Preventative medicine, cancer and body image are the issues which will be explored in a creatively focused event at the University of Exeter on 27th November. ‘Self Portrait without Breasts’ will look at how art can be used to help those who have undergone life-changing medical procedures, as well as discuss the use of language and image to represent people’s experience of surgery.
Visiting poet Clare Best has a family history of breast cancer; she nursed her mother through two radical mastectomies and in her late 40’s, the age at which her mother first had the...
With all the floods the South West is experiencing at the moment, The Exeter Daily turned to The Royal Horticultural Society for a bit of advice on how to resurrect your garden once the flooding has subsided.
Few garden plants will survive waterlogging or flooding. Prolonged periods of sitting in ground saturated with water causes yellow leaves, root rot and death. However, conditions can be improved using various techniques to promote drainage and prevent damage.
Soils become waterlogged when water builds up, unable to drain away. This leaves no air...
The county is seeing a welcome respite in the recent chronic weather conditions today, but with water levels so high and rain on the way, this looks to be just a momentary pause in Devon's flooding nightmares.
Sunday morning will see the best opportunity for sunshine, with winds easing, but further spells of heavy rain and strong winds are expected later on Sunday through Monday, with a risk of further disruption.
Today we are seeing a dry and bright start to the day with sunny spells...
Travel update: Hele road has now reopened following the overnight road closure due to the collapsed wall.
B3181 in Broadclyst closed at the Town Hill junction, because of flooding.
Hele Road in Exeter closed in both directions near the St David's Hill junction, because of a landslip. One lane closed on A380 southbound in Kenn at Splatford Split, because of a broken down lorry.
Police and Fire officers attended the scene of a large wall that collapsed in St Davids, Exeter. A 30-foot section of a wall 20-30 feet high came down onto the pavement and road at around 8pm yesterday evening (Thursday 22nd November).
The Fire Brigade made a thorough check with thermal imaging cameras before ascertaining that nobody had been caught under the rubble. Due to concerns that further sections of the wall may collapse officers offered alternative accommodation to approximately 40 elderly and vulnerable residents from 36 flats. The road remains closed at Iron...
We only have a few more weeks until the party season really kicks into action, so treating your hair now is important to ensure it is looking its very polished, shiny and lustrous best.
First and foremost with your hair's condition in mind before your Christmas colour and the added damaging and aggressive cold, start with some TLC for your hair. Use a conditioning masque or treatment ritual once a week to add protein and moisture to the hair and strengthen the hair structure and even out the porosity of the hair. This will prepare your hair for even the most vigorous of...
Stagecoach have announced: "We are running a shuttle service from Exeter Bus Station to Topsham with departures from the bus station at approx. 15.30, 16.30 and 17.30.
"The shuttle is to provide a direct link to Topsham in the absence of the 57 being able to serve the village and until the T service resumes operation from from the High Street at 1831."
These dramatic photos of Dawlish taken at 1.30pm today show that some trains were still able to battle with the elelments along the trainline that sweeps along the entire seafront and beach.
Heavy rain today (Thursday 22nd November) could lead to further flooding across the south west of England this afternoon and evening, the Environment Agency has warned.
Run-off from already wet fields and other areas could lead to further river and surface water flooding, and strong winds could worsen surface water flooding, as wind-blown leaves and debris block drains.
There are currently 33 flood warnings and 56 flood alerts in force.
The Environment Agency is reminding people in the affected areas – which include Devon, Cornwall,...
