created by the charity for soldiers who were blinded in the First World War.

Funded by voluntary donations, RNIB’s Library service sends out up to 10,000 books per day and lent more than 1.5 million titles...

6 Most Common Felonies In The World

There are two kinds of crimes that a person can commit; misdemeanors and felonies. The word “felony” refers to the most serious crimes and there is a range of crimes that are classed as felonies. A felony can be an offense done against a person, against a person’s property or can be drug or weapon-related. Felonies carry significant legal penalties for perpetrators, including heavy fines, prison sentences, and in the case of murder, even the death penalty in some states.

In this article, we will explain the 7 most common felonies in the world.

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Maintenance on public rights of way will assist social distancing

Devon County Council’s public rights of way and its walking and cycling trails have been proving as popular as ever throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and essential maintenance on routes is continuing.

Seasonal vegetation cutting will start next week (Monday 18 May) as Public Rights of Way Wardens ensure that Devon’s network of paths and trails are kept open and are as clear as possible to assist with social distancing.

Local contractors are also following social distancing guidelines while undertaking the work.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council...

Your holiday is on us, Devon park tells crisis heroes

Seventy-five nights of happy holidays have been handed to NHS workers by Devon's Ladram Bay Holiday Park as a "thank you" for their dedication and bravery.

The family business said it wanted to give away a free night's stay for every one of the past 75 years it has been welcoming guests to its seaside park in Budleigh Salterton.

It means that when the park is allowed to re-open, NHS staff and their families will enjoy no-cost holidays both at Ladram Bay and its nearby sister park Castle Brake.

The breaks include stays in luxury holiday homes, chic glamping...

Meet the BBC presenter bringing history alive from his garden shed in Exeter

He’s a respected historian and archeologist with a number of BBC shows and books to his name, yet when I caught up with him he was in his garden shed… which also turns out to be his office.

Dr Sam Willis will be a familiar face to many TV viewers but what they might not realise is that he lives in Exeter, not far from the football ground.

There are some exciting exhibits on display in the ‘office’ including a Cavalryman's sword and a Viking axe.

When lockdown happened Sam, and his colleague Professor James Daybell, were in the middle of a tour which was bringing...

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Exeter finds funds to revamp run-down leisure centre

Devonians asked to donate unwanted puzzles to housebound elderly

Online medicine lectures attract thousands of students – and Peter Andre!

89% of Devon residents say they are likely to donate to charity despite current coronavirus uncertainty

On-street parking enforcement due to resume

Top racing watches for your collection

Read all about it! RNIB launches new online library for people with sight loss in South West

6 Most Common Felonies In The World

Maintenance on public rights of way will assist social distancing

Your holiday is on us, Devon park tells crisis heroes

Meet the BBC presenter bringing history alive from his garden shed in Exeter

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