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Exciting plans are being made for Exeter Pride on Saturday 13 May 2017.

It will be the biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the county of Devon - and is one of the first in the UK summer calendar of similar such events.

The ninth annual event will include the always popular rainbow flag parade from the St Sidwell Centre down Exeter High Street to Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Library and Rougemont Gardens, where a packed programme of activities will await.

Last year thousands of people attended...

More than 500 trick or treaters enjoyed hot chocolate and homemade cakes at a city home last night.

Mark and Gemma McHutchon, who belong to the nearby Isca Church, hosted the evening on the drive of their King Arthurs Road home in Beacon Heath.

It was the fifth year they have done this. Members of the Isca Church community prepared large pans of hot chocolate and baked lots of cakes and biscuits.

Richard Cummings, Isca Church community worker, said: “It was a great night. We met so many lovely people and everyone enjoyed the fun atmosphere. Parents were especially...

A free event to help communities across Devon prepare for incidents such as severe weather and flooding is being held near Exeter next week.

The interactive day, entitled 'Becoming Resilient', will include guest speakers, workshops, case studies and an expert question and answer panel. It's being held on Wednesday 9 November, from 10.30am to 4pm, at the Kenn Centre in Kennford. Aimed at those interested or involved in emergency and recovery planning in their community, the event will include sessions the role of community rest centres, the role of the emergency services, testing...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic incident yesterday [31 October] near to Buckland St Mary in Somerset, close to the Devon border.

The incident involving a van and a car happened shortly after 1pm on the A303.

The van, which was travelling in a north easterly direction, had just negotiated a sweeping right-hand bend when it crossed the centre of the road and was in collision with the Fiesta travelling in the opposite direction.

The occupants of the car, a man and a woman in their 70s, were both seriously injured and died at the scene...