The number of electric car charging points for public use went up by 9% from 1 October 2021 to 1 January 2022, according to Department for Transport figures.
There are now 2,448 more available charging devices across the country.
Publicly accessible rapid charging devices increased by 233, a 5% rise in three months.
This brings the total of publicly accessible charging points nationwide to 28,375, of which 5,156 are rapid charging devices.
Over the course of 2021, the number of publicly accessible charging points increased by 37%, an additional 7,600...
A new competition is challenging school, college and university students around Exeter to discover and share the stories of lesser known LGBTQ+ scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians and medics.
Ahead of LGBTQ+ history month in February, the Queer Science Competition (QSC), was launched on 24 January by PRISM Exeter – in association with the University of Exeter, Intercom Trust, Exeter College, Devon Schools Leadership Services and Exeter Science Centre.
The team want to hear from students aged 11+ across the greater Exeter* area on whose life and/or work...
The University of Exeter has announced that Quentin Woodley is to be the new Chair of Council, the University’s governing body, and Pro-Chancellor with effect from 1 August 2022.
An experienced board chair with a background in finance, investment and strategy, Quentin was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, the international strategy consulting firm, for many years. In addition, he has formerly served as Vice Pro Chancellor (Deputy Chair of Council) at the University of Leeds. He currently chairs the boards of several large defined benefit pension schemes.
Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades is taking part in a new BBC documentary which will follow his journey as he faces up to the challenge of learning to read as an adult with charity Read Easy UK.
Jay concealed his inability to read until he was in his 30s, after he struggled to learn to read as a child. Jay is not alone - a quarter of all children in England leave primary school (1), like Blades, unable to read to the expected level. Nearly seven million adults in the UK have very poor literacy skills (2). Many are too ashamed or embarrassed to come forward and ask for help....
Mission statistics for 2021 reveal just how vital the response of the Devon Air Ambulance medical emergency service is to the people of Devon, as they experience their busiest year ever.
Throughout another challenging year for many public services and charities, the crew at Devon Air Ambulance has been tasked to attend over 1900 incidents across Devon and were also called to assist across our borders in neighbouring counties of Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and one mission to Hampshire.
Of those 1900 missions, 844 were to help patients with medical emergencies (those...
Finding the perfect birthday present is a tricky business. Whenever someone you love is having a birthday – no matter whether it’s a partner, parent, friend, sibling or even a cherished work colleague – you want to show them how much you appreciate them by getting them something special.
Rather than settle for a bottle of wine, socks, or novelty mug, try to find a present that’s unique to them, and which speaks to your relationship.
Here are just a few out-of-the-box birthday present ideas to get you started.
A new partnership from Co-op and Cruse Bereavement Support is aiming to help people talk about death and grief more openly, as the nation continues to emerge from the devastating effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
YouGov research* out today reveals that four in ten adults living in the South West (48%) who have not experienced a bereavement admit to being unprepared in knowing how to help a bereaved friend or relative and almost a fifth (17%) have actively gone out of their way to avoid someone who is grieving because they don’t know what to say to them.
STAFF at The Swan in Bampton are celebrating this week after being named for the sixth year running as one of the top 50 gastropubs in the country (January 2022).
The multi-award-winning mid-Devon pub polled in at number 25 in the 2022 ‘Estrella Damm’ Top 50 Gastropub Awards.
Chef-patron Paul Berry, who co-owns The Swan with his wife and fellow award-winning chef Donna, said: “We can’t believe we have made the Gastropub top 50 list for the sixth year running and we have come in at number 25, especially after such a rollercoaster two years.
FoodCycle , the charity that aims to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community, is in urgent need of volunteers. This month, FoodCycle will invest in a national recruitment campaign to try to entice more people to join them.
While volunteer roles are open to anyone who has some time to spare, the current drive will particularly target retired members of the community.
Alex Hatherly, South West Regional Manager explains why:
“Only around 3% of our FoodCycle volunteers are retired yet we’ve found with the combination of...
Men’s Walk will return on Saturday 12 March to raise vital funds for Hospiscare. The popular fundraising event offers two ways to take part this year in order to raise vital funds for families living with a terminal illness. Participants can choose to walk a route of their choice in their local area or join the event at Double Locks in Exeter.
As the fundraiser is renowned for its triple perks – a pint, a pasty and the rugby – the charity chose to celebrate the event launch with a pasty eat-athon. Five key representatives of these well-loved elements competed to earn the glory of...
