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Exeter City Football Club players Jake Taylor, Matt Jay and Nigel Atangana took a break from training to support a massive community effort to provide food for Exeter’s most vulnerable children and their families.

Exeter CITY Community Trust, in partnership with Exeter City Futures, has undertaken the huge task of assembling substantial parcels of food, personal care products, and energy vouchers for around 550 vulnerable families in Exeter and Cranbrook.

Funding of £50,000 for the initiative has come from Devon County Council as part of its winter grant scheme. Exeter...

The South West’s tourist industry and the emergency services are warning visitors against travelling to the region before lockdown measures are due to be relaxed on 12th April.

There are fears a minority of tourists might be tempted to travel early, before facilities are ready or attractions are open. Apart from the risk of catching or spreading COVID-19, a dangerous 'false start' to the tourist season will put unnecessary extra strain on the emergency services.

Under the government’s roadmap for reopening after the lockdown, 12th April is the earliest date outdoor...

Topsham is one of the best places to live in the UK - and that’s official!

The town has had the honour of making it into the prestigious Sunday Times Best Places list, one of only two locations in Devon to make the grade.

Judges selected this year’s entries for the sought-after league table on the basis of how beautiful the location was, the quality of local services and amenities, and how well the area worked for its community during the pandemic.

The newspaper celebrates Topsham’s traditional qualities of having former merchants’ houses and maritime warehouses...

Grief Encounter South West, a charity that provides bereavement support to children and young people, has received a timely cash boost of £10,000 from the operators of Exeter & Devon Crematorium.

The Crematorium and Memorial Group (CMG) were able to make the donation due to Exeter & Devon Crematorium participating in a nationwide metal recycling scheme administered by the Association of Private Crematoria and Cemeteries. The scheme sees metals which have been recovered from the cremation process recycled with the express consent of bereaved families and the profit donated...