Smokers in Devon are being encouraged to "swap fags for swag", and consider the financial benefits of quitting, on the 30th anniversary of No Smoking Day on Wednesday 13 March.
Nearly one in six adults in the UK smoke, including 18 per cent in Devon. But figures show two thirds of them want to quit.
In Devon, smokers are being encouraged to take this a step further and spend their new found cash on a new healthy habit – getting active.
Leisure centres across Devon will be offering special promotions to help smokers ditch the cigarettes for good and get into exercise...
We think that clients should think hard before committing to having a tattoo, because it is for life and just like fashion it will go out of date and what then?
We find the three main reasons why clients come to the Remedies Laser and Skin Care Clinic near Exeter for tattoo removal are:
1. It was an impulse and shouldn’t have done it in the first place.
2. They have got tired of it and in some cases the name of their loved one has changed !!!
3. They want it amended or lightened so that an area needed to be deleted or lightened to enable a fresh...
Next Wednesday (6 March), artists Luis Lara and Yamilys Jorge, the Directors of Taller Experimental de Grafica, Havana, will be visiting Exeter's Double Elephant Print Workshop.
They will be arriving at the workshop around late morning to meet members and later that evening, at 6pm, they will be giving an Illustrated Talk at Thornlea, Exeter University Drama Department (opposite “The Imperial” pub), New North Road, Exeter EX4 4LA. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear about the work and history of the Taller Experimental de Grafica, the premier printmaking studio in Cuba....
Flights to the Isles of Scilly take off from Exeter next week as Skybus launches its biggest ever summer schedule.
From Monday (4 March) Skybus is increasing the number of flights from just one weekday service and two on Saturdays last year, to up to five flights a day, six days a week at the height of the season.
The new timetable will start with up to three flights a day operating between Exeter and St Mary’s from Monday to Saturday until 23 March, increasing to up to four a day from 25 March and then up to five a day from 25 May until 31 August, excluding Sundays....
A silver chalice and a silver wafer box have been returned to the church from where they were stolen at the end of January 2013. The theft happened between 20 and 24 January at the Church of St Michaels & All Angels in Otterton, East Devon. Two other chalices, a Grimaldi and a Philips, were also stolen from the vestry at the time and these have yet to be recovered. The returned chalices were left in Colaton Raleigh church sometime before 23 February 2013. Some documentation was also returned including a Marriage register book which was described as irreplaceable. Police are appealing...
Exeter Chiefs back Mark Foster has joined Championship outfit Jersey on loan until the end of the season.
The 29-year-old is one of two new captures – alongside Mark McCrea from Irish side Connacht – which the Channel Islands club have confirmed as they look to preserve their status in English rugby’s second tier following promotion last term.
Foster, who made his debut for the Chiefs against Moseley in September 2009, has played 59 times in total for the Devon club, scoring 20 tries in the process.
Two of those tries came in Exeter’s first-ever Aviva Premiership...
Devon County Council has welcomed confirmation from the Government that it has qualified for further emergency funding. Following a successful lobbying campaign for Government support, the County Council is now expecting to receive a total of around £2.5 million of Bellwin funding towards the cost of temporary repair and clean-up following last year’s floods.
It comes after the announcement from The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that grants will be provided to cover part of the cost of damage caused by flood events in the county in September and December....
More than 50,000 people are expected to gather in St Peter's Square later today for Pope Benedict XVI's final general audience the day before he becomes the first pontiff in 600 years to step down since Pope Gregory XII abdicated in 1415.
Papal audiences are normally held inside a Vatican hall in the winter, however there has been such a lot of interest that the event is being held outdoors. 50,000 tickets have been requested, but as many as 200,000 people may attend and people have even been seen running in order to get a prime spot for this unprecedented event.
Leading wine expert Stan Parks will be joining The Magdalen Chapter’s Head Chef, Ben Bulger, for an evening of impressive food and wine matching.
Tickets are now on sale for this event that is taking place on Wednesday April 17th at 7pm at The Magdalen Chapter Hotel, Exeter. Guests will be able to indulge in an array of wines from across the world as well as enjoying a lively commentary from one of the UK’s top wine experts.
The evening’s host is Stan Parks, from Milton Sandford Wines, who has been sourcing great wines for over two decades. His love affair with wine started...
Climate Week - Britain’s biggest climate change championing event taking place from 4 to 10 March - has announced that the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT's) ground-breaking farm building conversion, with a minimal carbon footprint, is a finalist in the 2013 Climate Week Awards. In so doing, Climate Week has recognised that farming has a huge role to play in helping to combat climate change.
This revolutionary building, which was originally a redundant brick built cattle shed, is owned by the GWCT's Allerton Project farm at Loddington in Leicestershire. This leading...
