New data released today by the charity Asthma UK highlights that almost three quarters of people in the South West (70%) would not know what to do if someone were to have a potentially life threatening asthma attack.
Someone in the UK has an asthma attack every 10 seconds, yet many people wouldn’t know how to help someone if they were struggling to breathe.
The charity is particularly concerned that one in every 11 people (9% of respondents) don’t think that asthma attacks can kill.
Three children in every classroom have asthma, making it the most common long term...
Devon residents are being asked to record cuckoos seen or heard in the county as part of an ongoing conservation project that has received 2,000 reports of the species by the general public in the last two years.
April is the month when cuckoos will start arriving and breeding on Dartmoor and its surrounding areas, after wintering in the African Congo. The birds will spend as little as ten weeks in the UK before departing for warmer climes.
Along with the county’s bird society Devon Birds, researchers at the University of Exeter are asking people to help build a better...
Kier Construction Western and Wales wins national Gold Award and is runner-up to the UK’s Most Considerate Site for its Exeter school project Kier Construction Western and Wales has won a Gold Award, and was shortlisted for the Most Considerate Site, at the prestigious Considerate Constructors Scheme’s 2016 National Site Awards. Its award-winning St Leonard’s School project was to construct a new six-classroom building and ancillary teaching facilities to the rear of the large junior school in St Leonard’s Road. The award, presented at The Mermaid in London on Monday 18 April, was given...
During Deaf Awareness Week (2nd-8th May 2016), national charity Action on Hearing Loss is urging people in the South West to become more deaf aware to ensure people who are deaf or have hearing loss are not being excluded from everyday interactions that their hearing peers are taking for granted.
One in six people (11 million) across the UK are currently living with hearing loss, with the number set to rise to one in five by 2035. However for many of them going to work, managing money at the bank, using public services and taking part in social occasions can still pose an...
East Devon District Council and Natural Devon are asking people to ditch computer games, TV and social media in favour of experiencing the refreshing reality of the great outdoors as part of May’s Naturally Healthy Month.
East Devon District Council Countryside Team Leader, Tim Dafforn said: ‘’There are a range of activities people can get involved with this month. Whether it’s a bike ride along Seaton Wetlands, a hike at Knapp Copse or an evening of stargazing at Trinity Hill, there really is something for everyone.
‘’Naturally Healthy Month is a fantastic initiative to...
Lots and lots of lovely arts & crafts, all hand made by local makers. Enjoy the serendipity of our beautiful and historic quayside. Enjoy a meal or a drink at The Prospect, Samuel Jones, Riverside cafe, Mangos or On the Waterfront. Have a stroll along the riverside and watch the swans and boats drifting by. There will also be face painting and children's activities, wool weaving & spinning demonstrations and live music by two of Exeter's best street musicians - Karl Zumar and Ryn
Film fans will be heading to Pavillion in the Park, Okehampton at the end of June as after details were revealed for a new open air cinema festival weekend.
Firm Open Air Film and Chill is set to bring two iconic films to the big screen, an all time favourite Top Gun on Friday 24th June and musical Dirty Dancing to the site on Saturday 25th June. Tickets are available to purchase online priced from £12, full details of purchase are available on the facebook page. Tickets are unlikely to be available to purchase on the night.
Organiser and Owner Mo Davies, 31, from Hereford...
Sidmouth’s Folk Week will see some changes this year to where the trading stalls are sited along the Esplanade, in order to provide more room for performers to entertain the thousands of people who attend the event.
The move will bring a fresh feel to the seafront as the Folk Week organisers, Sidmouth Town Council, the police and East Devon District Council’s Licensing, Environmental Health and StreetScene services have been working in partnership together behind the scenes to plan the event.
They have reviewed the use of the space along the Esplanade to provide more space...
A first-ever play-off place assured in the Aviva Premiership, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is now setting new targets for his side as a gripping top flight season heads into the final straight.
Alongside Saracens and Sunday’s visitors to Sandy Park, Wasps, the Chiefs are one of three confirmed play-off contenders with two rounds of the scheduled domestic campaign remaining.
Defending champions Saracens look likely to claim pole position following 22 rounds of action, but the battle for home advantage between the Chiefs and Wasps could well go to the wire if the Devon...
The Pattern Book is a new greetings card publisher which curates vintage graphics from science, art and literature and reinvents them for the contemporary eye.
Started by two publishers, Nick Crowe and Neil Baber, both with backgrounds in art history and design, The Pattern Book sells directly to the public and retailers via its online shop, and has plans to supply galleries, bookshops and upmarket retail outlets in the South West and beyond.
Launching with nine different ranges totalling fifty designs, the business is already developing its next set of designs, and hopes...
