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Work has begun on new, poolside changing facilities at the Cornwall House Outdoor Pool on the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus. Changes will include the construction of six new pool-side changing rooms, two toilets, three “beach style” open showers and lockers alongside improvements to the entrance. Until now, swimmers have changed in the adjacent Cornwall House, walking along a short path to gain access to the pool. Assistant Director of Sport Neil Sheppard is overseeing the project and explained how the new facilities would greatly improve the customer experience of swimmers. He...

Team members at the Wilko store in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter, are offering a helping hand to community groups and charities in the area who need extra support in 2014.

Whether the project benefits young people, families or the elderly, Wilko is appealing to anyone who is passionate about their local community to get involved and apply for a donation from the store’s Helping Hands budget.

People living within Exeter and the surrounding area can apply to the store for a monetary donation or Wilko products to help them with worthwhile projects.

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A major new study has been published looking at the possibility of developing a walking, cycling and riding route from Sidmouth to Feniton.

The concept of the 16km multi-use route, known informally as the Otter Trail, has been around for many years but has now been explored in more detail by the sustainable travel charity Sustrans. The study has follows a community meeting last year which highlighted the need for the report as part of the legacy work of the construction of Coleridge Bridge in Ottery St Mary, which opened to the public in August 2011. The feasibility study found...

Fundraisers have smashed their target of raising £30,000 to help an Exeter mum who is the only person in the world with two rare terminal conditions.

Jo Smith (pictured, right) has a unique combination of diseases and doctors say the odds of suffering both is over five billion to one.

The 36-year-old suffers from pulmonary hypertension and lymphatic cancer. She is thought to be the first person in the world to suffer from these two different rare terminal diseases.

But doctors say she can't be put on a waiting list for the lifesaving organs - because she is also...