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Exeter School’s senior Army cadet has relinquished the role to his successor as the exam season gets underway.

Upper Sixth pupil and Army scholar, Warrant Officer 1 Angus Creer, said he was sad to see his four years in the CCF end.

”I’ve really enjoyed it but am looking forward to what comes next”, he said. “I am going to Birmingham University to study International Relations, and after that I will join the army.”

WO1 Creer’s ancestor is an Exeter School alumnus whose name appears on the school’s war memorial. Robin Pratt, Angus’s great-great uncle, was killed in...

The Mercure Exeter Southgate hotel today celebrated the completion of a £2 million investment project, transforming the interior of the city centre hotel.

The final phase of the extensive refurbishment completes the redesign of the reception, Gate House restaurant, bar, lounge, terrace and all 156 bedrooms.

The redesign has been inspired by the famous Exeter Book, an incredibly precious Anglo-Saxon tome housed at Exeter Cathedral. Written in 970 AD, the manuscript contains the world’s oldest and largest collection of Old English poetry.

Elements of the Exeter Book...

House prices were driven up again in the South West in April as new instructions declined for the third month, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey. While 37% more surveyors saw prices rise in the South West in April, the highest reading since September 2014, new instructions continued to decline as 18% more respondents saw a fall in new instructions over the last month.

As supply issues affect the market, for the first time since August 2014, respondents’ reported an increase in prices in every area of the UK; the change coming from members in the London...

Trill Farm, the 300 acre organic farm and education centre near Axminster, will be participating in this national event - Open Farm Sunday - for the first time in 2015, on Sunday 7th June between 11am - 4pm. Each year since 2006, Open Farm Sunday has seen hundreds of UK farms open up their gates to the public on the same day across the country. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the British public to get to understand the importance of farming and its connection to food production, something that is at the heart of The Trill Trust, the educational charity based at Trill. People can visit...