Students and staff from across the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education have had an action packed week learning about different cultures and raising awareness of deafness as part of Cultural Diversity and Deaf Awareness Week.
To coincide with International Cultural Diversity Day on Wednesday 21 May, a three-day programme of events saw Academy students taking part in a range of exciting activities. In early May, students discovered interesting facts about different European cultures and their roles in the European Union. They also learnt various greetings in European Sign...
Exeter Axhayes adoption centre are hoping to hold a charity pamper evening on Friday 17th October 2014 between 7 pm and 10 pm at the Cat & Fiddle pub on Sidmouth Road.
The organisers are looking for beauticians, nail technicians, beauty therapists etc who would be willing to help the cats and kittens in their care by donating small quick treatments to guests in return for a donation to the adoption centre.
Spokesperson for the adoption centre, Ric Brown, said: " This is the first time that the centre has organised such an event and its hoped to be a fun filled...
Newton Abbot writer/director, Luke Jeffery, 22, has been commissioned to make his film Seeing Red by Exeter Phoenix as part of their Devon Short Film Commission scheme, and is currently auditioning actors and crew.
Set in the 1960s, the surreal comedy is about a straight-laced wedding photographer who is prescribed LSD in a misguided attempt to cure his colour blindness, and will be filmed in and around Exeter and Newton Abbot. The film willpremiere at the Exeter Phoenix’s Two Short Nights film festival on December 12th.
Playing the role of photographer Drake Dalton is...
Broccoli is loaded with all sorts of vitamins and is rich in nutrients such as iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, etc. Because of its high nutrient value, boiled or roasted broccoli is considered an ideal food for teens and young children. However, cooking broccoli, even something as simple as steaming it, could reduce its nutrient content by almost a third. Moreover, chewing raw broccoli ruptures a special compound in the plant’s cells and releases an enzyme called myrosinase. This enzyme stimulates the liver and improves the body’s ability to fight...
DIY projects are set to top the agenda this bank holiday weekend despite the fact that many end in disaster.
A survey, by One Poll, has highlighted how busy people in Exeter will be working on their homes over the May bank holiday – even though more than 80 per cent of people said they would prefer to spend their time with friends or family, taking part in a leisure pursuit or just relaxing.
Commissioned by housebuilder Barratt Homes, the report reveals that almost 50 per cent of people in the south west could be spending the bank holidays on a DIY project with some...
Everybody wants different things out of life. A lot of relationships come to a natural end when two people realise they are at a crossroads – and moving in totally separate directions. Is your partner about to leave for a job or university course hundreds of miles away? Do they want children when you don’t? The pain comes when you try to pretend the crossroads isn’t there. Sometimes you have to make a hard decision about your relationship. People grow apart, and that’s okay.
