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Visitors at this year’s Devon County Show on May 22-24 at Westpoint, Exeter will be able to enjoy free, superfast wifi wherever they are on the showground thanks to a major investment in the facility.

Devon County Agricultural Association, which owns the showground and stages the annual Show, is working in partnership with Wifi Spark to give visitors and exhibitors fast and reliable access to the internet.

Ollie Allen, Secretary of the Devon County Show, said: “We want everyone who comes to our amazing celebration of the local countryside to have access to the latest...

The recent good weather is set to continue this weekend as forecasters predict temperatures to reach 20C across Devon. Met Office forecasters say that the sunny weather is expected to last across the weekend and carry through into next week. Today (Saturday) patches of cloud will accompany the sun and are expected to clear by the early evening. Sunday will be cloudier than Saturday but again temperatures will remain high throughout the day. Monday sees temprtetures remain high but also brings a chance of showers in the afternoon. Light cooling breezes are expected throughout the weekend...

Exeter’s cultural organisations must “hold our nerve” and continue to drive cultural development according to a planning presentation by the Exeter Cultural Partnership.

In a major presentation at RAMM entitled "What's next for Culture in Exeter" the 100 strong audience heard short presentations covering the importance of culture to Exeter, the Rugby World Cup, the re-opening of the Exeter Library and plans for the city's cultural future and how these plans will be achieved. The feature presentation was from international authority on culture and place making Charles Landry, author...

Fans are used to seeing Chiefs players tearing up the pitch - but nothing quite like this.

Contractors have removed the hallowed turf to make way for something completely new.

And Tony Rowe OBE says multi-million pound redevelopment works at Sandy Park are "progressing nicely" as work on and off the field continues to gain momentum.

Just weeks into the project, Sandy Park - the Westcountry's Premier Conferencing and Banqueting Centre, as well as home to the Exeter Chiefs - is a figure of it's former self as construction workers get stuck into expanding the award-...