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Dozens of firefighters are tackling a blaze at a building in Exeter city centre.

Police were alerted by the fire service at 5.20am (Friday 28 October 2016) to a large fire towards the South Street end of Exeter High Street.

The fire is involving The Royal Clarence Hotel and the Waterstones Shop and has been declared as a 'major Incident' by the fire service.

The Royal Clarence Hotel has been evacuated as a precaution, and all staff and residents are accounted for.

It is not known at this time where or how the fire started or how many properties have been...

The latest group of young people in Devon have taken part in a Rugby World Cup Legacy programme.

The Business Empowering Employment Programme (BEEP) gives 16-24 year olds the confidence and skills to secure jobs and training opportunities.

Eight youngsters have completed an initial two-week course run by Motiv-8sw and were presented with their certificates at a celebration event on Friday (Oct 21) by radio and television broadcaster Judi Spiers.

They also worked with Exeter Chiefs’ players during the course, as they built their confidence and developed new skills...

A Devon quarry that originally supplied stone to build Exeter Cathedral over 800 years ago has now re-opened, thanks to a partnership between the site’s current operator and the Cathedral’s works department. Materials were last extracted from the Dunscombe Manor site in the 1980s but recent acceleration of the major works programme has depleted the Cathedral’s stockpile of Salcombe stone which is used to replace original, decayed material on a like for like basis. This type of work is essential as the Cathedral commences the latest phase of its restoration, due to last for at least 10...

The Pavey Group’s ‘Donate & Do Good Day’ for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) was a resounding success.

The day was held in Exeter on Tuesday 25 October and the idea was, as many busy professionals don’t have time to take their unwanted items to charity shops, the team from Pavey Group would visit the businesses to pick up collections instead!

Whilst members of the team spent the morning collecting charity shop donations from businesses all the area, the rest of the team worked as volunteers at CHSW’s Sidwell Street shop in Exeter helping to sort through the...