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A British invention that enables people to train their facial muscles to give them a non-invasive facelift is putting smiles back on faces after a do-it-yourself version gained popularity as a result of the pandemic.
Two pre-schools in Downend and Stoke Lodge have received praise from parents after a new management team implemented improved policies and invested in refurbishment for each setting.
National Trust archaeologists working at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire have received unexpected results following the radiocarbon dating of material uncovered during an excavation.
A window cleaner with a passion for nature has planted trees on almost every street he’s worked over the last 30 years.
Falmouth, Penzance and Truro are set to make changes to their local road networks to help improve the health of their communities and combat climate change.
The University of Exeter has created a comprehensive plan to cut carbon emissions and improve the environment on its campuses and beyond.
Communities across Cornwall are being urged to support their local leisure centres and help protect them from permanent closure.
Staff from the Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre have launched a Crowdfunding campaign to illuminate the bridge with a special light show as part of the Museums Association’s #SupportOurMuseums campaign, a new UK-wide initiative to support museums as they face the huge challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
With millions of the new rapid Covid-19 test kits due to be rolled out across the UK before Christmas, Wellington care home Camelot House and Lodge is among the first to receive its supply and today resumed close-to-normal meetings between residents and loved ones for the first time in months.
There’s a new passion, in the Covid era, for researching past residents of your own home. It’s been generated by the popular TV history programme ‘A House Through Time’. Peter Cullimore and his wife Sue are among fans of the BBC2 series, presented by David Olusoga, who’ve been inspired to become amateur house historians themselves.
The latest set of Coronavirus restrictions have been announced including the much-anticipated guidelines for the Christmas period, meaning families can now plan their festive breaks.
Bristol Zoological Society has unveiled plans to relocate Bristol Zoo to its Wild Place Project site to create a world-class zoo and to safeguard the future of the organisation.
Hoteliers in Bristol say they are heartbroken at news that the city is being placed in Tier 3 at the end of the current Coronavirus lockdown.
A Taunton law firm has renewed its support of the Somerset County Cricket Club (SCCC) Pathway Programme which supports young people in developing their cricket skills.
A new Government scheme which aims to help people experiencing difficulties with debt is due to come into force in May 2021.
A Taunton woman is celebrating the arrival of twins – who were born two years apart.
Hundreds of people across the south west benefited from over sixty presentations on digital technology at the recent three-day Festival of the Future which took place on line.
Business turnaround specialist Claire Burden has joined financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson as a partner in its national advisory consultancy business, offering profit and operational enhancement and turnaround services.
Nominations are open for people to secure recognition for the outstanding community work of Bristol’s unsung local heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
