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Three local men have completed the challenge of a lifetime by cycling the length of the country to raise funds for Exeter charity Rainbow Living’s third Rainbow house.

Over 13 days, Duncan, Will and Jools spent an average of eight hours a day in the saddle cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End. The trio braved torrential rain, lashing winds, and mile after mile of vertical ascent followed by steep slippery descents. Herds of cows, flocks of sheep, punctures, saddle sores and overall tiredness may have slowed them down, but they were not deterred during their 1,000 mile journey...

Six hundred people gathered outside Exeter Cathedral this Saturday 12th September, in response to the escalating European refugee crisis. The shocking pictures of children dying in the Mediterranean, and reports of treacherous journeys being undertaken to escape war and persecution, stirred the hearts and minds of the people of Exeter to help. The compassion rally was called to show the government that refugees are welcome in Exeter and to ask the government to do more to help refugees. A petition asking Exeter City Council to provide homes for 50 refugee families, signed by 1313 people,...

Scrutiny of objects collected at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) during the First World War period has revealed a grim reminder of one the horrors of the First World War: the gas attacks which caused over a million casualties.

In 1919 RAMM was given a collection of German military equipment gathered by the British War Trophies Commission after the Armistice. Among the items is a gas mask worn by a German soldier in the trenches.

The mask covered the soldier’s eyes and mouth to limit injury by chemical gas, but the rest of the head remained...

Devon County Council's Scrutiny Committees have today (Friday 11 September) reported their findings from a review of the Cranbrook development in East Devon.

The Task Group completed its review of the past, current and future development of the new town, having examined issues such the current physical and social infrastructure, the impact of the development on public services, and Cranbrook’s longer term opportunities.

The task group’s report states that “a huge amount has been achieved” since building work began at Cranbrook in June 2011.

Cranbrook held its first...