Sovereign Housing Association is supporting Gas Safety Week this week by reminding residents of having an annual gas supply check by a Gas Safe Registered engineer.
Nationally, one in six homes has an unsafe gas appliance.
A danger of not having your gas appliances checked regularly is that they can leak carbon monoxide (CO). Sometimes known as the ‘silent killer’, you can’t see it, smell it or taste it, but it can be deadly. CO prevents oxygen from being absorbed by the body and can cause death in just minutes. Every year there are around 60 deaths from accidental...
The South West has an above average number of smokers per capita in the UK, at 14.2% − above the average in England.
The best performing area in the South West is Stroud, with 9.6% of the population smoking. The three regions of Dorset Gloucestershire with 10.1% of the population smoking is the next lowest. East Devon is the third best performer, with 10.3% of people being smokers.
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% of population smoking
Regional Ranking - number of smokers per population
England Ranking - number of smokers per population (/315)
St Thomas Medical Group (STMG) consisting of St Thomas Health Centre, Exwick Heath Centre, and Pathfinder Village Surgery, has teamed up with Exeter City Council and Stagecoach South West to provide a creative and innovative solution to safeguard their patients who are eligible for flu vaccinations; which is believed to be the first of its kind in Devon.
Established in 1969, STMG has a total of 40,000 patients including the Student Health Centre on campus at the University of Exeter. This year, as the Government widens the eligibility criteria, the GP’s will need to administer...
The Range is delighted to announce that the Alphington store will be opening a luxury Jonas & James Kitchen showroom on Friday 2nd October. It will add to the already expansive offering across DIY, Petcare, Cleaning and Home Interiors departments. The Alphington store already has a Family Café and Outdoor Garden Centre.
The Jonas & James Kitchen Showroom at The Range in Derriford
The new and exclusive kitchen collection from Jonas & James offers market leading quality kitchens combined with outstanding value. The collections span from ultra-contemporary to...
A major United Nations report has revealed the international community has failed to halt environmental decline over the last 10 years. Now, new analysis from the RSPB has revealed the UK’s self-assessment is overly optimistic as high environmental ambitions have not led to real progress being made.
The Global Biodiversity Outlook 5, published yesterday by the United Nations, contained no country-level breakdowns of how the UK has fared. Instead, an RSPB report ‘A Lost Decade for Nature’, has revealed our true performance.
With UK wildlife continuing to decline and vital...
Regional Adoption Agency Adopt South West and independent adoption charity Families for Children, join the coalition of National, Regional and Voluntary adoption agencies across the country, supported by the Department for Education (DfE), to launch a nationwide recruitment campaign to raise awareness of adoption.
In the UK, there are almost 3,000 children that are in need of an adoptive family and the number of adoptions in England has fallen by a third in four years. In response, the new #YouCanAdopt campaign will bust myths around who is eligible to adopt and explore what the...
The first service between Exeter and Newcastle took off for the first time today, as Loganair brings back connectivity between the two cities for business and leisure.
Operated using a 49-seat Embraer 145 regional jet, the service will see twice-weekly flights on Monday and Friday throughout winter with lead in fares of £54.99 each way.
The winter timetable has departures from Exeter at 11.50 on Mondays and 12.50 on Fridays, and from Newcastle at 09.50 on Mondays and 10.50 on Fridays.
Within the airline’s recently launched summer 2021 schedule, the route will...
A major roundabout on the outskirts of Exeter will undergo two weeks of overnight closures while resurfacing work is carried out from next week.
Overnight resurfacing work will be undertaken on the A376 Clyst St Mary roundabout and its approach roads (A376 Sidmouth Road, A376 Exmouth Road, A3052 Honiton Road) from Monday 21 September to Friday 2 October.
Both the roundabout and the approach roads will be closed each evening from 7pm through to 7am the next day. The road will be fully open during the daytime and at weekends.
Vue Exeter are boasting a slate of brand new content for cinema-lovers to enjoy this week.
Romantics will be looking forward to the love story of two young adults who must find out whether their love for one another is enough to overcome some unexpected differences. In After We Collided , the hotly anticipated sequel to the 2019 hit, After , viewers can watch as Tessa decides whether the man she fell madly in love with is still the same, after a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship.
This weekend, K-Pop sensations BTS offer a behind-the-...
Crowdfunder.co.uk & Theatres Trust have launched a nationwide crowdfunding campaign to help save theatres across the UK. The #SaveOurTheatres campaign was launched on 8th September with theatre fundraising pages going live up and down the country.
In Exeter and across the county, theatres are suffering. Cygnet Theatre is at the heart of our community: it is a place to come together, to be entertained and to be inspired. Training theatres like Cygnet are where our best-loved actors learn their craft. Cygnet has a long history of training ‘swans’ who go on to work in the West...
