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First Great Western (FGW) has issued details of disruption to its services if planned strikes by workers go ahead over the next couple of weeks.

The company has confirmed it expects to run the majority of London Thames Valley services but long distance and local rail services will be reduced, should the planned strike action go ahead.

Should industrial action go ahead it is likely to affect long distance and local rail services throughout Sunday 23 August and from Saturday 29 through to the end of service on Monday 31 August.

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Creative youngsters across Devon have seen their designs come to life during a VIP session at Fab Lab Devon.

Devon County Council held a competition to encourage students of all ages to discover what the digital fabrication workshop at Exeter Library has to offer, and the winners are delighted with their experience.

Twelve year old Jenna Satterly from Exeter designed her own necklace and won a VIP session with local textile designer Francesca Lindsay-White to see it turned into the real thing.

She said: “I created my design because I’m British and it’s good to like...

Sixteen volunteers from the UK have successfully completed a challenging building project in Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, in order to improve the living conditions of impoverished children.

The 11 day programme was the third and most significant of its kind run by The Moldova Project, a charity founded by Emma Watson who studied English at the University of Exeter from 2009 to 2012.

Volunteers carried out repairs on badly damaged houses in Ciuciuleni, a remote village in the Moldovan countryside, to create better living conditions for families and ensure that they are...

Tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Classics Galore! concert at the University of Exeter Great Hall on Saturday November 14 and the best seats are selling fast.

The event has been held every two years since 2007 and has raised £50,000 for local cancer charity FORCE.

The show regularly attracts sell-out crowds of more than a thousand and spaces in the gallery have nearly all been snapped up already with only 25 of the £18 seats remaining.

Tickets for the auditorium are priced at £16 and £14 and are available from Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets (EVIT) at...