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Toby’s Garden Festival Reveals Official 2026 Line-Up

Set against the stunning backdrop of Powderham Castle on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May 2026 (10am–5pm), Toby’s Garden Festival has revealed an exciting programme of expert speakers and special guests set to headline this year’s event. Building on the 2026 theme of Discovery, the festival’s expanded talks line-up promises fresh and inspiring ideas and practical takeaways for gardeners, food lovers and families alike.

Festival founder and broadcaster Toby Buckland will be joined by a host of leading voices from the worlds of gardening, food and drink. Among the headline names are...

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Police concerned for missing teen

Update: 4pm 9 May 2015 - Police have reported that Clay Bamford has been found safe and well.

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Police are appealing to the public to help them locate Clay Bamford who has been missing from Paignton since Monday 4th May.

14-year-old Clay has been known to have visited Exeter, Plymouth and most recently Cornwall.

Clay is described as white male, slim, 6ft, short dark brown hair with hazel eyes. Last believed to be wearing a light grey hoody, dark grey jeans, trainers, a grey baseball cap, grey Bob Marley t-shirt with a red, green and yellow...

New sporting initiative for youngsters

Two PE teachers have developed a new initiative for the sporting youth of Devon to develop their performance, whatever their sporting background.

Aimed at boys and girls aged 13 – 16, Complete Sports Preparation (CSP) aim is to improve the physical capabilities of athletes through agility, strength, power, speed and injury prevention work.

Becci Carter and Ed Jones, PE teachers with a combined 18 years of coaching experience between them, currently teach at Exeter School and were keen to make the most of the school’s ample grounds and facilities for their CSP sessions....

Hugo Swire re-elected MP for East Devon

Conservative Hugo Swire has been re-elected by 25,401 votes as the MP for East Devon – with a majority of 12,261. This is Hugo Swire’s fourth Parliamentary victory – he first became MP in June 2001, and was subsequently re-elected in May 2005 and May 2010. It is also his largest majority since 2001.

The parliamentary election results for East Devon were declared by the Acting Returning Officer, Mark Williams, at East Devon District Council’s offices at Knowle in Sidmouth at 7.15 a.m. today (Friday 8 May).

The turnout for the election was 71.7%, slightly down from 2010 when...

Bradshaw trebles majority

Ben Bradshaw has retained his Exeter seat and trebled his majority.

An MP since 1997, Mr Bradshaw secured 25,062 votes, beating Tory Dom Morris, who was second with 17,879 votes.

Mr Bradshaw thanked the voters who had "put their trust" in him while Mr Morris said his rival had benefited from having a "personal brand".

Mr Bradshaw tweeted afterwards: "Thanks to amazing @exeterlabour team & people of #Exeter for fantastic result tonight, nearly trebling @exeterlabour majority here.

Mr Morris's twitter feed was unusually quiet.

Devon Farm Business Awards shortlist shows how youth is driving progress

The short-listed entries for this year’s Devon Farm Business Awards paint a fascinating picture of a dynamic industry being led by the younger generation through a process of rapid development and change.

Most of the potential winners are in their 20s and 30s. Many of the businesses are run by husband and wife teams as equal partners. And they are all, without exception, innovators, whether that be in new techniques, new products or new ways of doing business.

One of the strongest themes among the short-listed entries is that of younger farmers, coming back to the family...

Vote for ELF to win £25,000

ELF is building a critical care suite at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and its partners, Pavey Group have submitted the project to the Aviva Community Fund Awards programme to win £25,000 for the project.

The critical care suite will allow patients and their families privacy and dignity in a home away from home while undergoing treatment or facing the end of life. Once shortlisted it will be up to a panel of judges to decide if the project will be funded, but we need your votes to get us through to the shortlist.

Every vote gets ELF closer to being shortlisted and...

Clothing deal for Exeter's Andrei

Exeter mountain bike trial athlete Andrei Burton has joined forces with lifestyle clothing brand Saltrock in a partnership which will see the pair roll out a series of entertainment initiatives over the course of the year.

Burton is one of the UK’s most successful mountain bike trial athletes. He competes for Team GB and in 2013 was placed 6th in the UCI World Championships and 4th in the UCI European Championships.

He competes all over the world, holds three Guinness world records and has his sights set on breaking another in August.

Marking the launch of the brand...

Farmers urged to help drive down rural crime

Local farmers are being encouraged to sign up to a new police scheme to help drive down rural crime across Teignbridge and south Dartmoor.

Teignbridge neighbourhood policing team has set up the new Farmwatch scheme to help prevent and detect rural thefts and burglaries.

As part of the initiative farmers will receive information and crime warnings for their local area through the Force Community Messaging system, and will be assisted by police to better secure their property and premises against crime.

The launch of Farmwatch comes in response to ongoing thefts of...

Grant success for Wave Hub researchers

University of Exeter researchers are part of the biodiversity research team of a new EUR 17 million EU Horizon 2020 funded project that will test a new wave energy converter at Wave Hub, the wave power test centre located off the north coast of Cornwall.

The five-year Clean Energy From Ocean Waves (CEFOW) project is being coordinated by Nordic company Fortum and will involve a new design of convertor called the ‘Penguin’ designed by Finnish firm Wello.

The University of Exeter will coordinate biodiversity research at the Wello Penguin installation site at Wave Hub to...

Mine’s a pint…. Of science

A festival which pulls science out of the lab and into the pub is coming to Exeter for the first time.

Pint of Science is a national hit, and now a local event is being organised by scientists at the University of Exeter who want to ensure some of the institution’s world-class research is publically accessible in a fun and informal environment.

Everyone is welcome to attend the evening sessions, held in some of the city’s best-loved pubs between May 18 and 20. As well as hearing first-hand about a wide range of cutting-edge research over a drink, the events will offer...

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Toby’s Garden Festival Reveals Official 2026 Line-Up

Police concerned for missing teen

New sporting initiative for youngsters

Hugo Swire re-elected MP for East Devon

Bradshaw trebles majority

Devon Farm Business Awards shortlist shows how youth is driving progress

Vote for ELF to win £25,000

Clothing deal for Exeter's Andrei

Farmers urged to help drive down rural crime

Grant success for Wave Hub researchers

Mine’s a pint…. Of science

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