Princesshay has unveiled its line-up of summer activities, including PrincessPlay; a free playground, alongside the return of its Independent Market, street food traders and live music for visitors to enjoy in the heart of Exeter.
The start of the school holidays will see the main square transformed into PrincessPlay an all age playground and pitstop with grass and seating to create a place where people can stop, relax and spend time together while enjoying a range of free activities including table tennis, mini golf, giant chess, hopscotch, snakes and ladders and climbing...
Tilia Homes has announced a new three-year partnership with Royal Devon Hospitals Charity, reinforcing its commitment to supporting communities across Devon.
Royal Devon Hospitals Charity supports two acute hospitals, 17 community hospitals and a range of community, specialist and primary care services across north, mid and east Devon. The charity raises money to enhance hospital care beyond what’s possible with NHS funding. Through the partnership, Tilia Homes will work alongside the charity to support fundraising initiatives, raise awareness of its work and help strengthen...
A Redrow site manager at St Michael's Meadow has won a top national award for the quality of the homes they’re building in Exeter.
Roy Taylor has won a Pride in the Job award from the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the second consecutive year. This follows his success in 2025 when he achieved the Seal of Excellence in the regional stage of the competition – an accolade awarded to only the top 5% of site managers in the UK.
The awards, often dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the housebuilding industry, recognise the very best site managers across the country. Judging is...
New funding will help Exeter City Council tackle the sticky issue of chewing gum on the city’s streets.
The money will be spent on a chewing gum removal team and liveried gum removal cart.Removal will initially be focussed on Sidwell Street but will extend to other parts of the city centre thereafter.
New signage will also be going up in the city later this summer, encouraging people to bin their gum responsibly.
Exeter City Council successfully obtained a £30,657 grant from the Chewing Gum Task Force, administered by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, to...
A Bloor Homes site manager based at the developer's Exeter regional has been recognised as among the best in the UK after winning a top housing industry award.
Jason Lockyer at Winsford Park in Bideford is celebrating a Pride in the Job 2026 Quality Award from NHBC, the UK's largest provider of new home warranties and insurance.
Now in its 46th year, Pride in the Job is widely regarded as the most prestigious benchmark for exceptional site managers in the house-building industry. Judging is rigorous, with assessment across six key areas: consistency, attention to detail...
The Love Local Food Festival returns to the historic grounds of Exeter Castle on Saturday 15th August, uniting the region's top producers for a day-long celebration. Hosted by the award-winning Greendale Farm Shop in collaboration with Food Drink Devon, this free-to-attend event invites food lovers to explore the best of the West Country from 10am to 6pm.
Set in the heart of the city, the festival promises a day filled with delicious local food, live entertainment and family fun, all designed to champion the incredible growers, producers and makers that make Devon a culinary...
Exeter’s Fore Street is celebrating a decade of the much-loved Fore Street Flea, a community market created to champion the city’s independent businesses, local makers and creative spirit.
First launched by local businesses in 2016, the Fore Street Flea has grown into one of Exeter’s most distinctive independent shopping events, bringing together traders, makers, collectors, start-ups and visitors in the heart of the city’s historic West Quarter.
Home to Exeter’s oldest shop, its only independent toyshop, a dedicated fancy dress shop, bookshop, haberdashery, pottery...
Unpaid carers in Tiverton are the first in Devon to have received free Wellbeing Gift Boxes as part of a county-wide joint initiative between Devon Carers at Westbank and Devon Partnership NHS Trust (DPT), supported through funding from Open Up, the Trust’s charity, launched during Carers’ Week (8th - 14th June 2026).
The Wellbeing Boxes are being gifted to individuals who provide care and support to someone experiencing mental ill health, in recognition of the vital role they play and the challenges they may face in their caring role. It’s a ‘gesture of recognition’ to show them...
Work to create new paddling pools in Heavitree is to begin shortly after ageing infrastructure forced the current pools to close for the summer, the City Council has revealed.
The pools had reopened to families at the beginning of June but were forced to close on Friday after some of the mechanics failed.
Cllr Duncan Wood, Lead Councillor with responsibility for Leisure Services and Healthy Living, said: “We know this news will be upsetting for families and residents who were looking forward to using the pools this summer, and we are sorry.
Last Saturday, an outstanding Exeter Brownie and Rainbow leader attended an exclusiveGirlguiding celebration along with the inspirational leader who mentored her.
Nicole McDermid, 19, and Amy Kellaway, 39, joined hundreds of fellow outstanding Girlguiding volunteers at the Girlguiding Celebrates event in London’s West End.
The fabulous annual party – now in its fourth year – thanked and celebrated volunteers who were nominated by other Girlguiding members, parents and carers for making incredible contributions, or who have recently achieved a guiding award.
