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InExeter is delighted to announce that local city business Co Bikes is supporting this year’s sold out Slow Fashion Show.

Returning for its second year on 21 September, Exeter’s flagship fashion event, Slow Fashion, is the champion event for the sustainable fashion movement. Founded and organised by Sancho’s in partnership with InExeter, this fashion forward event focuses on sustainable, environmentally conscious, innovative fashion. Sancho’s is an ethical fashion store that exists to combat fast fashion

Co Bikes, the UK’s first electric on-street bike hire scheme...

EXETER residents are being asked by a leading home care agency this month (September 2019) to help prepare elderly relatives and neighbours for the autumn and the inclement weather to come.

Guardian Homecare says as the cooler temperatures set in, so too does the heightened risk of seasonal-related illnesses, falls and even loneliness, as the elderly and vulnerable stay indoors, preferring not to venture out.

Manager for Guardian Homecare, which cares for people in Exeter and surrounding areas, Catherine Porter, explains: “As the leaves start to fall, the evenings draw in...

Postbridge Visitor Centre is about to embark on a new chapter in its history as it undergoes a £500,000 extension. Dartmoor National Park Authority is taking the next steps in its ambitious vision to transform the centre and tell the Dartmoor Bronze Age story in greater detail. The centre will close its doors from Monday 23 September for preparation work. Construction will start on 21 October and will last 32 weeks. Dartmoor is the most important area for Bronze Age archaeology in Western Europe with iconic sites such as the prehistoric settlement of Grimspound and the double stone rows at...

Exmouth Town Concert Band has become one of the first beneficiaries of the Hendy Foundation which was set up to support charities and good causes.

The band has been given £1,470 by Hendy Foundation which will be used to buy jackets for new members.

“We’re delighted with this donation to help the band as the jackets really help with our identity,” said Kelly Hammond. “We are a community wind band providing entertainment to the local community by performing at a variety of events in the area.”

Forthcoming events include free music in Remembrance Sunday where the band...