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"After last year’s good summer, and the easing up of the recession, we’re heading into an exciting new era of top quality dining in the South West," says two Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines of Gidleigh Park, and chairman of the Trencherman’s Guide’s editorial board.

"With consumers increasingly viewing the South West as an exceptional food destination, we chefs are feeling buoyant and confident in developing the dining scene further. And nothing showcases what’s going on in the South West dining scene as successfully as The Trencherman’s Guide."

For 23 years The...

This Easter, John Lewis Exeter will host a long weekend of exciting events for all the family.

From 3–6 April there will be a range of activities to keep the little ones entertained, including an epic Easter egg hunt across the different departments and Easter card making workshops as part of our Bringing Skills to Life community programme.

For the adults there will be a series of fashion trend talks and Easter gift food tastings from brands such as Godiva, Chase and Jelly Belly. Shoppers can also enter into nationwide prize draws to win an array of exciting prizes...

Rachel Marshall, a 39-year-old Mortgage Adviser from Exeter will be running the London Marathon on 26 April dressed as a lobster, to raise money for national deafblind charity Sense.

Rachel who has named her lobster Loulou, said: “People often ask me ‘Why a Lobster?’ and to them I say ‘Why not?’. I was looking for a costume as at last year’s marathon I felt so jealous of the spectacular response people in costumes get and when I saw Loulou I couldn’t help but smile. Other people smile when they see her too and that can’t be bad!”

Rachel was inspired to run for Sense as she...

The Bishop of Exeter has welcomed the announcement that 23 churches in Devon are to receive grants totalling over £1.25 million from the Roof Repair Fund for Listed Places of Worship.

Over a third of the Devon churches that applied for funding received a grant from between £10,000 and £100,000 towards the urgent repair of roofs, gutters and drains.

The Revd Canon Tom Honey vicar at Exeter St Michael & All Angels church, Mount Dinham, said: “St Michael’s is an iconic church on the Exeter skyline with a very high roof so it is expensive to make repairs. We are delighted...