Many people enjoy a little bit of home improvement every now and again. Learning a new skill can give a real boost to your confidence, not to mention saving you a few pounds. Everyone should be aware of their own limitations though, and when it comes to tasks like plumbing, there are some jobs you should always call the professionals in to help out with.

Find out why it’s better to be safe and not sorry with the plumbing jobs you shouldn’t tackle at home.

Know your own limits

Recognise which projects are simply too big or extensive for you to tackle and then...

Water is the essence of life. Nothing living can survive long without it. Sadly, we take this precious element of life for granted. In fact, the world today is facing a water crisis due to a lack of clean water availability. The physical shortage has driven numerous scientists to develop new technologies in order to save water . Countless projects were improved to reduce our water consumption; others were based on the idea of reusing water to limit the amount of water needed for equipment as a method of conservation. Unfortunately, all the steps followed to limit the use of water weren’t...

Matt Jay’s first-half penalty, in an incident that also saw David Wheater sent off, proved the turning point as Exeter City beat Oldham Athletic 5-1 at St James Park.

Grecians boss Matt Taylor made two changes from the side that beat Stevenage 2-1 at the Park on Saturday, with Matt Jay and Jayden Richardson coming in for Brennan Dickenson and the injured Nicky Law.

The game started slowly, until a ferocious effort from distance by Tom Hamer on 11 minutes had Lewis Ward scrambling to his left to dive, though the defender’s shot was narrowly off-target and the City goalkeeper...

A TV company is looking for people in Exeter who have taken out Equity Release products.

In light of the booming market for Equity Release products and an inquiry by the Financial Conduct Authority, Nine Lives Media are working with academics to research how Equity Release products are sold.

They want to hear from families who have experience of Equity Release – both good and bad. Has it transformed your or your parent’s retirement for the better, or do you think you may have been mis-sold? Did you fully understand the implications of taking out the product, or did you...

It’s all systems go for Exeter Racecourse this Sunday which is an additional fixture with last weekend’s meeting cancelled due to Storm Ciara.

The seven-race fixture mirrors the lost card and includes important races that are regarded as stepping stones for next month’s Cheltenham Festival.

With excellent prize money on offer, there will be some star horses in action , giving Westcountry racegoers an excellent opportunity to enjoy some top class racing.

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has entered Sir Psycho in the listed novices’ hurdle with other entries...

The role of an Exeter-born Royal Navy Lieutenant in helping to protect the fragile independence of Estonia and Latvia at the end of WW1 is one of the personal stories featured in a new book that’s published next month.

Battle in the Baltic, by author and naval historian Steve Dunn, turns the spotlight on the almost forgotten story of the navy’s 13-month brutal conflict in the Baltic Sea.

At the time, neither the British Government nor the public had any real appetite for the campaign but Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill was determined to stop Bolshevik Russia...

The City of Exeter has received national recognition for its exceptional recruitment of Apprentices. In a period where Apprenticeships starts have fallen, Exeter has bucked the national trend to sit at the top of the league table of the nation’s cities.

The report, produced by the Centre for Cities, looked at the trends in Apprenticeship provision across the country. They recognized the importance of Apprenticeships has been growing for some time. However, there has been a 26% reduction in starts since 2016. In some cases, cities had seen starts halve. In contrast Exeter was only...

The University of Exeter is part of a global initiative to revolutionise the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Led by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the project will harness and analyse a wealth of digital data to develop signatures of disease – or “fingerprints” – that can be then detected using wearable technologies, such as smart watches. The collaboration aims to secure at least £67m over the first six years, with an ambition to attract up to £100m of total investment by 2030 to build and trial its diagnostic device on a large scale. Initial funds...