Tesco has become the UK’s first supermarket to begin registering its 2190 defibrillators to a new national database that could improve cardiac arrest survival rates in the UK. It is the biggest single addition of defibrillators to the database so far.
The database, called The Circuit: The National Defibrillator Network, aims to map all public access defibrillators, allowing ambulance services to direct bystanders to the nearest registered defibrillator if they see somebody having a cardiac arrest.
There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in...
CHARITY MENINGITIS NOW are urging young people to take up a potentially lifesaving vaccination to protect against the disease.
The latest Government figures on the uptake of the routine school-based MenACWY teenage vaccination show an increase from 58.3% of those eligible to receive it in 2019-20 to 76.5% last year.
Whilst the charity has welcomed the increase in take up the figure is still not back up to the pre-COVID levels of around 88% and it is concerned that many young people are leaving themselves at risk.
Meningitis Now chief executive, Dr Tom Nutt, said...
More than 150 highways officers worked round the clock to respond to hundreds of separate reports of damage caused by the wind across Devon today.
But with gritters being deployed tonight to counter the expected drop in temperature, and the amount of debris still on the network, people are being advised only drive tonight unless its absolutely necessary.
Friday morning and early afternoon represented the ‘peak’ of Storm Eunice in Devon, with wind speeds recorded of up to 100mph in places.
A Red Wind Warning had been issued by the Met Office for Northern Devon...
The power that technology holds today is terrifying and valuable at the same time. It’s like anything is almost possible. Do you want to transfer your money from one side of the Earth to the other? No problem. Technology can do it in a minute. Do you want the image you saw somewhere to get on your hands? Go to your computer and click print. There, you have it now.
Technology does make our lives easier and more convenient to live in. Imagine wanting a text file of your recording. Before, you have to listen to it sentence by sentence and type what you hear. In some cases, it’s word...
There appears to be a new queen as far as the Cheltenham Festival’s Champion Hurdle is concerned. With Rachael Blackmore in the saddle, Henry de Bromhead’s Honeysuckle stormed to a six-and-a-half length victory in the Day One feature race last year and the trusty trio are tipped to defend their championship hurdling crown with ease when the 2022 renewal rolls around in just a few weeks’ time — with the 14-time unbeaten horse a good choice to use your Cheltenham best offer on.
At just eight years old, the mare could have the hurdling division at her peril for another couple of...
Exeter City are currently on the charge in League Two, and hoping that they can make a real challenge to claw their way up the table and solidify themselves in the play-off places come the season’s end. The team had a decent first half of the season, and now all fans will be asking themselves whether Exeter City will achieve promotion to Football League One .
Nothing excites a football fan more than getting to cheer on a player who has come up through the ranks of the club. Despite being a club of much smaller stature compared to the so called ‘super clubs’ at the top of the...
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New research by the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, McCarthy Stone, has found that almost two fifths (39%) of older people in the South West, equating to an estimated 495k, would consider moving, with more than a quarter (27%) of retirees in the region – 343k – potentially needing to downsize.
With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic creating a strong desire to move home, McCarthy Stone’s research found that South West retirees felt there were too many barriers that disincentivised them to move.
The Exeter College Student Awards moved to a virtual celebration this year to recognise exceptional student achievements. In total, 21 categories were awarded, celebrating students from across the College’s wide range of subjects and specialties.
Students’ hard work, dedication and passion is part of what makes Exeter College truly outstanding and this event, although virtual, is a way of recognising students' commitment and ambition for what they do.
Exeter College Principal and Chief Executive John Laramy CBE said, “The Exeter College Student Awards are always a...
Devon County Council is advising people to only travel if absolutely necessary with ‘extremely strong winds’ expected over the next few days and reaching a peak in the early hours of tomorrow (Friday) morning.
The Met Office escalated its Yellow Wind Warning for the region, issued on Tuesday, to Amber. And now a Red warning has been issued for northern Devon and it’s coastline.
The south west is expected to be battered by gale force winds caused by Storm Eunice – they will be at their strongest in coastal areas between 3am to 9am on Friday morning, with gusts of 90-...
