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Green Party members in Exeter have selected Diana Moore as their parliamentary candidate for the 2015 general election. Ms Moore is a business advisor with extensive experience working with social enterprises, charities and councils across the South West and is a director on the boards of two local cooperatives and a social enterprise. She has also actively supported community involvement in issues around housing in Exeter, including the large proposed developments in Alphington and the South West of Exeter.

Ms Moore said: “The Green Party has distinctive policies that put people...

Online marketing company, Loop, has launched a host of digital marketing resources that local businesses are able to access and use for free.

The Loop team has created an entirely new area on their website – called Your Content Central – which houses everything from e-books and films to cheat sheets and how-to guides.

Each resource has been written and designed by members of the Loop team, with the aim of offering insightful and useful online marketing tips and tricks for businesses of all sizes.

Creating Your Content Central has also proved an opportunity for the...

More than 70 years after Exeter was protected by the Polish night fighters of 307 Squadron, two residents, Michael Parrott and Marcin Piórkowski laid a wreath on behalf of 307 Squadron at the Polish Memorial national ceremony at RAF Northolt.

In the last 12 months the two men have established a non-profit British-Polish organisation, ‘307 Squadron Project’ to both further research and promote the role of the squadron, as well as showing an example of British-Polish co-operation both in the war and today.

The ceremony, which took place on Saturday (13th September), is...

Living Coasts is offering local people a free weekend of fun and games beside the seaside.

The coastal conservation charity is holding a marine BioBlitz and beach clean at Beacon Cove, with TV presenter Maya Plass and lots of additional activities to keep everyone entertained.

Clare Rugg, from Living Coasts, explained: “We will have divers in the water cleaning the seabed, because out of sight shouldn’t be out of mind. That is a first for us. Everyone else can help clean the beach, find coastal species and have fun. We’ll be doing rock pool rambles, seaweed pressing, shell...