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The Lammas Glove will be raised above Exeter on Friday as part of a ceremony dating back more than 900 years.

The Proclamation of Lammas Fair takes place on Friday (17 July). Originating from before the Norman Conquest, the Lord Mayor's procession of the Lammas Glove, includes civic dignitaries and local school children, some in period costume.

This year the Lord Mayor will be joined by the Mayor of Bad Homburg, Germany - Exeter’s twin city - and his delegation, who will be visiting Exeter as part of the celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of the twinning of Exeter and...

Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum has been shortlisted for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award

RAMM is one of only six museums to be shortlisted for this year's award – the biggest museum award in Britain.

The competition has been tough with a record-breaking 800 nominations this year. The six finalists have been chosen by a panel of experts. Visitors, staff, volunteers and city councillors all contributed to RAMM’s nomination. Now it’s up to a ‘mystery shopper’ family to road-test RAMM and judge whether it should be the overall winner.

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Police are appealing for the public’s help in identifying two men who stole cash from within the Aldi store on Alphington Road, Exeter.

The two men are believed to have taken £290 out of an unmanned cash register between 3pm and 4pm on Monday 13 July.

One man is described as white, between 5ft 8 and 5ft 11 tall, aged mid thirties and was wearing a fishing style hat, a black t-shirt, blue jeans and white trainers.

The other man is described as white, around 6ft tall, and aged between late twenties and early thirties and was wearing a green checked shirt, black jeans...

EE customers registered in flood risk areas in Devon and Cornwall will receive messages from the Environment Agency’s Floodline Warnings Direct service, giving people valuable time to prepare.

The scheme is the first of its kind in England and follows a successful pilot in Staffordshire in March this year.

Since 2010, the Floodline Warnings Direct service has enabled the Environment Agency to automatically register and send warnings to 600,000 home and business landline numbers, but this will be the first time that flood warnings will be issued directly through a mobile...