Exeter

An exciting reading challenge, designed to improve literacy levels in primary school children across the country is coming to Devon in June.

The competition, called One Million Minutes, is run by award-winning education charity Achievement for All and challenges primary school classes in different regions across the UK to read for as many minutes as they can in just one week.

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Based on a 14 acre campus in Topsham Road, Exeter, WESC Foundation (WESC) - The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment - provide education, health, care, therapy and mobility. Riding therapy is often used as a prescribed physiotherapy to help to mobilise learners. The WESC therapy team welcomed the delivery of a magnificent black stallion named ‘Winston’, a bespoke designed Horse Simulator...

A new report reveals that 46% of parents admit their child is still wetting the bed at night when they have started reception class, yet only 9% would discuss this with their friends and other parents. In children over the age of five, wetting the bed during sleep is recognised as a medical condition and can be treated.

Only 10% of parents would feel personally embarrassed if their...

Revellers heading for Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Powderham Castle over this Bank Holiday are being urged to make their personal safety number one.

Around 50,000 music fans are expected to visit the Exeter venue on Saturday and Sunday to see some of today’s biggest chart acts perform live.

Planning for the event has been ongoing for several months with officers from the Op Candle...

WESC held their charity golf day at Exeter Golf & Country Club on 12 May sponsored by ITEC. With a record 17 four-ball teams entering and over £7,000 raised, the Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment declared 2016 as their most successful charity golf day to date.

The winning Team ‘Fantastic Four’ made up of: Paul Laverick, Neil Gauntlett, Mark Wightman and Iain Creer were each...

Ticket-holders for Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle near Exeter have just six days left from today (Monday May 16) to book their transport in advance of the event.

Festival-goers have until May 21 to pre-book transport that’s been specially laid on for the event.

Park and rides, shuttle buses and drop-off/pick-up points have been arranged to get people safety to and...

Castle Drogo will be the backdrop for a creative programme of exhibitions and performances celebrating the creative spirit of Dartmoor from Saturday 14 May until Sunday 19 June.

There will be artist’s exhibitions, workshops, theatre and a costume display by the students of Plymouth College.

To launch the event, there will be an open evening on Friday 13 May, including live...

Staff have said a special thank you to 4Louis for donating a cuddle cot to Derriford Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The cuddle cot, also known as a cold cot, enables families who sadly lose their babies at or just after birth, more precious time with them.

Jo Kirby, Family Support Sister/Neonatal Outreach Lead, said: “We are so thankful to 4Louis for donating this...

Second year Plymouth University student and entrepreneur Feyi Ogunyeye, wants to change the way we approach issues like low self-employment rates in the 16-24 age group. This is at a time when statistics indicate that less than 11% of self-employed individuals in the UK are below the age of 30 (J.Deane, Self-Employment review pg 8, 2016).

He says that “Due to the lack of awareness and...

The first retinal scanner of its kind in the UK has been delivered to Derriford Hospital thanks to a generous donation from the League of Friends of the Plymouth REI.

Patients will now have access to a ground-breaking, retina-scanning technology which allows 3D visualisation of microcirculation within the retinal blood vessels inside the eye in just a few seconds.

This non-...