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Exeter Golf and Country Club gym members have raised over £100 for Hospiscare in the first of their year-long programme of fund-raising events.

The gym held the Six Nations Circuits Challenge earlier this month for the Club President’s charity of the year.

Personal Trainer and Gym Manager, Helen Kukor said, “On behalf of all the Gym Team I would like to say a big thank you and well done to all the people who took part in the Six Nations Charity event. The event was a resounding success with lots of members taking part and overwhelming support from our other club members...

A developer is being sought for Queen’s Drive Leisure Area, the unique 9.3 acre seafront site in Exmouth.

This follows the outline planning approval obtained in December 2013 for the development of the site into a recreation and leisure zone.

The site is being marketed on behalf of East Devon District Council by property consultants, Jones Lang LaSalle, appointed using the standard local authority procurement process.

John Kinsey, director at Jones Lang LaSalle’s Exeter office, said “It is very rare that a seafront site of this size is brought to the market,...

Network Rail will lay more concrete foundations in Dawlish today after additional damage to the sea wall caused by Friday' nights storm could delay the track’s restoration by up to two weeks. The track, initially damaged by storms at the beginning of February, was originally expected to be completed by mid-march. However this Friday saw the temporary flood defences, made of shipping containers filled with concrete, overwhelmed by the rising water. Network rail has since strengthened the defences and has said they anticipate a new assessement on the timescales by the end of this week. After...

The Exe Valley Market Bus committee will celebrate taking delivery of its brand new community bus at a formal launch event at Calverleigh Village Hall on Wednesday 19 February.

The Market Bus, which is a not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers, has purchased its new vehicle with the help of a £35,000 grant from Devon County Council, using its Department for Transport Sustaining Community Transport Fund.

The organisation has been running local services in the Oakford, Stoodleigh, Washfield, Loxbeare, Lurley and Calverleigh area for over 30 years and is a...