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Pulmonary fibrosis patients teamed up with clinicians and researchers for a Great West Run challenge in Exeter on Sunday.

When patients heard that clinical and academic staff were training for the half marathon event to raise money for pulmonary fibrosis research, they were so touched that they decided to join the Community Mile event – including one patient who completed the mile carrying his own oxygen.

Dr Anna Duckworth and Professor Chris Scotton from the University of Exeter teamed up with staff from the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to...

Boost Breast Forms are hitting the high street in Exeter this summer!

Cornwall-based innovators Boost are set to hit the high street in June for their first ever South West pop-up shop. The team will be bringing their innovative breast forms to John Lewis in Exeter, offering customers opportunities to purchase the products in a high street store for the very first time.

“We’re really excited to be bringing our products to Exeter,” Boost co-founder Sam Jackman said. “Not only will we be able to offer fittings and product advice in person for the first time, we hope that...

Oreo a biscuit lover? Will only a Jammie Dodger do it? To feed the nations love of the sweet treats this National Biscuit Day, Bird & Blend Tea Co. unveils its limited edition and brand new range of biscuit flavour teas, including its classic, Chocolate Digestives, and there’s a flavour for everyone.

To celebrate the new flavours on the big day, Bird & Blend also launches its first ever Dunkathon Challenge and competitors are invited to dunk their favourite biscuit in the new flavours - Gingernut Biscuit, Jammy Dodgers, Biscoff, Custard Cream, Cookies & Cream and its...

Golfers at the Exeter Golf and Country Club have teed off a year of fundraising for the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

Men’s and ladies’ 2023-24 golf captains Geoff Fidler and Vicki Rogers have chosen the RD&E Charity as their charity of the year and hope to raise £20,000 to support the hospital’s oncology department.

The department treated Geoff for prostate cancer more than a decade ago, and again last year, when his cancer returned.

He said: “Throughout my time in radiotherapy, I met many other cancer patients who were also being treated by the marvellous...