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Many hard-working professionals dream of a financially comfortable retirement. Yet mounting debts, high-interest rates, and a lack of savings could make it seem like an unachievable dream, but it doesn’t need to be. Although wages are stagnant and the cost of living is rising, you can still find ways to live well during your retirement. You simply need to read the five-step guide on how to save for your retirement.

1. Downsize Your Home

Your mortgage is likely one of your largest monthly expenses. Rather than paying a sizable amount of money each month for a large home,...

Patients on the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital can now benefit from a new chair to help with their rehabilitation thanks to support from local fundraisers.

The Sara Combilizer chair has been jointly funded by the RD&E’s League of Friends and the Chappell family from Exmouth, who each donated £9,000 towards the new piece of equipment.

The chair enables patients to begin their rehabilitation process earlier by getting them out of bed and supporting them into a sitting or standing position, even whilst they are on a ventilator. The early...

Members of the public are being invited to the University of Exeter to learn more about the marvels of the human brain as part of Brain Awareness Week.

A diverse programme of events will be running across the week (12th-18th March), which focuses on increasing public awareness of the benefits and importance of neuroscience research.

The public are invited to join in a ‘speed dating-style’ event on March 14th, which will provide members of the public the opportunity to meet experts in the field and discover, discuss and delight in diverse aspects of the brain.

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Staff at an acclaimed Exeter GP surgery were thrilled when a leading light of England’s health and social regulator popped in to say ‘hello’ and congratulate them on their efforts.

The Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of general practice, Professor Steve Field, visited the Clock Tower Surgery which caters exclusively for the homeless and vulnerably housed earlier this month.

With the surgery, which is located within the award-winning CoLab wellbeing hub at Wat Tyler House in the city centre, being adjudged ‘outstanding’ when it was inspected by the CQC last year,...