Smokers in Exeter who are thinking about quitting but were too late to join the 28-day Stoptober challenge are being urged to visit their local stop smoking clinic for free specialist advice.
The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust supports people to quit through its weekly stop smoking clinics across the county.
Specialist advisers Denise Veen and Sarah Leggatt, from the Trust’s Health Promotion Devon team, run clinics at two venues in Exeter:
St Sidwell’s Centre, Sidwell Street – Monday (9am to midday), Wednesday (9am to 4pm)
Exeter Leukaemia Fund have taken a leaf out of well-known TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp’s book and refreshed the ELF shop in Crediton without spending a single penny! The new shop manager, Julie King, has given the shop a new fresh and vibrant look and made it easier to find all sorts of wonderful pre-loved goodies.
Julie said "Our aim is to give the shopper a relaxing environment to shop in. I hope we have achieved this with ambient lighting, soft music and a very warm welcome. Because we didn’t want to spend any money on it we have made the transformation over a period of as many...
EXETER CITY 4 – 2 EXMOUTH TOWN (Jay – 9,10; Nichols – 61,86p) (Coombes-4; High-55)
By Rob Jennings, at St James Park
A youthful City side featuring five regular first teamers progressed to the quarter finals of the St Lukes Challenge Cup with a 4-2 victory over a SouthWest Peninsula Premier team who battled well throughout.
A brace apiece from Matt Jay and skipper Tom Nichols outnumbered Town’s goals from Lewis Coombes and Ace High in what was an entertaining duel between Exeter’s pace and flair versus Exmouth’s height and strength.
It is very easy as an Exeter student to forget about the outside world. Campus-based, we can end up spending literally all day on campus pretending to do work in the library and drinking in the Ram, having little to no interactions with any outside beings. Even the news can seem a little unreal as Exeter turns into our own little oasis, protected by a barrier from the outside. Earthquake in Thailand? The stuff of movies. Fluctuations in the exchange rate? Just words in a textbook. A local fundraiser for the retirement home? Barely registers on our radar.
Update: Four more schools have confirmed they will be affected this morning. Bringing the total number of schools affected to 40.
The schools are: Great Torrington Bluecoat Church Of England Infant, Thurlestone All Saints Church Of England Primary School, Ilfracombe Church Of England Junior School and Woodbury Salterton Church Of England Primary School.
Woodbury Salterton Church Of England Primary School is partially closed with class one students asked to stay at home. All other classes will continue as normal.
Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, says that the use of zero-hours contracts are hitting employees hard as they are unable to budget or plan long-term.
Zero-hours contracts mean zero responsibility for too many employers. The charity is seeing too many people who are denied work because they become pregnant or suffer an illness.
This type of contract can also mean fluctuating incomes that cause havoc with people’s benefit claims, denying them much-needed income when the hours dry up.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau said...
A group of local business people have been adding a new dimension to breakfast to raise much needed funds for Exeter Leukaemia Fund. The Honiton group of 4Networking used their fun fines system to fill an ELF collection box. Group leader Dominique Bailhache explained, “We have really enjoyed raising money for ELF. 4Networking provides an environment for local business people to get together and get to know each other. At each meeting we have what we call the 40-second round, where each person gets 40 seconds to explain what they are looking for or have gained from being a member. If anyone...
National Crime is down by the largest ever recorded amount according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today.
The period between June 2012 to June 2013 saw the number of recorded crimes against households and resident adults drop by 7% nationally, the largest single drop since the survey began in 1981.
The figures also show a drop of 6% of crime in Devon and Cornwall until June 2013. However more recent figures up to 12 October show a lower drop of 4%.
The figures show that Crime has fallen across many areas with reductions in...
A courageous father-of-three from Bradninch is rallying men, women and children in Devon to Stand Up To Cancer this October. Matt Byrne, who has survived tongue cancer, plays a starring role on the 2013 Stand Up To Cancer website, which has just launched. Matt hopes seeing his picture and reading about his experience will motivate people to raise funds for ground-breaking research to beat cancer sooner. Last year Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 joined forces to launch "Stand Up To Cancer" for the first time in the UK and raised a staggering £8 million to help accelerate ground-breaking...
This weekend brings the opportunity to try out Wheelchair Rugby in Exeter and Newquay.
Over the next two weekends Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) is offering free tasters for those interested in the sport.
Kirsty Clarke, National Development Director, GBWR said: "Our aim is to get more people than ever before playing wheelchair rugby on a regular basis. We have different levels of the game aimed to suit a whole range of disabilities.
“We're aiming to put a smile on your face, as you whizz, whack and hurl your way across the court."
