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Dash cams – What are the pros and cons?

What is a dash cam?

Dash cam stands for Dashboard Camera and is an in-car camera that records and films whilst you drive. So many people have dash cams now but what are the advantages of having one or does it just distract the driver? Show plates express, a UK leader in providing number plates (see here: https://www.showplatesexpress.com/number-plates-maker/) explains in more detail the pros and cons.

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Community-owned Real Food Store set to re-open - but not as you know it

Exeter’s Real Food Store is re-opening its doors next week after over two months of closure during the Covid-19 crisis.

The re-opening on Tuesday June 9 comes ten years after the business set out to secure support and funding from the Exeter community to establish the business.

Olympic runner Jo Pavey praises our key workers

Most of us have religiously shown our appreciation for NHS staff and key workers by raising the roof each week but very few will have gone to the lengths Devon Olymipan Jo Pavey has.

In an Astley Media In Conversations With webcast she revealed that on one occasion she took part in the 8pm tribute while running on a treadmill.

Jo had been asked to take part in a live-streamed, fundraising indoor relay but realised her slot coincided with the regular Thursday night celebration.

And so, undeterred, she managed to do both.

Exeter receives £1.2 million grant for pioneering new research hub

The University of Exeter has been awarded a grant of more than £1 million to create a new research hub to boost diagnosing and managing some of the world’s most debilitating long-term health conditions and antimicrobial infections.

The centre, called the Hub for Quantitative Modelling in Healthcare and led by experts from the University’s Living Systems Institute has received a grant of £1,231,618 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

The hub is due to begin carrying out pioneering research from early 2021.

National Bus Pass use to revert to standard operating times

Friday 5 June will be the last day that National Bus Pass holders in Devon can use their passes before 9:30am.

Pass holders in the county have been able to use their pass at any time of day following the temporary relaxation of restrictions in the county in March to help people during the coronavirus pandemic.

However, as more people return to work and social distancing needs to be maintained on bus services, early morning bus capacity is needed for commuters.

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