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Olympic medallist Heather Fell has fired the starter pistol in the race to compete at the 2017 South West Youth Games.

The former international Modern Pentathlete, who won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics joined around 50 youngsters at the Teignbridge Hockey Trials at South Dartmoor Community College in Ashburton on Tuesday 16 May.

Heather Fell, Patron of the South West Youth Games said: “It’s so important that young people have the opportunity to take part in events like the South West Youth Games. For hundreds it can lead onto a lifetime of enjoyment and the health and...

Devon came out in force for the 122nd Devon County Show which ended yesterday (Saturday). Crowds flocked to Westpoint showground near Exeter to be part of the county’s largest annual event. Among the visitors was HRH The Countess of Wessex who gave this year’s Devon County Show a royal glow as she met hundreds of people and animals during a two-day visit. The Countess, as President of the Devon County Agricultural Association which stages the Show, spent Thursday and Friday at the Show and even attended the Stockmans' Supper, a thank you to the exhibitors and livestock competitors. She met...

Hotter, cheekier and funnier than ever, touring cabaret show The Lady Boys of Bangkok bring their lavish new production Who Runs the World! to Exeter next month.

Elections and referendums may come and go, but in the stakes for the best party night out in town, there’s no doubt where the popular vote goes.

Who Runs the World! is not a political question, it’s a “positive celebration of the fair sex” performed by 16 of Thailand’s most stunning Lady Boys.

A spokesman said: "Audiences can escape the drab greyness of everyday life and luxuriate in a colourful, euphoric,...

Residents of Cranbrook can now borrow a range of new books that support adult mental wellbeing from the town’s library, all of which have been paid for by the Cranbrook Healthy Town scheme.

The thirty new ‘Reading Well Books’ have been bought by Cranbrook Healthy Town and are part of a national scheme run by the Reading Agency to help support mental wellbeing.

The books valued at around £360 are on topics including common mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, phobias and some eating disorders and have been funded by NHS England’s Healthy New Town programme...