A University of Exeter expert who brought to life the unusual romance between politician Benjamin Disraeli and his wife has won a prestigious literary prize for her work.

Dr Daisy Hay, Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Archival Studies in the Department of English, has won a 2016 Somerset Maugham Award for her book Mr & Mrs Disraeli – A Strange Romance.

The £2,500 award was presented at the Society of Authors annual Authors’ Awards ceremony in London yesterday.

Judge Adam O’Riordan said: “This compelling portrait of a courtship and marriage doesn’t miss...

A new toolkit to help Exeter’s cultural organisations engage and manage their volunteers effectively will be launched at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) on Tuesday 5 July.

Camilla Hampshire, Museums Manager and Cultural Lead, said: “Volunteers are an important part of life at RAMM and much of the guidance is based on our experience, developed over many years, but through this project refined for wider sector usage with our colleagues at the Libraries and Cathedral.

The three partners hope that organisations of all sizes will find the toolkit useful in helping...

On Saturday 1st October, Exeter’s 4th Oxjam music festival will be buzzing through the walls of Timepiece Bar, Timepiece Courtyard and Old Timers Bar.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Oxfam’s national music festival, Oxjam, and the team of eager volunteers are already working as hard as ever to make Exeter’s Takeover the best yet!

To help make Oxjam Exeter Takeover a success, the volunteers are currently organising a series of fun, exciting and even challenging fundraising events, including: a Buskathon with a number of talented, local artists; a pre Oxjam ‘warm up’...

Our new shop in ‪‎Honiton‬ is now open! Officially opened this Tuesday morning by Mayor Cllr Caroline Kolek with Neil Parish MP.

Join us in Dowell Street for unique furniture, books, clothing, vinyl and retro finds, all to help fund our services for local families living with a terminal illness.

Helen Hutter, Head of Retail at Hospiscare said "Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who have worked so hard to get our new store ready, and to all the well-wishers who joined us this morning." Mayor Kolek added her special thanks to all the volunteers who give their time to...

Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Ottery St Mary are trying to trace the deceased man's next of kin.

Following formal identification, the man has been named as Robert Christopher Trott, 53, from Exeter.

Extensive enquiries have been carried out to locate Robert’s next of kin but so far have been unsuccessful.

Officers believe Robert has a brother in the Exeter or Plymouth area and are appealing for him or any other family members to get in touch.

The collision happened shortly before 6.40pm on Thursday 16 June 2016, on the B3174 just...

Dunkeswell Parish Council been presented with a Queen's Birthday Youth Award from East Devon District Council in recognition of the support they have given to Dunkeswell Youth Club - In particular 'The Big Show' was supported by the council and through the hard work of Anne Barratt and her team the Youth of Dunkeswell put on a showcase of their talents.

The Judges praised the initiative of Dunkeswell Parish Council for supporting and sustaining a local youth club of over 100 members. The Youth Club has a lot of enthusiasm for performing arts and so as a celebration of the tenth...

Over the weekend of the 25th and 26th June there is a treat in store for garden lovers. As part of the Open Gardens charity fundraiser for Hospiscare,13 Budleigh Salterton residents have got together for an Open Gardens extravaganza!

For this weekend only, you can pay £7 for a weekend pass which will allow you entry to all 13 gardens on both Saturday and Sunday. Or you can pay per visit, for only £2.50.

You will enjoy a wide variety of flora and fauna with gardens like Roundhill, created in 1929 by a retired rubber planter. Roundhill has eccentric features like a huge...

A team of archaeologists, students and local volunteers have unearthed evidence of a Romano-British settlement in a rural Devon village.

The finds shed new light on how the county’s inhabitants lived during the Roman period. Until now little evidence of the Romans had been found outside of Exeter and it had been thought that rural areas had not been particularly affected by Roman influence.

Now the discoveries at Ipplepen, which is 20 miles south west and at least a good day’s walk away from Exeter, is causing archaeologists to re-think assumptions previously made about...

On 20th June Torridge District Council combined with Bideford Town Council for this now annual parade to honour the Armed Forces at the beginning of Armed Forces Week by holding a Flag Breaking Ceremony in Victoria Park Bideford.

The Tarka Pipe Band led the parade from the Quay in Bideford to the flagstaff at Victoria Park which consisted of serving Royal Marines from 11 Amphibious Trails and Training at Arromanches Camp, Instow, veterans from the Armed Forces, Cadets, Cubs and Brownies.

The Naval Padre from RMB Chivenor, Rev Janice Honey Morgan, conducted the service with...