The Exeter City Supporters Trust has welcomed a new grant from the National Lottery to help create a museum in and around St James Park. The funding bid, which was submitted by the University of Exeter working in partnership with the Trust’s History Group, has been successful in attracting grants...

Buildings could soon be able to convert the sun’s energy into electricity without the need for solar panels, thanks to innovative new technology. Renewable Energy experts from the University of Exeter are developing a pioneering new technique that could accelerate the widespread introduction of...

Reuben Reid sealed a 1-0 win for Exeter City against Lincoln City after a hard-fought encounter at St James Park in Sky Bet League Two. The City striker's excellent first-half goal was the difference between the two sides as the visitors put up a stern test for Paul Tisdale’s men. The Grecians...

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (18-20 August). THEATRE Sidmouth Play Festival Friday & Saturday, 8pm, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth Relative Values by Noel Coward. Tickets: adults £17/£16, under 16s £8. Box office: 01395 514 413. www.manorpavilion....

IKEA is among some of the city’s best-known and largest employers who are taking part in a major new jobs fair next month. Around 70 employers are expected to exhibit at the Exeter Jobs Fair at the Corn Exchange on September 15. To support the city’s rapidly-growing economy, Exeter City Council...

Witness The Fitness! It’s not often you hear a gentleman in his eighties tell you that he has recently taken up extreme distance events.  But Len Styles from Honiton is not your average eighty year old.  Having always kept himself in good physical nick, (in his younger years Len used to...

Officers are investigating an incident after being contacted by staff at Glendinning Quarry in Ashburton, on Tuesday 15 August, following reports of an injured Peregrine falcon. The falcon had been located on the floor of the quarry which is home to a breeding pair of Peregrine falcons. Devon and...

The BBC has launched a new guide for BBC Weather Watchers in partnership with independent think tank Doteveryone and Devon-based charity Libraries Unlimited.  At a launch event held at Exeter Library on Thursday 10th August, Bill Thompson and Olivia Lockyer from the BBC’s Make it Digital...