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Exeter College have announced details of their annual Festival of Carols to be held at Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 6th December. This year’s festival is in aid of MIND, the college’s charity of the year.

Karen Bolton, Head of Community & Events Fundraising at Mind, said: “We’d like to say a huge thank-you to all the students and staff of Exeter College for choosing to fundraise for Mind and for all the hard work they have put in to organising fundraising events throughout this term. As well as raising awareness about mental health, every penny raised from the event will help...

Midwives, mums and babies celebrated five years of the Exeter Birth Centre with a special celebration at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital last month.

The midwife-led unit, based in the RD&E’s Centre for Womens’ Health, supports women who have had a low risk pregnancy and who want a birth with minimal medical intervention.

Since it first opened its doors as a full time service on 18th November 2012, over 3,000 babies have been born at the Exeter Birth Centre, the very first arriving in the early hours of Monday 19th.

Five years later, midwives at the birth...

Overnight closures will be needed at Junction 30 of the M5 next week in order to safely complete surfacing at Sandygate roundabout.

Devon County Council has been carrying out extensive work at the roundabout over the past couple of weeks. From Monday (4 December) until Friday 8 December, the motorway junction will need to be closed for a further five nights, rather than overnight lane closures as originally planned. This is primarily to create a safer work environment due to the high volumes of HGVs having to be escorted through the site. This has the additional benefits of...

Oakdown Caravan and Camping Park, based on the East Devon coast, is celebrating after winning gold in the ‘Holiday Park of the Year’ category in the Visit Devon Tourism Awards.

The awards, which are now in their eighth year, celebrate the best of Devon Tourism.

And the announcement comes at the end of a very busy period for Oakdown, which has this year seen the introduction of shepherd’s huts and premier pods, a brand-new reception area and a redesigned coffee shop and restaurant.

Alastair Franks, whose family have owned Oakdown since the 1970s, said: ‘To win gold...