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A historic Devon manor house, which has passed through generations of the same family for more than 160 years, is to be opened to the public - as a country house wedding and events venue. Rockbeare Manor, which was built in around 1760, has undergone a £2m transformation to turn it into the perfect venue for special events. The Regency property, which is on the edge of the village of Rockbeare, just outside Exeter, boasts a magnificent new Ballroom which seats up to 160 guests, with plans for the addition of 14 luxury bedrooms – all surrounded by more than 100 acres of parkland. It has...

Two University of Exeter Medical School scientists have won prestigious awards from the national charity Diabetes UK.

Dr Tim McDonald won the Lilly Diabetes Clinical Research prize, and Dr Kashyap Patel won the Nick Hales Young Investigator award at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference last week in Glasgow. Both academics hold joint roles at the Medical School and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr McDonald presented data on screening for a rare but severe condition called neonatal diabetes. This is a condition in which babies are born with a genetic...

Bins in the Newtown area have now been collected, after Devon & Cornwall Police gave Exeter City Council the green light to go back into the area following a serious incident earlier in the week.

On Wednesday, the Police asked the City Council to suspend its rubbish and recycling collections while they carried out a search of the area after a man was attacked.

A spokesman for the City Council said that its crews were allowed to resume collections on Friday lunchtime.

“We have now collected all the rubbish and recycling that was initially presented on Wednesday,...

The A396 Cove road, between Tiverton and West Somerset, opened to all day traffic light control today (April 8) at 3.30pm, a day earlier than originally planned.

Originally the road was due to be closed on Saturday April 9 between 9.30pm and 3.30pm.

This means that the road will be open under 24-hour traffic control from this afternoon (April 8) until May 3, which will include Bank Holiday Monday.

Finally, for the final phase of the work from May 3 to May 14, the road will revert to traffic light control during peak times and overnight only, from 3.30pm to 9.30am...