Leading British actors Jim Carter & Imelda Staunton are to join folk band Show of Hands in a special Battle of the Somme centenary concert in Exeter Cathedral on July 1st.

The concert comes at the end of a day of commemorations beginning with the unveiling of the UK’s biggest art project remembering every man who fell.

The 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Project aims to commemorate every single one of the 19,240 allied servicemen who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

At 7:30am, exactly 100 years to the minute from when the final whistle was blown to ‘...

The governors of Tipton St John Primary School have announced ambitious plans to re-locate their ageing, flood-prone buildings to a brand new site.

The Church of England school has been flooded on a number of occasions with children being evacuated and the school being shut for major clean-up operations.

The governors had applied to Education Minister Lord Nash for funding to re-locate the school within the village.

But they have now been told that the Government will not fund the move to another village site.

Now – following talks with the Diocese of Exeter...

Poor weather conditions have forced a planned road closure on the A361 North Devon Link Road to be postponed again.

The closure for resurfacing work between Bolham roundabout and Station Road, South Molton, was due to take place between 6am and 4pm from Tuesday 21 June to Thursday 23 June.

The work will be re-scheduled to take place in the coming weeks. Re-scheduled dates have yet to be confirmed but will be publicised in advance.

Advance information signs on site will be amended to display the revised closure dates and information on Devon County Council’s...

On Friday 17 June, Exeter Deaf Academy Governors, Trustees, staff and students were joined by the Right Honourable Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw and the Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Exeter Cynthia Thompson.

English teacher, Deb Thomas was presented with the Silver Award for Excellence in Special Needs Teaching 2016 by the MP and Lord Mayor and is now one of the top six teachers in the UK in line to win a Pearson Teaching Award for 2016 Teacher of Year.

Deb now goes on to compete as a finalist for Teacher of the Year having been selected from hundreds of teaching professionals...

A digital marketing agency has created a full time position for its first apprentice following the successful completion of her course.

MiHi Digital, which was founded by Mark Worden from his living room on the Exeter Quayside almost three years ago, has grown exponentially year on year, seeing a 60% increase in new clients in the past 12 months and expanding its team as a result.

Former journalist Amelia Chubb joined MiHi Digital a year ago as the company’s first digital marketing apprentice. After successfully completing her twelve months of training, Amelia has now...

An Exeter Daily reader today blamed Westpoint for much of the traffic chaos ahead of Elton John's concery in Exeter last night.

Gary, from Yeovil, said the problems appeared to be due to the parking of vehicles once inside the ground.

In an email, he said: "One marshall told us that 'people had arrived in the wrong cars' suggesting that people were having difficulty parking on the wet grass unless they were in a 4x4.

"When we got near to the parking places it was obvious that there were very few stewards visible and there seemed to be no coordination whatsoever....

Under 5’s and their families celebrated National Bookstart Week with FREE Bounce & Rhyme events on the beaches of Devon.

Over 350 parents and children attended the events which were designed to encourage reading as a fun activity. They were held by Devon Libraries in conjunction with Bookstart and Children's Centre staff across the county. Themed ‘Under the Sea’, events were held at Ilfracombe, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Dartmouth & Exmouth and were aimed at under 5’s and their parents and carers.

Reading resources were gifted to parents and children from Devon Libraries...

Join Dartmoor National Park Rangers, Volunteer Wardens and staff for 2 minutes @ 2pm on Thursday 23 June at Spitchwick, Deeper Marsh, for a #2 minute litter pick (as seen on BBC Springwatch!), to tidy up the popular picnic spot.

This area always suffers from recreational litter, despite our efforts to keep it clean and tidy, so we would love you to help for just two minutes! We are meeting at the car park at Deeper Marsh (Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 713712) and will spend some ‘tidy-up time’ to get Spitchwick, spick and span…gloves and tools provided, and of course a treat...

A mix of muscle cars, hot-rods and American classics including Chevrolet’s, Cadillacs, trucks and Jeeps will be turning heads and thrilling fans at the annual American & Classic Car Show held at Cofton Country Holidays near Starcross on Sunday 03 July.

Set to be the biggest event of its kind in the South West, the National Can-Am Car Club hopes that this show will be a record breaker, both in terms of the number of cars on show and the number of fans attending the event.

Over 100 ‘Classic’ American and Canadian cars are already booked to attend and anyone arriving in a...