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TUI launches new direct flights from Exeter to paradise Greek island

One of Greece's most stunning islands is set to become more accessible after TUI has announced a brand-new direct route from Exeter Airport to Kos – making it easier than ever to bag a slice of Mediterranean paradise.

The leading tourism and leisure group is launching brand-new flights from Exeter for Summer 2026, giving holidaymakers across the South of England a hassle-free way to reach the sun-soaked Greek gem.

It's the first time ever that Exeter as been directly connected to Kos by TUI, opening the island to a new wave of holidaymakers who can now travel from their...

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Joy as endangered butterfly returns to North Devon after restoration work on rare grassland

One of the UK’s most threatened butterflies, the Marsh Fritillary, has recently been found at a National Trust site at Brownsham, near Hartland in North Devon. Brownsham is home to one of Britain’s rarest grassland habitats, culm grassland, which is one of the butterfly’s preferred habitats.

Brightly-coloured and speckled, the Marsh Fritillary is listed by Butterfly Conservation as one of the UK’s most threatened butterfly species, seriously declined due to habitat loss and degradation. It’s also considered vulnerable at a European level. National Trust rangers were really pleased...

Cadogan Court residents Peter Lawrey and Ted Forward prove age is no barrier to exercise at Motortone, a gym for older adults.

Exeter care home residents prove age is no barrier to exercise

Residents at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter began their new weekly fitness regime this week, pumping iron at a local gym.

Four game individuals, aged between 81 and 98, became the first care home residents to try out Motortone, a new gym specially designed for older adults, which is part of Exeter Sports Academy.

The fab four laughed and joked through their induction and first session using electrically powered gym machines which allow you to passively or actively exercise.

Motortone is designed to offer low impact exercise to help people with joint mobility,...

Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk

A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild bumblebees, new research shows.

The Varroa destructor mite lives on honeybees and can spread deformed wing virus (DWV) throughout the hive.

The mite has emerged as a parasite of Western honeybees, after switching from its original host, the Asian honeybee at the beginning of the last century. It has since spread globally through the man-made movement of infested honeybee hives and has turned into a viral vector.

The invasive mite does not live on bumblebees, but...

Road upgrade will boost South West economy by £40 billion

Upgrading a vital road between London and the South West will boost the region’s economy by £40 billion and create 21,000 new jobs.

That’s the message Devon County Council has delivered in evidence at a public examination of proposals to improve the A303 by constructing a tunnel to by-pass Stonehenge. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Development, told the Planning Inspectorate hearing that improving the A303 and the A30 and A358 “swallow-tail” was critical to the future prosperity of the South West. Studies commissioned by a...

Hospiscare@Home – The Care Comes To You

Responding to the needs of the local communities in and around Seaton and Axminster, Hospiscare@Home provides 24/7 hands-on nursing support at home for people with a life-limiting illness in the final months or weeks of life. The service is provided by local charity Hospiscare and is generously supported by Seaton & District Hospital League of Friends and The League of Friends of Axminster Hospital.

Mrs Glenys O’Hara, aged 81 from Seaton and a Hospiscare@Home patient, explains why the service is so important.

“Before I had cancer my husband, Tom, and I had a very active...

Car park charges in East Devon to be standardised

From 3 June 2019, charges at Underhill long stay car park in Lympstone, Dolphin Street car park in Colyton, Land of Canaan car park in Ottery St Mary and Coombe Lane car park in Axminster will all be increased to 50p per half hour (£1 per hour), which is a standard tariff charged by all other car parks in East Devon. The increases were approved by East Devon District Council’s Cabinet in September 2018, following a public consultation in April 2018, the results of which led to a number of proposals being put to Cabinet. The council has listened carefully to what was said during the public...

Exeter Festival organisers reveal line-up

An eclectic mix of local bands and musicians have been chosen to play at this summer’s Exeter Festival.

The free afternoon of music takes place in Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens on Saturday 6 July.

Earlier in the year local bands and musicians were invited to pitch for a slot at the Exeter Festival, which runs from 5 to 7 July.

A total of 29 acts applied to play and these were whittled down to a final six by a judging panel which included local presenter Chris Dinnis. Organisers Exeter City Council have now revealed the full line-up for the afternoon session – over...

Ben Bradshaw MP and Exeter activists attend Parliamentary event demanding support for human rights defenders

Ben Bradshaw MP and University of Amnesty students were at Westminster on Wednesday to take a stand for human rights defenders globally whose lives are at risk

University of Exeter students met Ben Bradshaw MP on Wednesday (12 June), at a parliamentary event hosted by Amnesty UK, the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group and the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union demanding Government action on the protection of human rights defenders.

As part of the Brave campaign, which calls for the urgent protection of human rights defenders globally, youth and student...

Exeter builders merchant needs your tools!

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to have joined forces with Devon-based charity Amigos and is inviting members of the local community to donate preloved tools, which will be used by young people in Africa to help them lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Until Wednesday 31st July, preloved hand, power and gardening tools can be placed in the collection bags in RGB’s Exeter branch. Amigos will then arrange for the donations to be collected, repaired and shipped to Africa.

The charity has been working in Uganda for nearly 20 years and for the last nine it has...

Fari Awade draws water from a well in the community of Natriguel, Mauritania. Climate-related hazards, such as droughts, can cause economic shocks to agricultural communities, which may heighten the risk of armed conflict, according to a new study including Prof neil Adger from the University of Exeter

Armed conflict risks could be heightened by future climate impacts, study shows

Climate change could heighten the risk of future outbreaks of armed conflict and civil war, a study has said.

Conflict and civil wars have been driven over the past century by levels of poverty, inequality among groups in countries, and illegitimate governments.

But environmental impacts and climate shocks have played a role in some historical conflicts, according to the new study. Crucially, the study suggests that climate change may heighten the risk of future outbreaks.

An international team of experts, including Professor Neil Adger from the University of Exeter...

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TUI launches new direct flights from Exeter to paradise Greek island

Joy as endangered butterfly returns to North Devon after restoration work on rare grassland

Exeter care home residents prove age is no barrier to exercise

Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk

Road upgrade will boost South West economy by £40 billion

Hospiscare@Home – The Care Comes To You

Car park charges in East Devon to be standardised

Exeter Festival organisers reveal line-up

Ben Bradshaw MP and Exeter activists attend Parliamentary event demanding support for human rights defenders

Exeter builders merchant needs your tools!

Armed conflict risks could be heightened by future climate impacts, study shows

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