World class mountain bike trials rider Andrei Burton will help inspire the next generation of cyclists as part of a city secondary school’s efforts to promote sustainable, healthy travel. (more…)
AroundExeter.co.uk Health stories
Swimming pools free for over-60s from April 1
Thursday 26 March 2009 by AroundExeter Staff
It’s not an April ‘pools’ day prank - from next week Exeter residents aged 60 and over will swim for free at the city’s local authority-run swimming pools.
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Ambulance staff feel the heat in Exeter Airport training blaze
Thursday 12 March 2009 by AroundExeter Staff
Paramedics and firefighters attended a raging inferno at Exeter Airport - part of a training session for East Devon paramedics who have joined forces with firefighters to gain a better understanding of how crews deal with fires. (more…)
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Countdown to quit day begins - smokefree South West marks countdown to No Smoking Day
Thursday 5 March 2009 by AroundExeter Staff
As the one-week countdown to the UK’s leading health ‘red letter day’ begins, an anti-smoking initiative is gearing up to lend its support to events taking place in Exeter to mark ‘No Smoking Day 2009′. (more…)
Exeter carpenters warned of mesothelioma risk
Thursday 5 March 2009 by AroundExeter Staff
One in 17 British carpenters born in the 1940s will die of mesothelioma - a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by asbestos - according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.
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Pointless pledge patrol: Exeter hospital promises ‘no avoidable death’
Friday 27 February 2009 by AroundExeter Staff
How many hospital bosses does it take to rewrite the Hippocratic Oath? The answer might be in the latest RD&Express newsletter sent out by the PR team at Barrack Road. (more…)
McGahey’s tobacconist competition row: storm in a coffee cup?
Friday 27 February 2009 by AroundExeter Staff
In customarily excitable fashion the Express & Echo reports that High Street tobacconist Martin McGahey is ‘up in arms’ after the city council granted a license for a mobile coffee kiosk to set up nearby. But there may be more to the story than meets the eye. (more…)