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Young people today will experience twice as many sexual partners, change jobs more often and move house with far more frequency than their parents did according to a new study which reveals a marked shift in lifetime experiences from generation to generation.

The research which was specially commissioned by Samsung Galaxy S6 edge to celebrate the launch of the S6 switch kit, compared and contrasted behavioural differences between those under the age of 25 and those over the age of 50. The survey of 2,000 respondents reveals a younger generation who are unafraid of change -...

A topping-out ceremony has marked a major milestone in the construction of a new £52.5 million facility at The University of Exeter.

The Living Systems Institute will seek to find new approaches to understanding and diagnosing disease. Due to open in Autumn 2016, the ground-breaking facility will tackle some of the most severe diseases facing humanity, from chronic neurodegenerative diseases to the animal and plant diseases that threaten food security.

On Friday, the University and partners including contractor BAM Construction held a traditional topping-out ceremony, to...

Exeter City Councillor Simon Bowkett announced today (6 July) that he is to step down as councillor for the Pinhoe ward from immediate effect.

The resignation is likely to result in a by-election to fill the vacancy. Because there is a period of 10 months before all-out City Council elections in May, the local authority has to prepare for a by-election, provided at least two electors come forward. If the resignation had been after November, a by-election would not have been necessary.

Cllr Bowkett said the decision was because of work commitments away from the City Council...

The sun came out and so did thousands of people to the biggest mass participation event the National Trust in the South West has ever organised.

The Big Beach Picnic yesterday (4 July) took place at 15 different locations across the South West. From Wembury beach and even Branscombe in Devon to Gunwalloe and Marazion beach in Cornwall to Weymouth and Brownsea Island in Dorset to Bossington and Brean Down beach in Somerset. There were events at some of our secret coves like Pentireglaze Haven, Polzeath and Portnadler, Looe in Cornwall to the big stretches of beach like Woolacombe...