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A citizen science website game akin to “big brother for crickets” allows participants to take part in important hands-on research using insects to understand the ageing process.

Biologists at the University of Exeter have set up the online interactive project, to put a fun twist on an appeal for help from the public in analysing hundreds of thousands of hours of video footage.

People taking part in the Cricket Tales game, which involves watching snippets of video and labelling various cricket behaviours and experiences such as mating, fighting and being attacked by...

Exeter Cathedral is celebrating today after reaching another major milestone in the Big LEGO Build.

The 5,000th brick in the project, which aims to build a scale-model of the Cathedral out of 300,000 pieces of LEGO, has now been laid – just in time for its first outing away from the city centre.

Later this week sections of the model will be on display at the Devon County Show which runs from 19th-21st May 2016.

The Cathedral’s Development Director, Paul Courtney, said: “We’re looking forward to seeing lots of people at the Show and will be bringing plenty of bricks...

Athletes, coaches and volunteers from across Devon were celebrated at Sandy Park at the Exeter Foundation annual Devon Sports Awards in association with Active Devon and in partnership with Exeter College.

The Awards were hosted by BBC Spotlight’s Jenny Walrond, and featured guest speaker Colin Jackson CBE, who inspired the audience with anecdotes of his career since retirement.

The main prize of the evening, the Exeter Foundation award for Outstanding Contribution to Sport in Devon, went to Exe Hockey Club’s Jill Dupain, who also picked up the Volunteer of the Year award...

Exeter’s driver-behaviour pilot, run by Exeter-based Lightfoot® in association with Exeter City Futures, is seeing dramatic results in only its first week of live operation, with over 54% of drivers hitting its Elite Driver efficiency target, and some motorists achieving up to 77.2mpg.

The citywide trial of Lightfoot®, which aims to help drivers save fuel, cut emissions and reduce accidents by driving more efficiently, is being trialled by over 100 drivers.

Commenting on the initial findings Mark Roberts, managing director of Lightfoot®, said: “We’re really encouraged by...