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Exeter, Devon, LED Community Leisure has been honoured with an “Unsung Hero” award by Hospiscare’s 40 Club , recognising four years of dedicated support, fundraising, and community partnership.

Presented at the 40 Club Awards Lunch at The Hall in Exeter, the award celebrates LED Community Leisure’s consistent and meaningful contribution to Hospiscare mission of providing specialist end-of-life care across the local community.

LED Leisure has been a committed member of the 40 Club since the start, supporting Hospiscare through a wide range of initiatives, including event...

The Devon County Show is set to deliver its most dynamic Devon Woodlands feature yet, with high‑energy displays from The Devon Axe Team and demonstration on pole climbing by the Bicton students taking centre stage in a newly expanded woodland area for 2026. These crowd‑pulling performances will anchor a feature that blends entertainment, education, and hands‑on woodland skills like never before.

The expansion reflects the Show’s commitment to championing the vital role that woodlands and woodland skills play in the South West’s rural economy, environment, and heritage.

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Some of Exeter’s best-loved pubs will be hosting this year’s Pint of Science, offering up fascinating talks on everything from atoms and galaxies to understanding neurodiversity.

Running from 18-20 May, this year’s festival marks the 13th edition of the annual event, which brings researchers out of the lab and into local bars in 42 cities across the UK.

In Exeter, venues including the Bootlegger, Arcadia and City Gate Hotel will transform into hubs of scientific discussion with informative talks, demonstrations, live experiments, and a multi-city pub quiz competition....

Exeter's largest church, bursting at the seams, appeals council decision that could leave Marsh Barton building empty and 40 jobs uncreated.

Rediscover Church, currently at Northernhay Street, serves 500 people and has been searching for a permanent home for eight years, but are refused planning permission for a new home in Marsh Barton.

Rediscover Church Exeter has confirmed it will appeal Exeter City Council's decision to refuse planning permission for Signal House, Cofton Road, Marsh Barton (ref: 25/1784/FUL). The proposal would have brought a building into active...