New Year, New Home

Authored by Hayley431
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 5:56pm

New Season, Trend Lead Homeware At Great Value Prices From The Original Factory Shop!

This January The Original Factory Shop is the savvy shopper’s one stop shop to spruce up the home with great looking products that won’t break the bank.

From a new range of affordable, functional and stylish homeware to top quality household brands the discount retailer will enable shoppers to transform their homes with great products at great value prices.

The retailer has released a number of different ranges for the home, from warm and plush winter themed items to cosy up the...

January Blues: Why Couples Divorce at the Start of the Year

The start of this week – January 7th – is ominously dubbed D-day as it’s the most popular time of year for divorce lawyers and solicitors. After the giddy heights of the festive period, couples often wake up in the New Year unable to handle the headache of their marriages. Richard Scott, Head of Family Law at Howells Solicitors, has helped us pinpoint the reasons why couples go their separate ways in January:

Christmas Party Regrets

All the way back in 65AD, philosopher Seneca the Younger stated that “drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness” which, if you’re fond of a...

Car parking charges set to increase in Exeter

Car parking charges in Exeter are set to rise by 10 per cent from April to support the City Council’s aim of reducing congestion, while helping it to balance its budget.

A report due to be discussed by councillors next week reveals that the council cannot support its aim of reducing congestion in the city centre without “reasonable and regular increases in tariffs”.

A key strategic priority for Exeter is to tackle congestion and accessibility, where sustainable means of travel are safer, cheaper, quicker and more convenient than private car ownership.

The council is...

Generous funding brings enhanced Hospiscare services to Ottery St Mary

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 11:53am

Enhanced Hospiscare services, including new nurse led clinic, have come to Ottery St Mary and surrounding areas, thanks to £50,000 of funding from the Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends . The launch was celebrated in the Sandhill Rooms at Ottery St Mary Hospital on 8th January with members of the local healthcare community. Adrian Rutter, Chair of Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends says: “When we asked the GPs of Coleridge Medical Centre what they saw as the healthcare priorities for the people of our town and villages, their answer was quick and clear; dementia...

Topsham Rugby Club invites women to grab a friend and take on a new challenge!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 11:44am

Rather than making a new year’s resolution that you break by the end of January, ensure 2019 a year of positive change by taking on new challenges and trying something new. Like playing rugby.

Don’t let your preconceptions put you off, you can do this. Topsham Rugby Club are offering women a less daunting way of broadening their horizons as they encourage women to step out of their comfort zone with a fun introduction to rugby. During the Warrior Camps, women are encouraged to unleash their inner strength and determination as they embrace the challenge of trying a new sport....

Liven up January with Burns Night supper at Huntsham Court

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:51am

Huntsham Court , near Tiverton, will play host to a Burns Night ceilidh on 24 January when the estate holds their celebration of the Scottish bard’s birth in aid of Hospiscare . What better way of livening up the depths of winter than with a Scottish hooley? Huntsham Court’s owners, Chris Badham and Damian Llambias, have generously made the venue available for the occasion, and the splendour of this Victorian-Gothic country house provides the perfect backdrop for what promises to be an evening of stirring spectacle. There will be Scottish music and dancing and a traditional Burns Night...

How do you store rattan furniture for the autumn and winter season?

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:47am

Summer months call for alfresco lunch, calling over friends and family for a game of cards in the backyard or even enjoying your favourite author basking under the sun. The hot summer season does not stay for long and it is time now to pack the garden furniture. Do you know how to store rattan garden furniture rightly so that you can keep using it for years and years?

Since, garden furniture is usually constructed from natural wood or rattan, wicker, it might get damaged bearing the harsh weather conditions. Brooks Rattan Garden furniture brings to you some handy tips and tricks...

Beyond the Barricade bring you all the musical theatre classics

Now in the 20th successive year, Beyond The Barricade, the show that recreates original West End/Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authenticity, will visit Exeter's Northcott Theatre this Saturday, 12th January.

Made up of a cast of past principal performers from Les Miserables, this blockbusting two hour show, has delighted audiences throughout the UK, mainland Europe, Asia and New Zealand for two decades and in doing so, has established itself as the one of the nation’s longest running musical theatre concerts.

Beyond the Barricade presents exciting concert...

Award-winning Devon care home celebrates a standout year of quality care

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:18am

It’s New Year celebrations all round for Devon-based Care Home, ‘The Old Vicarage’ in Otterton, following an exceptional year. The independent care home, which has just celebrated their 30th year, received an ‘outstanding’ rating in the domain of caring from Care Quality Commission (CQC) and was recently recognised with not one, but two prestigious national awards by Caring UK.

Set in the picturesque village of Otterton, The Old Vicarage provides quality care in a charming country house setting, ideal for those wishing to spend their retirement in a caring family atmosphere. It has...

Jumpers for Goalposts Revisited

Authored by nhind
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:37am

Contemplating the post-Christmas slog of returning to work took lifelong football fan Nathan Hind on a search for the boyhood friends he shared the 1980s playing football with.

As the 43-year-old office worker explains, since turning forty, he's lost contact with a lot of mates but noticed his fiancée and her friends regularly meet up. 'I hit forty and started to compare where I was with Society's ideal and felt miles behind. I was stuck in a rut and convinced life was getting away from me. It was a very isolating time.'

Apart from a sense of his forties posing more...

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