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Exeter St James Community Trust Ltd has won £13,000 of funding from the Government’s Pocket Parks Programme and, thanks to local County Councillor, Jill Owen, a further £5,000 matchfunding has been awarded from DCC's Locality Budget.

The Trust, which is looking to transform a dilapidated patch of land, Queen’s Crescent Garden Pocket Park, into a community space for everyone to use, said it was delighted with the news.

“Queen’s Crescent Garden was named by St James' residents as top priority of the many projects that emerged during their neighbourhood planning process,” said...

A new strategy aimed at tackling housing issues in Exeter is set to be unveiled.

Exeter City Council’s Housing Strategy will go before members of its Scrutiny Community Committee on 1 March.

Launched at a time when the government is heavily promoting greater levels of owner occupation as the solution to the housing crisis, the Council’s strategy adopts a wider approach and aims to address a greater range of housing needs over the next four years.

The strategy focuses on three key themes: tackling housing need & vulnerability; providing more housing; and being a...

Secrets from Exeter’s past will be fully uncovered for the first time as part of a major archaeology project.

Experts from the University of Exeter will use science to discover more about the lives of city residents hundreds of years ago as part of the four-year study, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Historic England, and with help from Exeter City Council and academics from the University of Reading.

Using the latest technology they will show where the city’s food came from, what its “food miles” may have amounted to, and how far goods were traded with...

East Devon residents will be at the forefront of one of the most innovative recycling and waste services in the country following the district council’s decision to award its new collection contract to current operators SUEZ (formerly SITA UK).

Starting from next year, all 68,000 households in the district will be able to recycle more of their waste than ever before – including cardboard, mixed plastics and Tetrapaks – and these items will be collected from the kerbside every week.

The new contract, which will run for seven years, with the option to extend up to three...