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Taste East Devon Festival Returns

A Celebration of Food, Drink & Local Delights from 13th – 21st September 2025

Get ready to tuck into one of the region’s most exciting culinary celebrations as the Taste East Devon Festival returns for its fifth year from 13th to 21st September 2025 ! From vineyard tours and foraging feasts to artisan tastings and family-friendly days out, this 9-day festival promises to showcase the very best of East Devon’s food, drink, and hospitality.

With a packed programme of unique events hosted by some of the area’s most iconic producers, chefs, and venues, Taste East Devon brings...

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University and health trusts collaborating to accelerate genomic testing

Academics and clinicians across Devon and Cornwall are collaborating and innovating to improve testing capacity for COVID-19 in the region.

The University of Exeter is supporting the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) and the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT), through loaning equipment and contributing world-class expertise to the renowned NHS teams working on the disease.

Professor Sian Ellard sourced equipment from Dr Chris Scotton at the University of Exeter Medical School and from Professor Mike Allen at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. The two “...

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Stay Safe - Stay Home - Stay Scam Aware

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service have warned that the outbreak of COVID-19 has seen an increase in scams and doorstep traders who are trying to exploit fear and uncertainty during this difficult time.

Individuals and communities are urged to keep safe and vigilant in the current environment and look out for scams in their neighbourhood, which often target elderly and vulnerable people.

How to stay safe:

  • If you need help, try and use people you know and trust. If you cannot do this, always ask the person for ID, preferably in the form of
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Stay at home and save lives this weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/03/2020 - 3:18pm

With warm weather expected over the weekend and temperatures in some areas set to hit highs of 20C, councils are urging people to continue following the Government’s guidelines on social distancing.

Unless essential travel is required, households should continue to follow the Government’s advice and guidance to remain at home and help to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus.

The Local Government Association, which represents councils across England and Wales, says it is vital that people avoid taking any unnecessary risks with the nation playing a vital role in...

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Here’s what to look for When Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer Online

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Fri, 04/03/2020 - 12:52pm

On one occasion or another, you may need the services of a personal injury lawyer. These are lawyers who help with pushing cases for people who have experienced physical or psychological injuries. The injuries are usually a result of another person’s or organization’s negligence or carelessness. Currently, there are more than 130000 personal injury lawyers scattered within the United States alone. You might, therefore, find it confusing to pick the right lawyer to get the job done.

Discussed below are the top things you must look out for when hiring a personal injury lawyer....

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University donates PPE to frontline COVID-19 workers

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 04/03/2020 - 11:42am

Academics and technical staff at the University of Exeter have united to send thousands of items of protective equipment normally used in laboratories to the frontline of the NHS and the local authority, to support the battle against COVID-19.

Hundreds of boxes of gloves, along with face masks, visors and other personal protective equipment (PPE) have been sent to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, Devon County Council and the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, to bolster their vital supplies. It comes as Public Health England has updated guidance on PPE to frontline...

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Devon school staff on duty over Easter holidays to support key workers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/02/2020 - 5:55pm

Teachers and staff in nearly 170 Devon schools are working over the Easter holidays to provide care and support for the children of key workers.

The Government ordered schools across the country to close their doors a week early for Easter because of the coronavirus crisis but asked staff to remain open for the children of key workers such as NHS staff, care workers, delivery drivers and those in the food industry.

Devon's schools have identified which pupils qualify and determined if their families wanted a place.

And, in the first week of what would have been...

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Medicine students graduate early to help on COVID-19 frontline

Medicine and Medical Imaging students from the University of Exeter Medical School have opted to graduate early so they can qualify as junior doctors and diagnostic radiographers to ease pressure on the NHS in the battle against COVID-19.

More than 50 final year students have opted to graduate early, meaning they will be able to support health trusts months earlier than their planned August start date. As foundation year doctors and radiologists, it is expected that they will free up more experienced colleagues to work on COVID-19 wards in the South West.

Final year...

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First grant awarded as part of Exeter Covid-19 Community Action Fund

A community partnership aimed at giving Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in Exeter a greater voice has been awarded a grant from the £1 million Exeter Covid-19 Community Action Fund.

Exeter Communities Together CIC (ECT) has been given nearly £4,000 by Exeter City Council. The Fund is supported by Exeter Chiefs Foundation.

The Fund was launched last week in tandem with support service Exeter Community Wellbeing. The Fund enables organisations to get rapid access to small grants to allow them to work on local projects to support those people and communities...

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Popular community centre awarded cash to help vulnerable through Coronavirus outbreak

An independent charity at the heart of the community in Exeter has been awarded a total of £6,000 for two projects to help people through the Coronavirus outbreak.

St Sidwell’s Centre has been awarded the cash to help some of the most vulnerable people in Exeter.

The money comes from the Exeter Covid-19 Community Action Fund. The £1 million Fund is being run by Exeter City Council as part of the Exeter Community Wellbeing initiative and is supported by Exeter Chiefs Foundation.

Centre Manager Dave Wright said the money would help them provide food for the...

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CITY Community Trust given grant to help with Coronavirus support

An Exeter charity that jumped at the chance of helping out during the Coronavirus outbreak has been awarded a grant from the City Council.

CITY Community Trust has been given nearly £1,000 by the Exeter Covid-19 Community Action Fund.

The £1 million Fund is being run by Exeter City Council as part of the Exeter Community Wellbeing initiative and is supported by Exeter Chiefs Foundation.

CITY Community Trust is the partner charity of Exeter City Football Club. Jamie Vittles, chief executive of the charity, said last week that it made “complete sense” for his team...

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