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Historic City Centre Theatre appeals for public memories to add to its free exhibition opening this October.

To celebrate 125 years since the laying of the foundation stone, the Barnfield Theatre is creating a free public exhibition of its varied and fascinating history.

The Theatre building has been used by the Exeter Literary Society, Exeter Camera club, the Rotary Club Military Club, Civil Defence, the Inland Revenue, the GPO and is rumoured to have been the site of an Army communications centre.

Vicki Bowring, marketing assistant for the Theatre said "I...

A level students and staff at Exeter College have recorded another year of outstanding A level results with today's announcement of a 99.4% pass rate.

Over 900 students from across Exeter, Devon and Torbay received their A2 results today at the college – a 5% increase on the previous year - and almost a half have achieved the high grades A*, A and B grades, enabling them to progress to top universities in the future.

With these results Exeter will continue to rank amongst the country's top Sixth Form Colleges as one of the largest and most successful A level centres in the...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) formally confirmed today (13 August 2015) that “The Terrace” - A Craft Brew Bar and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) will be opening next year in Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

The Terrace and GBK have now signed contracts with Aviva Investors, bringing the Queen St restaurant count up to 4, joining Turtle Bay and The Stable which have been announced previously.

Aviva are also in discussions with tenants for all the remaining units, and have revised the layout of the scheme and...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating a record year for A Level results with an overall pass rate of 100% for the twelfth year in a row.

24% of all grades were A*, a record 68% of grades were either A* or A and a record 92% of all grades were A*, A or B.

50 pupils - over half of Exeter School’s Upper Sixth - achieved three or more A*/A grades this summer .

For the first time in Exeter School’s history, a pupil has succeeded in achieving an A*in five A Level subjects. Upper Sixth Former Seb Wright goes on to read Physics and Philosophy at Brasenose...