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EMG Symphony Orchestra said farewell to its conductor with a performance of Britten’s War Requiem at Exeter Cathedral yesterday, 23 April. The Cathedral was full to capacity for the concert. A huge choir joined almost 100 players for the performance, which fell on the same date as the first bombing raids on Exeter during 1942. On 23 April that year, seven high explosive bombs fell west of the river in St Thomas and Marsh Barton with four fatalities. Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was commissioned for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, built alongside the remains of the...

A former Nursing Sister who trained at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital during the Second World War has received a replica of a gold nursing medal which was tragically stolen from her during a burglary.

Eighty-nine year old Doris Sumption, from Spetisbury in Dorset, was devastated when her home was burgled three years ago and thieves took one of her most treasured possessions – a gold medal which she received for being top of her class during her nurse training at the RD&E in 1946.

Doris started her training with the RD&E, then based in Dean Clarke House in...

It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week from Sunday May 1 and East Devon District Council’s Countryside team is giving top tips on how we can help them thrive.

The week is run by the Hedgehog Preservation Society and aims to highlight the problems faced by hedgehogs and encourage the public to help them.

The Countryside team has some great ideas on how we can all do our bit to help our prickly friends!

Hedgehogs are one of the UKs most loved animals, and are very important for our ecosystem, their numbers are in steep decline and according to hedgehog campaign group, Hedgehog...

If you are planning to go to the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink over the weekend, the outlook is bright.

Tomorrow (Saturday) there is only the slight risk of a shower and some sunny intervals are forecast for both days.

Of course, living in Devon, we are prepared for the elements and even more prepared to sample great food!

Now in its 13th year and once again at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens until Sunday, the Festival attracts more than 100 artisan food and drink producers from the region selling delicious south west meat, cheeses, bread, cider...