Exeter City Council are providing drop off sites for Exeter residents to take their real Christmas trees for recycling this weekend (Saturday 10 January and Sunday 11 January 2015).
The trees will be shredded and used in the city's parks or sent for composting just outside Exeter.
Trees put out for normal rubbish or recycling collections will not be collected.
Thousands of rent or mortgage payers across the South West might be facing a not-so-happy new year, as new research reveals one in nine are worried they will be unable to make payments this January.
Research from Shelter and YouGov paints a bleak picture for many this winter, with 65% of rent or mortgage payers in the South West revealing they are already struggling to keep up with their housing costs.
Shelter is warning that ignoring money worries rather than seeking advice could lead to people’s home being put at risk. Worryingly, over a quarter (27%) of people in the...
As Twelfth Night approaches, and thoughts turn to ‘un-decking’ the halls and taking down the tree, the Woodland Trust is urging everyone to help protect the UK’s woodland by dropping their Christmas cards off at their local M&S store.
For every 1,000 cards recycled in store, M&S will fund the planting of one tree.
The UK is already 8,135 trees richer thanks to customers’ efforts last year – when a staggering 8.1 million cards were dropped into M&S stores. This season, special card collection bins are already in M&S stores* - where they will stay until 31...
Exeter’s hospice was full over Christmas as doctors and nurses cared for 12 people needing acute specialist help. Dawn Berger, pictured, who lives in St Thomas spent a very enjoyable Christmas Day at the hospice after being admitted a week ago.
She said: “My husband and friends visited, I had a wonderful Christmas lunch sitting in my bed, there was a visit from Santa who gave me toiletries and chocolates and like everybody else does at Christmas I fell asleep.” Dawn’s dog Darcy enjoyed spending the day on her bed.
Hospiscare staff helped three patients to go home before...
After the last of the Christmas presents have been unwrapped and all the cards have been opened, you may be wise to spare a thought to writing your thank you letters if you want to avoid being given a cheaper gift next year.
New research by Royal Mail has revealed the true cost of not saying thank you for Christmas presents.
Of those people expecting thank you letters, over half (52%) say they’d reduce the cost of their gift by up to £10 next year if they didn’t receive a thank you letter. A further 10% said they’d cut their budget from £21 to £25 if they weren’t thanked...
Police are reminding the public to be vigilant about telephone scams and to follow some simple advice to prevent them from becoming a victim of this crime in the lead up to Christmas.
Detectives at Liskeard are investigating two recent reports of fraud from Saltash and Torpoint. On both occasions the callers have claimed to be from high street banks and have conned people into transferring money to them. This scam has applied to both individuals and businesses.
The scammers tell the victims their bank cards have been stolen or cloned and used fraudulently, they are then...
One of the penguins at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery stars in a new online video for Christmas.
Laurie, the lonely Little Blue penguin plays the central character in RAMM’s online Christmas greeting when he explores the Museum …but will he manage to find that special penguin to share his life with?
The Little Blue Penguin – sometimes known as the Fairy Penguin – is the smallest penguin species and originates in New Zealand. In the video, Laurie starts his museum quest with some prehistory, has a chat with one of the museum staff, finds his way to...
This Christmas, British Heart Foundation (BHF) shops are urging South West people to give back by donating their unwanted Christmas presents to charity. The profit raised from BHF shops goes on to fund life-saving research into heart disease.
Over half [64%] of people from the South West said they receive two unwanted Christmas presents every year. With the average price per Christmas gift at £21.75, over £2.7 billion pounds worth of unwanted presents could be donated to charity this year.
South West BHF shops accept all of your unwanted gifts, everything from candles,...
Christmas came early for the children and teenagers on Bramble Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital when they received a special visit from the stars of Exeter City Football Club.
With the help of Build-a-Bear, the players from the club gave out dozens of bears, signed merchandise and other presents to the young patients to help bring some Christmas cheer to the ward. The players who visited were Scot Bennett, Pat Baldwin, Matt Oakley, Matt Grimes, David Noble, Ryan Harley, Clinton Morrison and Christy Pym.
The players, who were all dressed in Santa suits, chatted...
