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RGB Building Supplies has selected Exeter’s Ladysmith Junior School as a finalist in their latest Well Built Community Fund, and it’s now down to a public vote to see if it’s chosen to receive £1,000, to spend at an RGB branch.

The school has been gifted a Plymouth City Bus, which it would like to turn into a ‘Reading Bus’. It will be used as a place for smaller groups to enjoy lessons outside of the traditional classroom setting, as well as an area where children will be able to read during breaks.

The school’s site manager will be taking on the majority of the work and,...

East Devon District Council has updated and extended the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page of the Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan (BMP) section on the East Devon website to incorporate a number of recent developments within the scheme, which it was felt would be beneficial to the public to have further explanation.

The BMP FAQs are designed to help improve public understanding of the scheme and explain potentially complex concepts and terminology, as well as to provide background to the scheme to date and details of the parties involved.

The FAQ section, which...

The University of Exeter and Hospiscare will team up to recycle Christmas trees and support terminally ill people and their families.

Hospiscare’s vans will collect trees from Exeter, Exminster and Cranbrook between 11-17 January, in exchange for a £10 donation.

Trees will then be taken to the University’s Streatham Campus to be chipped by the grounds team, with help from Bicton College agriculture students.

Chippings will be given to the Avanti Hall School (previously the Steiner Academy) or used to improve local footpaths.

The scheme raised £5,000 last...

Modern day society is increasingly fast-paced, chaotic and pressurized. Often, we neglect to give ourselves the time we need to relax and unwind. In general, we’re just not as kind to ourselves as we should be. Making more time for ourselves it vital, and if that’s something that you’re not particularly great at, you should push hard to make better self-care and mindfulness one of your goals for 2020. Reconnecting with nature, doing breathing exercises, keeping fit and eating a well-balanced diet will help you to feel your best both mentally and physically. In tandem with these things, and...