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An innovative environmental event born in Bovey Tracey, South Devon has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

The Planet Earth Games first took place in Exeter in July 2019 as a sports event, but became a big lockdown hit through the pandemic reaching over 1.5million people across social media, with a unique series of virtual challenges encouraging people to live more active, sustainable lives.

Planet Earth Games has now been shortlisted in the Social Impact, Engagement and/or Education Award Category for the British Sustainable Sport Awards , which will...

Exeter’s Brandon Taylor is running this Sunday’s Virgin Money London Marathon in aid of St John Ambulance.

He’s supporting the health and first aid charity as a thank you for looking after hi, the last time the event was held, in 2019.

“I have done the London Marathon for the past two years, and the number of St John Ambulance volunteers available throughout the course is phenomenal,” says Brandon.

“On my way to the start line in 2018, I was very nervous and remember sharing a DLR carriage with some St John volunteers. When we got to the station, they all wished...

Two Exeter School alumni who are lifeguards at the David Lloyd Health Club in Exeter have saved the life of a local photographer, and are keen to spread the word about the importance of lifesaving training.

Alumni Archie Leather (2015-2020) and Alex Foster (2009-2019) resuscitated photographer Andrew Butler while on duty at the club. They received their lifesaving training while in the sixth form at Exeter School.

Andrew Butler suffered a cardiac arrest after a swim, an alarm was raised, and Archie was first on the scene. Together with the David Lloyd team they dragged...

Graffiti is on the rise in Exeter, with a councillor slamming the “idiots” responsible.

The council received more than 1,100 reports of graffiti between 1 April and 16 August – an average of eight a day. It’s meant that demand for the city council’s removal service has “remained high,” members of the strategic scrutiny committee have been told.

The graffiti service was suspended for nine months until April to save money during the covid crisis. The meeting heard that during that time, a higher number of graffiti ‘tags’ than usual appeared: “spreading down arterial routes...