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Exeter’s new MP, Steve Race, has become a formal supporter of Exeter’s main homelessness charity, by becoming its patron.

St Petrock’s delivers breakfasts and lunches to rough sleepers and people who are vulnerably housed, five days a week, as well as providing a range of services, including survival gear, clothing and footwear, showers, laundry, benefits advice and clinical psychology and emotional support for people who are often understandably very distressed at their extremely difficult circumstances. The charity also provides supported accommodation for people who are...

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EXETER’S Lydia Taylor has set her sights on a bright future after qualifying as a Contact Lens Optician.

The 27-year-old has been a popular figure in the city’s Specsavers store for 12 years, having started there as a teenager doing work experience.

She worked her way up from a part-time job at the store to now being qualified to dispense and give advice to customers on all aspects of contact lenses, as well as being the Exeter team’s contact lens manager.

To mark her achievement, Lydia celebrated with store colleagues, her fellow managers and the store’s...

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is encouraging people to use the right healthcare for them this August bank holiday weekend as the region prepares for a further influx of visitors.

Residents and tourists to the South West are reminded to only dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency.

Bank holiday weekends can be a busy time for 999 services, especially with possibilities of high temperatures and sunny weather – whether in the garden, doing DIY at home, visiting family and friends at the beach, or exploring the region’s beauty spots....