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The Haldon Gold Cup, held on Tuesday November 6, is Devon’s richest and most historic race, and at a glittering champagne reception held at Arbuthnot Latham in the city centre, Exeter Racecourse previewed the prestigious showpiece. Ten times champion trainer Paul Nicholls and Jockey Club/Exeter Racecourse ambassador Bryony Frost attended the event where Richard Pitman, former jockey and BBC television presenter, acted as master of ceremonies.

With £70,000 in prize money, the Haldon Gold Cup is a significant race in the calendar, and one that trainers plot as an early season target...

The Environment Agency is asking people planning a Guy Fawkes bonfire to make sure they only burn paper, leaves, wood and cardboard and any waste is kept securely before being burned.

Every year families use old bits of furniture to build up a bonfire and stuff the Guy with scraps of used foam or old clothing. But it is important to remember the burning of most types of waste is illegal. Setting fire to treated wood, tyres, plastics, rubber and oil can seriously harm health and pollute the environment.

It is also important to prevent others from dumping illegal waste on...

“Saints’ Rest” – the Dissenters’ graveyard located in Magdalen Street - closed its gates to new burials 164 years ago.

More recently it has been the subject of a four-year restoration project carried out by volunteers of the Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust (EDGT).

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the graveyard was the final resting place for members of Exeter’s Unitarian congregation who worshipped at George’s Meeting House in South Street – now a public house owned by JD Wetherspoons.

Although there is no longer an active Unitarian Meeting...

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling yesterday welcomed the progress of the project to upgrade the rail line between Dawlish and Teignmouth.

Backed by £15million of government funding and supported by world-leading engineers, Network Rail continues to carry out detailed studies into the unique landscape around the line and how best to protect it from extreme weather.

Network Rail is due to publish options for a permanent solution next summer.

In the meantime, essential work to immediately protect the sea wall and rail line will begin in November 2018.

The work...