The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has shared its concern ahead of the festive period as it launched its Don’t Drink and Drown campaign on Monday 21 November.
Statistics from the Water Accident Incident Database (WAID) from the National Water Safety Forum for accidental drownings between 2017-2021, show that the South West ranks third in the UK for the highest number of alcohol/drug related drownings in 16-25 year olds.
The South West saw 10 alcohol/drug related drownings during this period and the charity fears that the winter months, which typically sees an...
People who took part in Devon’s Drink Wise, Age Well programme cut the average amount of alcohol they drink on a typical drinking day by half from 15 units to 7. They also reported reducing the number of drinking days per month from 28 at initial assessment to 13 upon discharge from the programme.
The National Lottery Community funded programme was first established in 2015 in response to 1increasing alcohol harm in the over 50s, with initial research showing that older adults were facing particular challenges when trying to get help with alcohol problems.
Police are urging revellers in the South West to be on their best behaviour as figures show one in three violent crimes on the region’s railway last Christmas were alcohol-related.
Our officers arrest more people for violent and public order offences at this time of year than for any other type of incident, with 73 such crimes being recorded in the South West.
Of those offences, nearly a third were alcohol-related, and officers are now carrying out extra patrols and encouraging passengers to keep a clear head in a bid to reduce the national rise in violence seen on the rail...
With the Easter holiday period drawing to a close many of us will be fitting back into our usual routine of waking up, getting ready for work, some of us rushing to get the kids ready for school and flying out the door desperate to avoid being late.
It seems that many of us, in a bid to shave off precious time from our journeys, speed up in the car naturally putting ourselves, and other drivers, at risk.
A recent survey by insurance company ingenie into British people’s driving habits has revealed that 45% of us speed in our cars because we are late. This was followed...
Men and women across the South West are being challenged to ban the booze in January to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Dryathlon is Cancer Research UK’s popular fundraising campaign that invites social drinkers to take a month-long break from alcohol.
‘Dryathletes’ pledge to ditch the drink for a month and either get sponsored or donate the money they would have spent on alcohol to the charity.
An impressive 6,818 people in the South West took on the Dryathlon 2015 challenge, raising a fantastic £451,383 for life-saving research. The charity is hoping that even...
This week my dining companion and I were fortunate enough to be invited to the launch of the new menu at Bella Italia in Queen Street, Exeter. I was particularly excited about this having enjoyed my precious visit so much.
Again, we were warmly welcomed by our previous Italian waiter, Manuel and an extremely friendly and highly professional manager called Mykolas. Good staff count for a lot these days, and I have to say, Bella Italia are extremely lucky to have such good staff working for them.
The new menu tasting involved a set menu of new dishes accompanied by a drink of...
Figures have been released for Devon and Cornwall Police’s summer drink driving campaign for 2015.
Police officers administered a total of 788 breath tests of which 163 were positive, refused or failed to provide, equating to 20%.
Last year the comparable figures were 776 breath tests with 132 positive, refused or failed to provide which equates to 17%.
Examples which stood out during the campaign included a 37 male driver who blew 143 at 8:50am on a Saturday morning and a 71 year old male who blew 120 at 9:20am on a Tuesday morning. The legal limit is 35.
With summer in full swing, pet owners from Exeter show a surprising lack of awareness when it comes to their pet’s hydration and are happy to let them drink puddle water, milk and even the nation’s favourite brew – tea. A survey carried out by pet product expert, PetSafe®, to raise awareness about the importance of pet hydration, has found that over 6 in 10 (60%) of Exeter pet owners are unclear about how much water to give their pets to drink. Most worryingly, the survey revealed that over half of Exeter pet owners (55%) wouldn’t know how to tell if their pet was dehydrated. Further...
Figures have been released for Devon and Cornwall Police’s Christmas drink driving campaign 2014.
Police officers administered a total of 1,766 breath tests of which 156 were positive, refused or failed to provide. This represents 9% of the total and is a decrease of 3.5% on last years result.
Last year the figures were 167 positive, refused or failed to provide from a total of 1,316 or 12.5% of the total.
The total number of positive breath tests following a collision was higher this year at 69 or 9% of the total (742) compared to 6% (21 out of 361) last year....
Researchers at the University of Exeter are looking to recruit people who consume more than the recommended UK guidelines for safe drinking to take part in a psychology experiment targeted at understanding alcohol consumption.
The experiment:
Has been approved by the University of Exeter ethics committee.
Will involve a one off session that will take roughly one hour to complete.
Will be undertaken at the University of Exeter.
Is a computer based task.
In thanks for undertaking the experiment we can offer participants £...
