Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) could provide an alternative non-drug treatment for people who do not wish to continue long-term antidepressant treatment, suggests new research carried out at the University of Exeter and published today in The Lancet.
The results come from the first ever large study to compare MBCT – structured training for the mind and body which aims to change the way people think and feel about their experiences – with maintenance antidepressant medication for reducing the risk of relapse in depression.
Ignite has launched its national roadshow for 2015, which is looking for people with a bright business idea that uses energy to make a difference to people’s lives.
The ideas will be pitched to a panel of experts with successful applicants receiving a package of pre-investment support that could potentially lead to an investment of up to £2 million.
The Ignite roadshow is open to anyone with a bright business idea that uses energy, meets the requirement of making a difference to people’s lives and needs help in getting the idea investment ready. The idea will eventually be...
A community energy group in mid-Somerset has signed up one of the leading renewable energy legal specialists to advise it on the next stages of its project.
ACE – Avalon Community Energy – will be working with Exeter-based Stephens Scown LLP on its community energy projects. Stephens Scown has the largest dedicated renewable energy team in the South West and works with a number of other community energy groups across the region.
Set up in 2013, ACE is a community owned co-operative that aims to establish renewable energy sources for the Glastonbury, Wells, Street and...
The Law Management Section's 2015 Financial Benchmarking Survey, sponsored by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, and compiled by Hazlewoods LLP, has showed that financial stability in the South West is 'on the up'. Compared with findings from last year's survey, it is clear that there has been a dramatic rise in the percentage of practices operating profitability and within their overdraft limit. One in six were likely to seek external investment for expansion, and a similar number were likely to bring in one or more non-lawyer owners, for example HR, IT, Finance etc. In line with last year,...
The four Rotary Clubs of Exeter have announced that their third Teddy Bear Parachute Jump event will take place on Cathedral Green on Saturday 2 May 2015 between 11am and 3pm, raising funds for Honeylands Children’s Charity in Exeter.
The event promises to be a fun packed day for all the family and a thrilling experience for any teddies brave enough to complete the parachute jump from the top of a 100ft high hydraulic platform provided courtesy of the Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.
On the day there will be other attractions including craft stalls, face...
Nine Exeter School pupils have received medical offers at top universities across the country.
Six current Upper Sixth pupils have received medical offers this year.
Upper Sixth Former Grace Poole has received an offer to study Medicine at St George’s London. She said Exeter School had been a remarkable place to study her A Levels, from the support of various teachers with her studies and future plans, to the extracurricular activities and sports teams that she has enjoyed being a part of.
“I am leaning towards specialising in a field of Neurology with an open mind...
Join Dartmoor National Park Ecologist Naomi Barker on a walk in the Haytor area to see if you can get a glimpse of one of spring's most evocative birds. Cuckoos have suffered a huge population decline in recent years and in many parts of the country their distinctive call is no longer heard. Naomi will guide you on a fascinating walk in which you will learn more about the work being done to find out what is causing the population decline in this species.
You will also learn about other birds nesting on the moor, such as skylarks and yellowhammers.
Church bell ringers from across Devon will be coming together at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday (25 April) to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Devon Association of Ringers.
Bellringers are being invited from all over Devon to come to Exeter to ring for this historic event.
The bells will ring out across the city starting at 10.30am with a 10 bell competition, followed by an 8 bell competition in the afternoon. Concurrently a 6 bell competition will take place at St Petrock’s.
A special Evensong will take place at 4pm to which everyone is invited to celebrate and...
Police are renewing their appeal for the public’s help in locating Gary Knight, 52, from Dawlish, who has been missing for over a week and may be in the Exeter area.
Gary (pictured) went missing from the Haldon Terrace area of Dawlish at around 11.30am on Sunday 12 April and officers are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare.
The last confirmed sighting of him was in the Gresham House Inn, Dawlish, on the night he went missing.
Officers have been searching and making enquiries in the Dawlish, Exeter and Torquay areas, but so far have been unable to locate...
A new manifesto, launched by national youth charity, YMCA, is calling on politicians from all political parties to consider the needs of young people, the future generation.
The 30 page manifesto, ‘We Believe’ which draws on the experience and opinions of young people across the country, highlights five key areas for change: housing and accommodation, family work, health and wellbeing, training and education, democracy and youth engagement.
Recommendations made in the manifesto, range from a need to build more affordable housing, through to proposals for a ‘Help to Rent’...
