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A furore over sex toys being laid out on a stall during a ‘family-friendly’ public event at Exeter Library has spilled over into the council chamber at County Hall.

A Dartmoor youth hostel which has been providing rooms for nearly 100 years is to close at the end of June.

Exmouth RNLI supporter and superfan, Ivie Simkiss-Cowtan, aged 8, has been running every day in May as part of the RNLI’s Mayday Mile challenge. Today, she ran an extra special mile with Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members, exactly 5 years after she first completed a mayday mile, aged only three!

It’s 50 years since one of the region’s most loved long-distance walking trails, the Two Moors Way, was first launched. The outstanding trail links the South West’s two National Parks, Exmoor and Dartmoor.

Empty shops in the centre of Exeter could be put back into use as part of a project to make the city centre more ‘animated’.

More and more children in Exeter are being drawn into crime, putting their own futures in jeopardy, according to the city’s MP.

Students and staff at Sidmouth College are celebrating after the school was found to have met the ‘expected standard’ across all areas following a visit from Ofsted, with inspectors highlighting positive relationships, an ambitious curriculum and strong foundations for learning.

Sites across the centre of Exeter are set to be used to showcase work by international artists which reimagines how people can respond to current social, ecological and technological crises.

To ensure the voices of Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly residents are heard on proposed police force mergers across England and Wales, Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has launched her own survey. 

Cold callers may be operating in East Devon and surrounding areas. They are claiming to be working on behalf of Exeter City Council who have asked them to cut back vegetation that’s ‘a danger’. They may start work without the homeowner’s consent before asking for money.

A new community building and GP surgery for South West Exeter is progressing towards completion, with the finishing touches now being applied to the roof.

The number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) on Devon and Cornwall’s roads has dropped to the lowest ever level in recent reporting history, new figures reveal.

Two councillors with strong community roots have been appointed to lead Devon County Council’s civic duties for the coming year.

Drivers in Exeter are paying more for their petrol than those elsewhere in the South West, according to one local MP.

Business-minded students at the Deaf Academy in Exmouth have won a regional award for enterprise and praise from HRH The Princess Royal after publishing their own accessible comic book that includes British Sign Language (BSL).

The Royal Devon Healthcare Trust know carers play a vital role in supporting patients across acute and community settings. As they develop their Family, Friends and Carers strategy, they are inviting carers to get involved in one of two ways;

Exeter Chiefs kept their play-off hopes firmly alive with an emphatic win over Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in round 17 of the Gallagher Premiership.

The football season may have just ended, where The Grecians are getting for life in League Two for the 2026-7 season. However two pre season friendlies have been arranged for the end of July.

A difficult afternoon for Exeter Chiefs at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham saw them defeated by a resurgent Harlequins side in their Big Summer Kick-Off.

Exeter City Football Club has announced the appointment of Matt Taylor as permanent first team manager.