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If you've been casting off your clothes to enjoy the wall to wall sunshine and scorching temperatures over the past week, you may want to revisit your wardrobe.

For the forecast published by the Met Office up until Saturday shows a change is on the way.

Whilst the beginning of the week saw temperatures of up to 24C, by the weekend we will be dodging heavy showers and even possible thunder storms.

The Met Office says today (Wednesday) will be the turning point. Although the weather is still forecast to be dry with sunny spells, a drop in temperature is expected....

The South Devon Link Road project team will be welcoming Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) President Geoff French when he visits the South West early next month (4 July).

Devon County Council and Torbay Council, along with Galliford Try, will be hosting a special visit for the President as part of his tour of UK regions.

Geoff French will be visiting the site to find out more about the project. He will be given a presentation on the background, followed by a tour of the construction site for the chance to view the works at close quarters.

Andrew Leadbetter,...

Young book fans in Devon will not be disappointed by the literary line-up for this year’s Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, which includes everything from Eastern inspired technicolour love scenes, Bollywood pantomime, a robot journeying through space and firm festival favourite, Michael Morpurgo.

On Friday 19 September, Pupils from St Peter’s High School in Exeter will be privilege to a special performance by one of Britain’s most exciting poets and performers, Daljit Nagra. Daljit will be performing his one man show, The Retold Ramayana, a modern, multicultural and multi-...

Bicton College is discussing a potential merger to secure its long term future, The Exeter Daily can reveal today. The move follows a review undertaken by the government’s Further Education Commissioner, Dr David Collins, after financial issues were raised by the Skills Funding Agency. Minister for Skills and Enterprise, Matthew Hancock, has written to college Principal, David Henley, outlining his concerns. In his letter, Mr Hancock says: “As you are aware, in light of inadequate judgement for financial health by the Skills Funding Agency, I decided that the FE Commissioner should review...