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DUE to the daily changing national landscape caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, and upon Government and Public Health England advice, Exeter Pride trustees are postponing the May event “to ensure the continued health and well-being of everyone in the community”.

Originally scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 2, trustees are now exploring the new date of Saturday, September 26, subject to approval from authorities.

Simon Bowkett, chair of Exeter Pride said: “We have been following government and health advice closely, but now that the government has moved to the ‘delay...

Stagecoach is working with local authorities to temporarily relax time restrictions on concessionary travel to allow earlier access to bus services

Bus company Stagecoach South West has announced that it is working in partnership with local authorities to temporarily relax time restrictions on concessionary travel across Devon to allow travel for the elderly and vulnerable early in the morning as the coronavirus epidemic continues.

The local authorities involved are Devon County Council and Plymouth City Council. It comes as supermarkets make special arrangements for...

Children and staff from St Sidwell’s C of E Primary School celebrated their Leg it to Lapland win with a visit from mountain bike trials legend Andrei Burton and his team.

Four times British Champion trials bike rider Owen Gawthorpe entertained and inspired the children with his amazing display of bike skills.

During the two week Leg it to Lapland active travel challenge, which took place in November and December 2019, children, staff and parents, earned ‘leg miles’ for every journey they made to school by foot, bike or scooter and by taking part in extra activities during...

In response to the Coronavirus, Darts Farm are taking steps to look after their loyal customers by offering free delivery to over 70-year olds and the vulnerable in their local community and free collection for everyone from their car park.

Michael Dart, Director of Darts Farm comments: "Darts Farm has so many amazing loyal customers that have shopped with us for many years and really are part of our wider Darts Farm family. We wanted to do everything that we could do to help them during this difficult period, so we had a brainstorm with our team and came up with a few new ideas...