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EXETER’S Quay will be buzzing this August Bank Holiday weekend as it plays host to some of the world’s top climbers at a spectacular climbing competition.

Thousands of spectators are expected to attend the thrilling climbing event on the Quay - and if you fancy dropping off a seven metre wall into the canal - they’ll also be a chance for novices to have a go.

Quay Climbing is staging its third annual Deep Water Solo Festival of Climbing over the August Bank Holiday weekend; the event sees a temporary seven metre high climbing wall erected in the city’s canal basin.

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July is National Scams Awareness Month, an initiative by Citizens Advice which aims to empower UK consumers to get advice, report scams and tell others about their experiences. Call blocking specialists, CPR Call Blocker, is getting behind the initiative by highlighting the top telephone scams that are catching consumers out in order to ensure that people in Devon are not victims of financial fraud. Telephone scams continue to be the most prolific type of scam with Action Fraud reporting that 33% of scams take place over the phone followed by 16% through online sales, 13% on email and 7%...

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez is giving eight local organisations new money to help child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. Each will get a share of £140,000 provided by the Ministry of Justice to ensure practical and emotional support to victims. The awards have been made to: Children’s Society Devon Rape Crisis North Devon Against Domestic Abuse Tor Support Victim Support Spiral Pathways (collaboration involving CLEAR (Cornwall), Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, and Cornwall Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre) The decision to award funding to...

Having traditionally been an area where homeowners have largely purchased property as buy to let investments, Exwick is now seeing a shift in buyer attitudes as young people are realising the value of living in the Exeter suburb and picking up properties for as little as £140,000.

According to Hatched’s newly appointed Exeter specialist, Michael Parsons, who has lived in and around Exeter all his life and has worked in estate agency for 15 years, a new generation of buyers are disregarding the rental history of the area in a bid to snap up more affordable first homes.

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