Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 15-year-old boy who has gone missing from Payhembury, Honiton. Officers are concerned for the welfare of Billy Allen who was last seen in the Beacon Heath area of Exeter on 1 July. He has not made contact with family or friends […]

From University of Exeter: Work by Professor Liz Trinder showed current legislation leads to unnecessary conflict when marriages end, causing needless pain to families. Today the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill was passed, the first major reform to divorce law for 50 years. Fault has been a central part of the divorce law in England […]

From University of Exeter: Learning in groups how to make, mend and modify clothing reduces the appetite for fast fashion, a new study shows. Cheap clothing has been criticised for its impact on the environment. Learning about and discussing how garments are made has a “significant impact” on the ways […]

From University of Exeter: The impact of coronavirus on Britain’s crucial food supply chains will be tracked as part of a new study which will show how the current crisis has affected the journey from farm to plate. Experts will investigate the disruption caused by the pandemic for producers, manufacturers, […]

Rom Exeter University: A new analysis shows which certain pre-existing diseases may put older people at risk of developing more severe COVID-19, implying they may need special treatments and more shielding. A team based at the University of Exeter and the University of Connecticut in the USA found that older […]

FRom Exeter University:   Researchers from the University of Exeter and the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC), in partnership with the NHS, have developed a crucial new tool to ensure health trusts maintain sufficient levels of life-saving equipment and bed spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research […]

From University of Exeter: A new editorial has summarised evidence and concluded that people aged 60-69 are at risk of severe illness if infected with COVID-19. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Azeem Majeed, Head of the Department of Primary Care & Public Health at […]

From university of Exeter: Thousands of trees have been planted in former rainforest land in the Amazon, nourishing the soil and providing impoverished Brazilians with food and increased incomes. The land – in the Amazon’s “arc of deforestation” – is being turned into small scale “silvopastoral” systems, where animals graze […]

From University of Exeter: Brown hares and chickens were considered “gods” rather than food when they were first arrived in Britain in the Iron Age, new research shows. Archaeological evidence shows that the first brown hares and chickens to arrive in Britain were buried with care and intact. There is […]

From Devon & Cornwall Police: A woman has been jailed for six months for spitting in a police officer’s face. On Friday 3 April, Judith Christopher, 42, from Exeter, was found to be in breach of the government’s Covid-19 social distancing rules and subsequently refused to comply with response officers’ […]