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A limousine picked up birthday girl Mary Mills from Hospiscare’s Exeter hospice to enjoy a “fantastic” night out with her girlfriends.

Despite being very poorly Mary was determined to put on her glad rags and have fun. “I had been planning this for weeks and although I felt rough and was weak on the day I knew I had 18 girlfriends and two limos waiting for me! Everybody I knew who was special to me was going to be there.

“Every single second of that night gave me a lift,” she said. “All my girlfriends gave me a big cheer and sang Happy Birthday to me and there was a massive...

After a period of temporary closure in response to funding reductions, Spacex has changed the way it works. In place of being a gallery with a rolling programme of exhibitions Spacex now produces projects in collaboration with a wide range of partners.

Enabling the artistic process remains at the core of what Spacex does and it needs support from the public in order to continue this work.

On 21 May Spacex will launch its Kickstarter, an online fundraising campaign, to raise £10,000 towards two artist residencies and a series of public events in Exeter.

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The achievements of athletes, coaches and volunteers from across Devon were celebrated at Sandy Park on Friday (8th May) at the Exeter Foundation annual Devon Sports Awards in association with Active Devon.

The Awards were hosted by BBC Spotlight Sports Reporter Dave Gibbins, and featured guest speaker Mark Foster, who inspired the audience with anecdotes of his swimming and career since retirement.

The main prize of the evening, the Exeter Foundation award for Outstanding Contribution to Sport in Devon, went to Sports Therapist and Table Tennis coach Liz May, who is the...

An Exeter man has caused an internet sensation by strutting down the city’s High Street wearing hotpants and heels – all in aid of Hospiscare!

More than 137,000 people have watched videos of bearded Mark Williamson, wearing a tie, shirt and jacket, with bright blue shiny hot-pants and heels, strutting his stuff to bemused shoppers.

Mark,47, was dared to carry out the crazy stunt, copying the Money Supermarket’s ad, Dave’s Epic Strut, and after practising in his lounge and the garden he stunned and amused Saturday shoppers who of course got their phones out and filmed him....