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Students of award-winning Hair@theAcademy based in Exeter were both surprised and delighted to receive unexpected food and Christmas gifts kindly donated by the local community to spread a little joy and happiness over the festive season.

Mary Pugsley MBE, a senior state registered hairdresser (SSRH), set up Hair@theAcademy in 2004 from a small room at Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education with just three back-wash basins. It had always been her dream to support young adults with complex needs, including learners who are vulnerably housed, in the care system and from all kinds of...

The University of Exeter has helped secure more than £3 million in funding to lead pioneering new research into sustainable mineral production in the Philippines.

Experts from the University of Exeter will play a pivotal role in two new projects, designed to support a green future for mining in the Philippines.

The first project, called PANAMA and receiving a total value of £1.5 million, will develop a novel approach to remediate and protect ecosystems and humans from metal pollutants so that sustainable mining can progress in the Philippines. The project is a major...

As you start to plan your festivities and you purchase your Christmas food and gifts. There are some simple steps we can take to make Christmas more sustainable. At this time of year, we generate more waste than any other time. One example of this is the amount of cardboard packaging we produce which is approximately 300,000 tonnes, enough to wrap the London Eye 50,000 times according to Recycle Now. We also need to consider ways we can remove avoidable plastic from our festive preparations. Including Christmas cards, decorations and gifts. Around 12 million tonnes of plastic enters our...

Residents at Millbrook retirement village, in Exeter, have handed over 66 knitted teddies to Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service as part of the trauma teddy initiative.

Trauma teddies are provided to children involved in incidents to help provide comfort during upsetting situations.

Firefighter Sean Avery, from Blue Watch Crownhill, asked the community to help provide trauma teddies to children involved in incidents the service attends and was amazed by the response. The call to arms was heard across the country and Crownhill has been flooded with cuddly bears...