Headlining Friday at the 15th Beautiful Days, the festival are delighted to welcome back Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott who will perform songs from their two Top 5 albums and classic tracks from their impressive back catalogues.

Headlining on Saturday is Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls - one of Britain’s hardest working musicians, Frank has just celebrated playing his 2,000th show.

Sunday night headliners are the festival founders Levellers who bring the weekend to a close with a special show followed by the annual firework finale.

Joining them on the Main...

Exeter’s Premiership history maybe in its infancy when compared to that of hosts Leicester Tigers, but the Chiefs showed they are maturing into a formidable force with this impressive victory at Welford Road.

Rob Baxter’s side maintained their pursuit of table-topping Wasps by taming the Tigers in their own lair, recording a maximum haul of points courtesy of a penalty try and further touchdowns from Kai Horstmann Stuart Townsend and Mitch Lees.

England international Henry Slade weighed in with the remainder of the points for the visitors, who despite trailing in the early...

Exeter University business school students learning about women and leadership were surprised by the sudden appearance of a Cabinet minister in class this week.

The Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening, who was visiting the University of Exeter, delighted first years studying women and leadership by giving an impromptu talk about her own path to Government.

The Cabinet Minister, who studied economics and worked in business before entering politics, popped into the class and gave an impromptu talk on the qualities needed to succeed. She then answered questions...

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says his side will need to turn up the intensity levels ahead of this evening's Aviva Premiership encounter with Leicester Tigers at Welford Road (7:45pm).

Although undefeated in the top flight since Bath won at Sandy Park at the end of October, the Chiefs have spent this week gearing up for arguably one of the toughest tests on the Premiership calendar.

Having one just once at the home of the Tigers since their elevation into English rugby’s top tier in 2010, Baxter and his in-form team will be looking to improve their win ratio with a...

Exeter Library’s Business and Intellectual Property (IP) Centre is offering people the chance to meet two Fairtrade farmers from Ghana and a local jeweller at its Fairtrade Fortunes event on 7th March, as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.

Cocoa producers Isaac Baidoo and Veronica Mintah from Kuapa Kokoo, a cocoa farmers' co-operative, will be talking about their businesses and revealing how Fairtrade has impacted their lives in West Africa.

Local jeweller, Erin Cox, will also speak at the event, talking about her bespoke handmade jewellery and why she chose to source Fairtrade...

The first survey of technology companies by Tech South West has revealed high levels of optimism for growth across the region.

Carried out by Tech South West, the survey found that 80% of technology firms in the region believe 2017 will be a better year, with greater growth, than 2016, with no business expecting this year to be worse than last. Tech South West, which has more than 500 members across the region, acts as a showcase and champion of what is the fastest-growing sector in the South West.

The survey, which featured organisations based in Bath, Bristol, Cornwall,...

The first major agricultural show of the year in the South West - the Devon County Show in May - has published its competition schedules and entries have opened.

There are more than 600 livestock classes, including beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas and donkeys, at the three-day Show held on May 18-20 at Westpoint, Exeter.

In the equine section there are 170 classes and nine Horse of the Year Show qualifiers, which include Ridden Arabs for the first time. Classes and special awards for horses and ponies total more than 320, including a new breed class for...