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Sheep Return to Bideford Bridge in Celebration of 555 Years of Westcountry Wool Heritage

A centuries-old tradition will return to North Devon when sheep are driven across Bideford Bridge during the Bideford Town Fair on Saturday 6 June at 10.00am.

The ceremonial sheep drive, last undertaken in 2012, will be led by the historic Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen as part of celebrations marking 555 years since the Guild was gifted land in Exeter on which it built the magnificent Tuckers Hall - the medieval home of the Incorporation and one of the country’s most important surviving guild halls.

The event revives a historic right and tradition exercised...

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Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen to open in Exeter

Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen – one of the UK's leading premium sports bar brands – has secured £6m of new funding from HSBC UK to grow its portfolio by five additional sites, with the first of these set to open in November, in the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Exeter. It will become the second Ludo location in the South West, following the opening of Ludo, Bath in May 2023.

Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen – the joint venture between St Austell Brewery and Ed Martin and the senior team at ETM Group – is known for its premium sports viewing experience. The opening of Ludo, Exeter...

Families invited to join are countdown to Christmas trail in Exeter

As part of Exeter's vibrant Christmas celebrations, InExeter is delighted to offer families a fun, free, and festive adventure around the city with the launch of the Countdown to Christmas Trail . Running now until December 27, the trail invites families to explore Exeter and uncover clues at nine locations, each revealing a letter that forms a special Christmas word.

Once participants have unscrambled the word, they can collect a limited-edition Exeter Sticker Sheet at a finish station and enter an online competition to win one of five £100 Exeter Independent Gift Cards....

Green-fingered youngsters help plant micro-forest in school grounds

Children and teachers from a primary school in Exeter have done their bit for the environment by planting a 400-tree micro-forest in their school grounds.

The youngsters from Monkerton Community Primary School were joined by local councillors from Exeter City Council and Devon County Council for the event, which was organised by Community Interest Company SocieTree.

SocieTree was launched in 2023 and aims to highlight the benefits that micro forests bring. It has been working closely with schools across Devon.

Micro-forests – also known as Miyawaki forests –...

New Collaboration and Event Launched to Empower Ukrainian Entrepreneurs in Devon

In partnership with Devon Ukrainian Association, Ukrainian Business Club has announced its latest event, Ukrainian Business MeetUp #2 , designed to support and empower Ukrainian entrepreneurs in the UK. As an international network dedicated to uniting and advancing Ukrainian entrepreneurs in the UK, Ukrainian Business Club aims to continue providing its expert resources and support, building on the success of the first meet-up held in Leeds this summer.

The Ukrainian community in the UK has shown incredible resilience, adapting to new cultures, identifying local market needs, and...

Exeter Cathedral Revealed as One of Most Family-Friendly Christmas Markets

Analysis of over 33,000 online reviews and social mentions has found that Glasgow Winterfest is the safest for families to visit this festive period, closely followed by Liverpool Christmas Market and Exeter Cathedral.

Christmas markets across the UK are predicted to welcome more than 33 million people this year, causing fears about safety to arise. Indeed, England’s oldest Christmas market, Lincoln, was cancelled last year due to health and safety concerns.

New research has ranked Christmas markets across the UK by safety, scouring more than 33,000 TripAdvisor and Google...

Help tackle the South West’s “legal desert” by supporting the University of Exeter’s Community Law Clinic

People can help tackle the serious barriers to accessible legal advice in the South West by supporting a crucial free access to justice clinic.

The University of Exeter’s trusted Community Law Clinic is playing a key role in helping those in need.

Recent years have seen a big increase in the number of people using it and those involved have launched a fundraising campaign to ensure they can reach more customers.

The pro-bono service helps to support people in the region, which has been identified as a law advice “desert”. They face major issues in affording...

RD&E Hospital receives top cancer award

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has scooped a national award for its commitment to patients living with incurable blood cancer.

The hospital was presented today with the Myeloma UK Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) Award in recognition of its outstanding care and dedication to people with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer which claims the lives of 3,000 people in the UK each year.

Staff were praised for their efforts to improve patients’ quality of life and eagerness to listen to their needs.

The accolade, awarded by blood cancer charity Myeloma UK,...

Reclaim The Night 2024 Exeter: The Law Alone Will Not End Public Sexual Harassment

Our Streets Now is an organisation dedicated to ending public sexual harassment (PSH). After five years of campaigning, Our Streets Now has achieved legislative change through the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023, as well as developing culture change in schools, higher education, sports and on the high street.

Our Streets Now will be attending Exeter Reclaim The Night on 5th of December between 4.30 pm and 6.15 pm as part of our wider work during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. We would like to invite a member of your team to join one...

Devon & Cornwall Police pack some festive cheer for those in need

Devon & Cornwall Police has joined forces with staff at Devon Highways to put their best foot forward and send festive shoeboxes full of useful items to places where they will make a real difference.

Link to Hope is a registered charity, who have been sending shoeboxes at Christmas time since 1992. Boxes filled with goodies and donated to the appeal will go to the poorest people in Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania.

Items collected include toiletries, gloves, scarves, hats, travel size games (for example playing cards), colouring pens and writing pads,...

Emergency Tree Fund extended to support Devon's Free Tree Scheme this winter

National Tree Week is being celebrated in Devon this week (until Sunday 1 Dec) with an announcement that Emergency Tree Funding granted by the Woodland Trust has been extended to help Devon County Council's Free Tree Scheme this winter. Since the County Council first piloted its Free Tree Scheme in 2019, it has funded the planting of more than 50,000 trees across the county as part of ongoing efforts to meet its carbon net zero targets by 2030 and to replace trees lost to Ash Dieback. The Emergency Tree Fund (ETF) has played a vital role in contributing to that figure over the past three...

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Sheep Return to Bideford Bridge in Celebration of 555 Years of Westcountry Wool Heritage

Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen to open in Exeter

Families invited to join are countdown to Christmas trail in Exeter

Green-fingered youngsters help plant micro-forest in school grounds

New Collaboration and Event Launched to Empower Ukrainian Entrepreneurs in Devon

Exeter Cathedral Revealed as One of Most Family-Friendly Christmas Markets

Help tackle the South West’s “legal desert” by supporting the University of Exeter’s Community Law Clinic

RD&E Hospital receives top cancer award

Reclaim The Night 2024 Exeter: The Law Alone Will Not End Public Sexual Harassment

Devon & Cornwall Police pack some festive cheer for those in need

Emergency Tree Fund extended to support Devon's Free Tree Scheme this winter

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