Severe hay fever costs the UK 29 million days of work each year, according to a new survey from the Met Office.
The research found that more than one in ten (11%) UK adults of working age suffer from hay fever to the extent that it stop them going into work, causing them to miss an average of 8.4 working days per year.
In total, the Met Office survey found 41 per cent of UK adults of working age say they suffer from hay fever to some extent. Amongst this group, 11.2 working days a year are impacted by it, with respondents estimating their productivity drops by an average of...
A man has been left with serious injures following a suspected hit and run in Bradninch.
Police were called to reports of an injured man in the middle of West End Road just after 11.30pm on Saturday (11 June).
The 53-year-old local man was found in the road with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle
The type of vehicle involved remains unknown.
The collision is believed to have occurred in the hours of darkness and weather and road conditions were good although they deteriorated during time at the scene.
A planned road closure which was due to take place on the A361 between Bolham roundabout and Station Road, South Molton, between 6am and 4pm from Monday 13 June to Wednesday 15 June for resurfacing work, has been postponed.
Due to poor weather conditions forecast for next week the work cannot take place. Instead the closure has been re-scheduled to take place from Tuesday 21 June to Thursday 23 June between 6am and 4pm.
Advance information signs on site will be amended to display the revised closure dates and information on Devon County Council’s roadworks website will be...
Two leading visitor attractions in Exeter have scooped top awards from an online review site.
TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) and the Underground Passages.
Now in its sixth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience.
2016 is the second year in a row that RAMM and the...
Dartmoor National Park Conservation Works Team has been busy this week, working with archaeologists to make repairs to the nationally important medieval settlement at Hound Tor.
Repairs are needed periodically to replace stones which have been dislodged by cattle rubbing, erosion or human interference. The work involves identifying where stones originated in the walls of the buildings and repositioning them in their original locations – occasionally using discrete amounts of glue to ensure the stones remain in place.
Andy Crabb, Archaeologist for Dartmoor National Park said...
Exciting new images have been released, showing how Exeter’s new bus station could look.
The images will go on display at an exhibition on Tuesday (14 June) at Exeter Guildhall from 8am until 8pm.
The new, modern bus station will replace the tired and dated bus station in Paris Street and will be built alongside the new St Sidwell’s Point leisure complex.
Cllr Phil Bialyk, Lead Councillor for Sport and Health & Wellbeing, urged people to get along to Tuesday’s exhibition and see the new designs.
“We’ve listened to everyone’s comments and feedback and...
Researchers at the University of Exeter who are working on an initiative to curb traffic congestion in and around the city are issuing a final call for help from commuters.
Over 2,000 people have already responded to an online survey at www.commute-exeter.com which is aimed at anyone over the age of 17 who commute into or within Exeter to work or for study.
Experts from the University’s Geography department are now leading a last push to get as many people as possible to complete the 10-minute survey which closes at 5pm on Sunday June 19. As an added incentive participants...
Thursday 28 July 10 am-noon or 2 pm-4 pm Price: Free, donations welcomed.
Booking essential A fascinating and rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of this working quarry with Aggregate Industries, Clinton Devon Estates and the RSPB to discover more about these sites and future plans to recreate heathland habitats once quarrying has ceased.
A choice of times: 10 am-12 noon 2 pm-4 pm Booking essential. Click here to bookvia Eventbrite. Meet point: Blackhill Quarry near Woodbury (SY 028 859), meet in the small car park opposite Blackhill Quarry Entrance.
Exeter School pupils, parents, staff, friends and alumni are putting their best wheel forward to raise £50,000 for charity.
The team of nineteen riders supported by ten crew, two minibuses, and a van plan will cycle 904.8 miles and 46,678 vertical feet over ten days to raise money for the Children's Society and The Janine Di-Vincenzo Foundation.
Estates and Facilities Manager Craig Stewart has organised the ambitious cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats.
"After lengthy conversations with colleagues over lunch in the Exeter School dining hall, I managed to...
