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Show of Hands, one of the leading acts in British folk, are to release a single and video to mark the centenary of the first day of WW1’s Battle of the Somme.

BBC award-winning singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer will offer one of Knightley’s finest songs, The Gamekeeper as a download single from July 1, tying in with a day-long tribute in their home city of Exeter to the 19240 Allied servicemen lost on the opening day of one of the worst battles in history.

That night, the Devon duo and long-term collaborator Miranda Sykes, will perform a...

Exeter Junior School pupils were thrilled to discover that their approach to a national art project would be included in The National Gallery and visited the London art gallery to see their work on display.

The budding Year 6 artists worked on the Take One Picture Project, creating artwork in response to a painting from The National Gallery during the autumn term.

Every year, The National Gallery invites primary schools to use one of its paintings as the stimulus for learning right across the curriculum. For 2016, Thomas Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews was chosen as the...

A 400% rise in wipes on beaches is putting marine life at risk – and pushing up your bills, it was warned today.

We all love a wet wipe! Wipe the baby’s bum, get rid of the make-up and cleanse, slap on the fake tan –our bathrooms are full of them. But instead of ending up in the bin when they’re finished with – millions are being popped down the pan because of consumer confusion.

That’s because some are labelled flushable, some biodegradable and some need you to read every bit of the small print which most of us can’t be bothered to do. But the truth is, even those labelled...

Ruth Fishleigh and her family have raised nearly £4,000 for the Neonatal Unit (NNU) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital by holding a ‘Wedding Dress Ball’.

The sell-out event, which saw 130 guests attend dressed in their finest wedding attire, took place at the Exeter Golf and Country Club on 20th May. The charity dinner dance and auction provided an opportunity for women to give their wedding dresses another wearing and help raise some money for a cause close to Ruth’s heart.

Ruth’s son Arlo spent six days on the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital after...