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Seven pupils from Exeter School competed for their respective swim clubs in the Devon Swimming Championships during January and February.

Emily Bishop competed in 10 events in the U14 category gaining four PBs with a very strong performance in the 50m freestyle placing her only a few milliseconds away from a regional time.

Hanna Sari also competed in the U14 category, gaining qualifying times in 12 events and achieving five PBs, while her sister Sara reached the finals in eight events in the U15 category also gaining third place in the 400m individual medley.

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Shane Williams has urged Wales’ current crop of players to believe in themselves if they want to win this year’s Six Nations tournament.

Williams understands more than most how to get the job done, having played an integral role in Wales’ Grand Slam triumphs in 2005 and 2008.

He was selected in three World Cup squads, ended his international career as his country’s record try scorer and was deservedly inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

However, the current crop of players have a long way to go if they want to match Williams’ achievements, with the Grand...

There appears to be a new queen as far as the Cheltenham Festival’s Champion Hurdle is concerned. With Rachael Blackmore in the saddle, Henry de Bromhead’s Honeysuckle stormed to a six-and-a-half length victory in the Day One feature race last year and the trusty trio are tipped to defend their championship hurdling crown with ease when the 2022 renewal rolls around in just a few weeks’ time — with the 14-time unbeaten horse a good choice to use your Cheltenham best offer on.

At just eight years old, the mare could have the hurdling division at her peril for another couple of...

By Ollie Heptinstall, local democracy reporter

The Tour of Britain will not return to Devon this year, but the county council hopes it will host stages again in the future.

Last week the locations for this year’s tour were announced, with Devon missing out on hosting in 2022, despite the success of last September’s event.

Set to a backdrop of glorious sunshine beamed to TV viewers across the world, over a hundred riders raced from Sherford near Plymouth to a packed Queen Street in Exeter, via a circuitous route including Dartmouth and Dartmoor.

The 115-...