Are you classed as extremely vulnerable and at risk to the coronavirus? Do you have a long-term health condition or disability? Are you part of the Deaf community? Do you use British Sign Language? If you are struggling to get the information you need, or need more help to live your day to day life independently, charity Living Options Devon is offering free support and advice with its confidential listening service, Time to Talk.
Living Options Devon is a disabled persons’ user led organisation - run by, and for, disabled people and Deaf people. The charity has gathered together...
A professor who consistently ranks in the global top five of neuroimaging will bring his expertise to Exeter’s new £10 million Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre.
Marios Politis has been appointed Professor of Neurology and Director of the Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre at the University of Exeter Medical School. His research involves using cutting edge PET and MRI scanners to understand how the brain works, and to gain insight into how best to prevent and treat diseases including dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
A Wellbeing Support Fund has been launched in Exeter to support people who find themselves in financial difficulty due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The scheme has been launched by Exeter City Council, with funding being provided by Devon County Council’s COVID19 Hardship Support Grant, to help individuals who are unable to access support from any other local or national initiatives.
Exeter City Council Leader, Phil Bialyk, said: “These are incredibly difficult times in so many different ways. We know that there are many people who may be struggling financially at the...
Stagecoach South West has paid tribute to the country’s bus and coach workers, as it joins the industry today to mark Bus and Coach Worker Support Day in recognising the thousands of people involved in keeping key bus services running during the Covd-19 pandemic.
Stagecoach South West has joined forces with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) and government to publicly thank all of the country’s bus and coach workers for continuing to run essential services.
As part of the support day, members of the public are encouraged to share messages of thanks for bus...
Many people like playing golf. This game has become a good tradition for many families. But we all know very well that golf gear is not the cheapest. Some people decide to save money on equipment and start looking for second-hand items. But is it really such a good solution? Which parts of golf equipment you can buy when they are already used and which ones should be brand new.
In this article, you will find the answer to the questions about second-hand golf equipment you might have:
Be Eco Friendly
Nowadays, every person should be aware of the damage they might...
A team of cancer specialists from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has raised more than £7,000 for charity by doing laps of the Wonford site.
Eighty-six people took part in the challenge to run or walk two-kilometre circuits around the perimeter of the RD&E campus last week, before and after work and during their breaks.
They all joined in to raise money for FORCE Cancer Charity, which is still supporting local people affected by cancer during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
Team Oncology included doctors, radiographers, physicists, head and neck...
The electronics industry has grown tremendously over the recent past, causing it to become one of the biggest high tech industries in the world today. Since its inception in the 20th-century electronic inventions have made our lives more convenient and easy. Compared to the olden days when so much effort was put to achieve simple tasks, today, electronic gadgets such as televisions, telephone equipment and consumer electronics such as ThinkPad’s have made it possible for many people to enjoy their favourite products or solve day to day problems.
Now armed with a concrete idea taking shape, aspiring games developer Alexis Kennedy set out to writing. Though it may not seem immediately obvious unless you’ve built a game before, however, there’s more to the process than simply putting words on one big page. Developers have to code the game, determine how it works with the script, and how it shows parts of the script to players.
The Technical Challenges of Games Development
There are two ways to approach this process. The first is to simply write your game’s script directly into its code, but this creates a number of...
The Donkey Sanctuary based in Sidmouth is the first equine charity in the world to be accepted into the United Nations’ Mountain Partnership. The Devon based charity will now work with international governments, NGOs and private sectors for the common good of improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments globally.
Membership of the Mountain Partnership, which is part of the UN’s Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO), will be relevant to The Donkey Sanctuary’s international work to improve the welfare of working equines in mountain areas worldwide....
Deliveroo and M&S have today announced that customers can now order an expanded M&S Food range on the Deliveroo app, via the Exeter store.
This announcement follows the launch of more than 100 M&S BP Franchise stores in March.
The extended range will mean customers can enjoy quick and easy dinner options such as restaurant quality Gastropub meals, popular prepared meals such as Indian, Chinese and Italian as well as a wide selection of M&S’s fantastic fresh produce for your own scratch cooking. Not to mention treats such as Chocolate Eclairs and New York...
