Aldi colleagues in Devon are taking on a 900-mile relay to raise funds for the supermarket’s charity partner, Teenage Cancer Trust.

The route will pass 90 Aldi stores in total, with colleagues from across the region taking turns to run, cycle or walk from store to store between Cardigan and Camborne. Running from Thursday 2nd July to Thursday 6th August, colleagues will pass the...

EdenServ has appointed its new independent Board as the company prepares to take responsibility for recycling, waste and environmental services across East Devon in September 2026.

The new Board will be chaired by Graham Farrant, former Chief Executive of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council and HM Land Registry. He is joined by Non-Executive Directors Paul Cooper, Bevis Watts...

Later this month, four Devon men will be heading for Dover from where they will attempt to break a world record.

All four have completed solo Channel swims.

Now they aim to work together in medley-order, each specialising in a different stroke.

To claim the world record they will have to beat the current time of 11 hours and 29 minutes.

Months of training...

Fancy a pint? Well, this weekend (7th-9th August) there are over twenty guest ales - plus the standard six on tap - at The Holt’s very first beer festival. With beers and ciders from some of the South West’s very best independent breweries, your new favourite pint is just waiting to be discovered!

Located by Cathedral Green, The Holt is an independent pub in the heart of Exeter....

Former professional rugby player David ‘Jacko’ Jackson will visit Exeter next week as he attempts a world-record-breaking endurance challenge by running 100 ultramarathons in 100 consecutive days.

Jacko, who lives in North West Wales, hopes to raise £1 million for brain injury charities Headway UK and Head for Change with his challenge, titled ‘Mission IN-possible’.

Starting...

Residents of Culverland Road can now access a community defibrillator, after Exeter Homes Trust received funding from Devon County Council to install the lifesaving device at its property on the Exeter street.

The installation of the defibrillator came after a request from Michaela Bennett, daughter of resident, Michael Bennett who died at the site in 2025, and who wanted to provide...

Colleagues from Taylor Wimpey Exeter have raised £5,316.42 for Hospiscare, an independent charity providing specialist care to patients and their families living with life-limiting illnesses across Exeter, central and east Devon.

The funds were raised as part of Taylor Wimpey’s annual challenge, where a team of 15 from the housebuilder’s Exeter office completed a hike along the north...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation has awarded its one-off £20,000 Extra Funding Grant to Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF), a charity supporting people affected by blood cancer and their families.

The award marks three years of grant-giving by the Foundation, which has supported around 60 UK charities and raised over £550,000 since launching in 2022. Every previous grant recipient was...