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New figures reveal that over £2.9 million of National Lottery funding was invested in Exeter projects last year alone. Across the city, 49 grants were awarded last year; benefiting local arts, sports and heritage projects alongside community groups helping those most in need. Grants were awarded to a wide range of projects in 2014, including:

• £8,675 to Southbrook School to buy new camping equipment for extracurricular outdoor activities.
• £9,500 to Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau to develop their online systems and improve advice services.
• £8,390 to Exeter
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A group of young people in Exeter looking to progress their careers have received a major boost thanks to an Exeter City Council Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy project.

Nine unemployed 17-22 year olds have completed the two-week Rugby Empowering Employment Programme, run by Motiv-8sw.

Set up by Exeter City Council and the Exeter & the Heart of Devon Employment & Skills Board, he Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy scheme aims to inspire and boost the prospects of 16-24 year olds struggling to find work.

The pilot programme, inspired by the values of sporting...

The number of Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon increased by 273 claimants, or 6.8% between December 2014 and January 2015.

Although this increase is in line with the national trend, as a proportion of the working age population, Devon, at 0.9%, remains far lower than the UK at 2.1%.

The figure for January 2015 is also 39.5% lower than January last year when the claimant count stood as high as 7,060 claimants.

In all of Devon’s districts, with the exception of North Devon, there were increases of around 6.4% over the past month. North Devon is the only...

Crowdcube battered the opposition in the 2015 World Pancake Racing Championships held at Princesshay Square to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.

Teams of four from businesses, shops and groups all across the town were egged on by cheering crowds as they flipped it out in a knock-out relay race.

Each race involved a short sprint along South West Athletic Academy’s portable running track, interrupted with several flips along the way.

Speed was obviously the main tactic but some teams discovered that a dropped pancake undid all their good work. Eagle-eyed officials from Exeter...