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Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) has been acclaimed one of the country’s best museums in an award ceremony held in London today (Thursday 24 September).

RAMM was one of only six museums shortlisted from over 800 nominations for the 2015 Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award, the third time that the museum has gained recognition as one of the country’s most family friendly museums.

Cllr Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: “We are delighted to again be recognised as one of Britain’s most family friendly museums. RAMM aims to be friendly...

Modern slavery is the topic of discussion at a partnership conference to be held in Devon on Friday 25 September 2015.

A number of speakers from across the UK will be delivering keynote speeches addressing the complexity of this issue at the Sandy Park Conference Centre in Exeter.

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, National Policing Lead for Modern Slavery, is co-hosting the event with Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, The Right Reverend Mark O’Toole; Anglican Bishop of Exeter, The Right Reverend Robert Atwell; Chief Executive of Devon County Council, Dr Phil Norrey; Chief Executive...

The first grant to be awarded by, a newly founded trust, the MAXIMUS Foundation UK has been made to St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless.

“The trust is set up to give one-off grants to small community based charities whose work means something to our employees or resonates with what we do as a business,” explains Jude Hartley, administrator of MAXIMUS Foundation UK, “and St Petrock’s was nominated by one of our Exeter employee, Trish Leworthy.”

“We were delighted to receive this award of £2,500”, says Mel Hartley, project manager of St Petrock’s, “...

Killerton Estate has won four national awards for its local produce in the Fine Farm Produce Awards which recognise the quality and sustainability of the food, drink and produce grown on National Trust land and farms.

Ashclyst Dairy, a tenant farm at Killerton, was the overall food winner in England and Wales for its organic natural yoghurt and Killerton estate itself also fought off stiff competition to take home awards for its sparkling cider, charcoal, firewood logs, and Clyston Mill stoneground flour.

Ed Nicholson, Lead Ranger, and Fiona Hailstone, Produce Ranger, went...