The Best Ways to Help Students Who Struggle Academically

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Fri, 12/16/2022 - 5:54am

Life has brought many struggles at one time or another. You understand that it sometimes gets hard, and you must push yourselves to survive. Learning this lesson for the student is essential. To succeed in school, struggling students must learn perseverance and overcome problems. It is often easier for a teacher to help a struggling student to get through it instead of teaching strategies to help them succeed.

It is often difficult to resist the urge to tell the student what to do since you might have several other students who also need your help. Yet it would help if you kept...

Four Ways a Professional Skip Hire Company Can Make Renovations Easy

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Fri, 12/16/2022 - 1:24am

Home renovations can be a daunting task. There are countless decisions to make and tasks to complete from start to finish. One of the most overlooked aspects of any home renovation is waste management. Fortunately, you don't have to do it alone. Professional skip hire companies can provide a cost-effective solution for disposing of renovation waste and help make your project easier.

Let’s explore four ways professional skip hire companies can help make your renovation project easier.

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Hoare Lea step it up at Broadwalk House (Photo credit: Glen King gkpr)

Engineering in Exeter: Consultants celebrate one year on & call for more collaborators

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Thu, 12/15/2022 - 11:18pm

Hoare Lea, one of the engineering industry’s most prominent consultancies, celebrates a full year of operating from its Exeter office; and calls for like-minded collaborators to join their vision for the city’s sustainable future.

Since its regional office opening at Broadwalk House in prestigious Southernhay West a year ago, Hoare Lea has brought its global network of excellence to the city by drawing on the expertise of its 1,000+ talented engineers, commissioning agents, and energy analysts.

Exeter Director Steven Libralon says: “Exeter is the thriving capital of Devon,...

Jurassic Fibre supports Hospiscare with Christmas trees recycling scheme

Jurassic Fibre supports Hospiscare with Christmas trees recycling scheme

Authored by Program
Posted: Thu, 12/15/2022 - 12:44pm

Award-winning ultra-fast broadband provider, Jurassic Fibre , has today announced that they have pledged their support once again to Hospiscare this Christmas.

The Exeter-based telecoms company, who are on a mission to deliver their full fibre-to-the premises broadband to 500,000 homes and businesses in the South West, will be supporting Hospiscare’s Christmas Tree Recycling fundraiser, for the second year in a row, with a team of volunteers.

The yearly fundraiser aims to collect unwanted Christmas trees from residents in Exeter, Mid and East Devon to recycle in exchange...

Cheese lovers offered the chance to take part in dreamy UK sleep study

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 12/15/2022 - 7:46am

New research has found that while nearly a third of Brits say cheese is one of their favourite foods, almost a quarter of Brits have avoided eating cheese for fear it’ll give them nightmares or vivid dreams. Out of people who reported they’ve had vivid dreams or nightmares after eating cheese, 70% said it was cheddar they’d been eating, 40% said Mozzarella and 35% said Brie.

To test whether this old wives’ tale is true, sleep company, Emma , is inviting Brits to join a new sleep-science experiment in which they’ll get the chance to eat their favourite cheeses for 15 days, to test...

What to write in Valentine's cards

Authored by Ellie Green
Posted: Thu, 12/15/2022 - 6:58am

Starting and ending Valentine's Day with doses of Valentine's cards can be the most romantic gesture you do for that special someone. Waking up to a Valentine's card sitting prettily beside your breakfast in bed and coming back from a date to see another one with your name on it by the dresser. Valentine's cards will remind you why you have butterflies in your stomach and goosebumps on your body. Just visit Boomf.com and check out amazing Valentine's cards where you can choose from.

In Valentine's cards, there is the place of designs and aesthetics which is the context and the...

DevonAiR Radio Revived

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/14/2022 - 11:48pm

Many locals across East and South Devon will remember with affection, the former local radio station DevonAir Radio, which closed in 1994.

28 years on, the DevonAir name is due to take to the airwaves once more, in the form of DevonAiR Gold.

The station will launch on the new small scale DAB+ digital radio service in Exeter at 1pm on Saturday 31st December, and is currently running test transmissions.

DevonAiR Gold is the brainchild of Andy Green who runs East Devon Radio, based in Exmouth.

Andy told us, “We have already launched East Devon Radio on the...

A SWASFT ambulance responding to a call in the snow. SWASFT is urging people to stay safe in the col

Access the right emergency care for you this winter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/14/2022 - 11:38pm

Winter is one of the busiest times of the year for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) ­– and we need continuing support from the public.

Ambulances must be available for patients who are facing a life-threatening medical emergency. To help with this, we are asking for the public’s support to ensure the service is used correctly.

You can help by choosing the right service to get the care you need:

  • Use your own medicine cabinet for self-care for issues like grazed knees
  • Visit your local pharmacy to ask for medical
  • ...

Cycle routes being treated in winter trial

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 12/14/2022 - 11:03pm

A trial to treat some of Exeter’s busiest cycle routes during cold weather is being extended by Devon County Council this winter and it’s already being put to good use during the current cold spell.

Following the success of initial trial runs last winter, more routes will now be “de-iced” when conditions are freezing, supporting the authority’s efforts to promote active travel and meet its net zero carbon emission targets.

A small Powerflex vehicle is being deployed to use a liquid de-icer on around 14 miles of selected routes around the city, with a similar solution...

Hotel Indigo Exeter officially opens

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 12/14/2022 - 10:43pm

Hotel Indigo Exeter has opened its doors to guests after a multi-million-pound major restoration project.

Hotel Indigo Exeter has been lovingly restored and converted from the iconic former House of Fraser department store which was built in a 1930s modernist style. The history of the building however dates to 1792 when Mrs Colson, a local milliner who became one of the city’s most loved characters, opened a department store there named ‘Colson’s’.

Just as no two neighbourhoods are alike, no two Hotel Indigo properties are alike. Each is designed to uniquely reflect the...

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