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Changes look set to be made to the way Exeter manages its High Street and City Centre shops and businesses.

Plans have been announced to dissolve Exeter's City Centre Management Partnership and instead concentrate all efforts on creating a Business Improvement District.

Letters have been sent to all members of the Partnership proposing that it be dissolved on 28 November. Cllr Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: "Devon County Council has ended its £20,000-a-year contribution to the Partnership. Funding has always been split between the two councils...

Crowds of Ottery locals enjoyed a themed feast at the Rusty Pig in Yonder Street during this year’s Tar Barrels, helping to raise funds for the Carnival Committee.

£5 from every ticket sold for the Guy Fawkes and Gunpowder event went into the fundraising pot. This was added to the proceeds from the Rusty Pig’s catering van ‒ which sold around 150 free range sausages on the night ‒ amounting to an impressive £500.

“I’ve run the outside catering before, but this is the first year that I have opened the restaurant,” explained Robin Rea, owner of the ethical restaurant....

A drop-in information day will be held on Thursday 27 November in Seaton Town Hall for people to find out more about Seaton Jurassic, the new visitor attraction for the Jurassic Coast. From 3pm until 8pm, key people from the many partners involved will be available to discuss the centre, the timescale for the development, what will be inside and how local people can help with fundraising or become a volunteer. There will be displays with plans of the new centre and some of the early interpretation ideas. Information about the proposed Seaton Jurassic information points, the proposed...

From Tuesday 16 December to Saturday 10 January The Bike Shed Theatre, in Exeter’s Fore Street, will be transformed into an extraordinary kingdom, filled with magic and mystery - The Land of Lost.

The perfect show for all the family, Edgar and the Land of Lost is an original Bike Shed Theatre and Wardrobe Ensemble production with family of three tickets available at just £25.

Join lonely, sensible, grumpy Edgar and adventurous, unruly Peewee as the unlikely pair travel through the imposing doors of lost property in sleepy Winton town - into the undiscovered, Land of Lost -...