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Woodbury Park Golf Club Captains Daryn Hunt and Mickie Ward have raised £10,500 to help with the rehabilitation of stroke patients on Clyst Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

As 2016 Captains, the pair chose the acute stroke ward as their Captains’ Charity for the year, after Mickie’s husband Robert, also known as Sharky, spent time being cared for there in 2011 and 2012.

Mickie said: “I have seen first-hand the amazing work the team on Clyst do. I owe my husband’s life and all of his achievements since then to them. They taught him how to start to live again and...

Plans for a new footbridge in Sidmouth to replace Alma Bridge have been drawn up by Devon County Council.

The County Council will be presenting its designs for a 22-metre span bridge to Sidmouth Town Council on Monday 6 March as it looks to conduct initial consultations with stakeholders, including East Devon District Council, South West Water and Environment Agency. The authority will also be carrying out investigation work early next month, with geotechnical inspections of the east cliffs being conducted at the potential location for the bridge. Alma Bridge will need to be closed...

Research published by property consultancy JLL shows that Exeter house prices are expected to rise at a faster rate than the UK average over the next five years.

JLL predicts that Exeter will experience an average year on year price rise of 3.9% between 2017 and 2021, compared with 2.5% for the rest of the UK.

Prices are expected to go up by 4% from last year in 2017 and another 4% in 2018, although JLL expects this year on year increase to slightly fall in subsequent years to 3.5% in 2019 and 2020, before rising again to 4% in 2021.

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Leading independent education specialists Class People will be swapping their recruitment hats for Mr Men costumes this Thursday, all in aid of World Book Day. This Thursday, Class People will be joining hundreds of schools and communities around the UK to help promote reading, with a particular focus on education to encourage those in the classroom to read more. The team will be getting creative in the Exeter branch and dressing up as their chosen Mr Men character, as well as reading out extracts from the book over on their social media platforms. Lynis Bassett, Chief Executive Officer,...