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A popular historic wooden shelter in Beer’s Jubilee Memorial Ground has had its old rotten support posts swapped for eight rustic replacements, made from locally grown sustainable timber.

East Devon District Council’s Property Services and Countryside teams, assisted by a number of East Devon Conservation Volunteers (EDCV), painstakingly sourced and stripped the Douglas Fir posts, which came from Holyford Woods.

Once they were ready for use, the posts were then delivered to the shelter, where the officers and volunteers removed and replaced each of the old supports one by...

From Thursday September 1, the website for Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) will be mobile and tablet friendly.

As well as a cleaner, more contemporary look, the redesign will also let visitors select what they see on the homepage and what updates they get.

The redesign was inspired by visitors and incorporates feedback collated over the past six years. Over half of visits to the museum website are now made on mobile or tablets, often during visits using the museum’s free wifi.

The new site responds to the device it is viewed on and will now fit the...

Ruby Modern Diner is closing its doors in Exeter on 3rd September and relocating to the sunny shores of Exmouth.

Taking over the kitchen at craft brewhouse The Grapevine, Ruby’s award winning burgers and the Grapevine’s huge range of craft beer and ales are a match made in heaven.

The Ruby Kitchen will continue to serve much-loved Ruby classics including the Notorious PIG and Mutha Ducka as well as their famous $5 shakes.

Ruby Owner Dicky Harrison said: “We’ve have just had our first child Jasmine and have made a life choice to move the business to where we live in...

A Devon businesswoman has won a competition to name a life-sized rhino, which is standing outside Exeter Central Train Station for the next two months.

Karen Bryant of Select Appliances in Plymouth submitted the name 'Paladin' as part of a contest held by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service and the Buy With Confidence Trader Approval scheme.

Devon & Somerset Trading Standards Service’s Buy With Confidence (BWC) scheme is sponsoring Paladin as part of Paignton Zoo's Great Big Rhino Project.

In total 42 life-sized painted rhino sculptures can be seen...