Children across Devon can join The Summer Book Quest for free at their local library from 12th July. The brand new Quest has been created by Libraries Unlimited, the charity commissioned to run the libraries in Devon and Torbay. It offers a refreshing change to the usual reading challenge with children encouraged to participate by doing a variety of activities along the theme of "Deep Sea...

Exeter City Football Club is proud to announce a new partnership with Taking Care, who join the Grecians as the club’s official back-of-shirt sponsor.

This exciting collaboration marks the first time Exeter City and Taking Care have worked together, bringing together two organisations with strong ties to the South West and a shared commitment to community wellbeing and support....

Hosted by Irish actor and comedian Ed Byrne, the 22nd Michelmores Property Awards took place on 2 July 2025, at Sandy Park Conference Centre in Exeter, celebrating the very best of property development, construction, and regeneration across the South West. This year, the Awards continued to recognise projects that demonstrated outstanding quality, innovation, and sustainability, positively...

Libraries Unlimited South West, a charity that provides community libraries across Devon and Torbay, were delighted to receive a donation of £9,531 from the Morrisons Foundation. The funding from the charitable arm of the supermarket has covered the costs of creating two innovative 'sensory zones' at their library in Exeter, one for children aged 0-7, the other for 8-12 year olds. Rachel...

NooKo is thrilled to announce a significant partnership with the beloved Danish retail chain, Søstrene Grene, which will soon occupy the ground-floor retail space at Paternoster House in Exeter city centre. This collaboration marks a substantial investment in the heart of Exeter, promising to inject new vitality, prosperity, and job opportunities into the area.

Søstrene Grene, known...

Exeter’s historic quayside got a whole lot cleaner last Friday, 20th June, as Coastal Recycling brought together 60 volunteers from 15 local businesses for its first-ever ‘Clean the Quay’ event, collecting an impressive 100kg of rubbish in just a couple of hours. Held in celebration of Employee Ownership Day, the clean-up wasn't just about litter; it was about local action, collaboration, and...

A group of South West-based researchers have shown that early improvements in asthma symptoms can help predict how effective treatment will be in the future.

Experts at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Plymouth, and the University of Exeter used national data to find out if it’s possible to predict how people with severe asthma will...

A team from Otter Garden Centres have been busy sprucing up a pair of flowers beds at Ottery St Mary Hospital.

The makeover was in response to a plea last year from hospital nurses asking Otter to help improve the flower beds for the benefit of both staff and patients. They had become neglected due to greater concerns about the fate of the hospital which was for some time under threat...