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Seventeen-year-old Yasmin Nelmes has been named Devon’s Satellite Club Participant of the Year in recognition of her outstanding commitment to taking part in community sport.

The award ceremony will take place on 8th Sept at Exmouth Community College sports hall, where Yasmin will be presented with her award by a representative from the national Sport England team.

Satellite clubs – a National Lottery funded Sport England initiative – are extensions of community sports clubs, which use different venues such as a secondary schools or colleges to offer a range of sports to...

People are becoming increasingly worried aboout their financial situation according to Citizens Advice Exeter.

The findings have been published in the organisation's latest economic well-being survey.

Chief Executive, Steve Barriball said: "More people are worried about their financial situation; with 63% of those who participated in the survey telling is that they are worried, compared to 56% in our last two surveys. There was a large reduction in those borrowing through loans and overdrafts, but a significant increase in people borrowing from other sources, such as from...

It's a bit of a mixed bag for weather this holiday weekend, there's sunshine, clouds and even outbreaks of thundery showers expected.

A yellow warning for rain has been issued for Saturday with showers, some of them heavy and thundery, together with outbreaks of rain spreading north across much of England and Wales, elsewhere we will see sunny spells. The south and southeast of England will again become warm and humid as the day progresses.

Sunday will start cloudy for many with some rain around. This will break up to leave a day of sunny spells, although some showers will...

West Country band The Stylers, who recently triumphed in a competition to spot young musical talent across the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset, have received their trophies from key event partner Beviss & Beckingsale.

The Stylers, from Dorchester, beat off stiff competition from across the three counties at the TBOB Battle of the Bands competition, held in the Dorset village of Thorncombe this summer. They were voted Overall Winners and Best U21 band. The four musicians won a full day in a recording studio with professional producer Phil Nicholas who has worked with a...