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At a recent meeting on the grounds of Starcross Bowling Club, Brian Adams representing both the Masonic Lodge of Union who meet at Starcross and the Salem Masonic Lodge meeting in Dawlish presented the club president Eileen Martin and the club captain Simon Whittle with two cheques totalling £750 to enable the club to purchase a defibrillator.

A Defibrillator is a lifesaving device which will restart the heart when a sudden cardiac arrest strikes and restore the normal rhythms of the heart.

Freemasons try their best to be at the heart of their community by helping local...

Festive cheer has been brought to Ottery with a Christmas tree grown by Otter Garden Centres less than two miles from the town centre.

The tree was put up outside the library in Silver Street by a team from the garden centre just in time for the town’s late night Christmas shopping event.

As before, the tree donation was managed by Ottery resident Richard Coley with representatives from Otter joining him to help decorate and add the all-important fairy lights.

Otter Garden Centres Branch Manager John Giblin, who was on hand helping to hang the baubles, said: “We...

The illuminated polar bears that have appeared in Princesshay for the last four festive seasons have been donated to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The bears, named Hope and Clarence, have now taken up residence outside of the RD&E after Princesshay donated them following a new lighting scheme being commissioned this year.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay Centre Director said from Princesshay said: “The bears were very loved, so we really wanted them to stay in the city when we introduced our new Christmas lighting scheme. We hope they bring a little Christmas sparkle...

Earlier this year the Exeter Daily reported on the possibility of a new casino opening up in the city . Were it to happen many residents would be excited at the prospect of an entertainment venue that offers late night drinking alongside betting on roulette, poker and blackjack whilst others would inevitably be horrified at the prospect of the social ills of the booming gambling industry being delivered straight to the heart of central Exeter.

Yes, gambling is a controversial industry for sure, which is one of the reasons that there is always pressure on the regulator, the UK...