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Brand New South West Sardine Festival Comes to the English Riviera

This summer, Brixham’s Fish Market will come alive with flavour and festivity as the South West Sardine Festival arrives on Sunday 03 August 2025, bringing a vibrant new celebration to the heart of one of Britain’s most historic fishing towns.

Free to attend and running from 12:00 to 21:30, the festival invites locals and visitors alike to experience a day inspired by coastal traditions, from the South West to the Mediterranean. At its heart is the British sardine - abundant, sustainable, and caught right here in the South West.

With appearances from some of the UK’s...

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Help shape Exeter's cycle network

A consultation will be held next week on Devon County Council’s plans to improve Exeter’s cycle network. With some major housing and employment developments underway and others proposed to the east and south of the city, the County Council is planning to improve cycling infrastructure and it wants to hear people’s views on its proposals. The proposed routes, linking Cranbrook to the city centre and University of Exeter, as well as connecting Newcourt to the city centre, aim to make cycle trips for leisure cyclists and commuters safer, quicker and more appealing. Three consultation events...

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Recovery cafe to open in Exeter

Exeter will soon be home to the county’s first ever permanent recovery café.

A fund-raising drive is being held to fund the café, which will provide a much-needed community hub for people who have experienced issues with drugs or alcohol and their families. The café will be based at RISE Recovery Integration Services, which provides drug and alcohol support and treatment services for people across the area. As part of the fund-raising drive, a Fun in the Sun fete is taking place on July 11th between 12pm and 3pm at the Exeter service in Uplands Business Centre, Heavitree Road....

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Pedal power with a difference in Exmouth

Pedal power comes to Exmouth later this month as static outdoor dynamo bikes – which can generate enough power to charge up mobile phones - are installed near the seafront.

Exmouth Town Council, East Devon District Council and a local resident have worked together to bring the unique £30,000 exercise bicycles, complete with a shelter, to the town. Not only will the bikes help keep people fit, they will generate electricity too with small lights showing how much power your hard pedalling has produced.

The bicycles, which are being installed in the sunken gardens next to The...

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Barratt builds on expertise in South West

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/07/2015 - 11:46am

Leading housebuilder Barratt Homes is reinforcing its credentials in the south west with a number of key appointments.

A new sales director, commercial director and construction director have joined the Exeter-based team as it looks to build on firm foundations for the future.

Sara Parker joins as sales director with Ian Jeffery the new commercial director and Tim Davies construction director.

Managing director Paul Moran said the appointments come at a key time for the division which has seen a doubling in the number of developments in recent years and a rise from...

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Exe Estuary Trail wins regional industry planning award

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/07/2015 - 11:22am

The Exe Estuary Trail is the overall winner of the Royal Town and Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards (South West ) for 2015!

The trail was announced as a finalist in the category of 'Excellence in Planning to Deliver Infrastructure' category earlier in the year and a national finalist.

The award winning RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence highlight exceptional examples of planning and celebrate the contribution that planners and planning make to society.

The £17M Exe Estuary Trail is a cycle and walking route that extends over 16 miles set within the backdrop of the...

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Sunday trading shake-up expected

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/07/2015 - 11:06am

Shops could be allowed to open for longer on Sundays under radical plans to devolve powers over trading hours to major towns and cities to be unveiled in tomorrow’s summer Budget.

In the biggest shake-up of Sunday trading laws since the 1990s, Chancellor George Osborne wants to allow mayors and councils to determine for themselves what the rules should be in their areas.

The existing law prevents larger stores from opening for more than six hours. It was relaxed as an exception during the 2012 Olympics, resulting in a significant surge in sales.

Mr Osborne has...

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£100k tennis courts for EGCC

Just in time for the Wimbledon Championships, Exeter Golf and Country Club have announced they will invest £100,000 in new tennis courts.

The club, who first installed tennis courts in the 1930s will close four of the six courts at the end of September so the work can be completed outside the main tennis season.

The four courts will be removed entirely and re-built with a new foundation, asphalt base and artificial grass surface. The club has a commitment to recycling and sustainability which has been carried through this project. The existing court surfaces will be used to...

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Study shows grey squirrels are quick learners

They may be viewed by some as an invasive species or a commonplace pest of public parks, but a new study from the University of Exeter has shown that grey squirrels are actually quick learners capable of adapting tactics to improve efficiency and reap the best rewards.

To test the animals’ intelligence and mental flexibility researchers invented a task involving a box with 12 sunken wells, four of which were hollow. Of the four, two contained hidden hazelnuts.

The five squirrels observed in the study (named Simon, Arnold, Sarah, Leonard and Suzy) were all given training...

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Webb Ellis Cup coming to Devon

In the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to Exeter, one of the 11 Host Cities, the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour will head to the city, showcasing Exeter and Devon to a world audience.

Since May 2014, Rugby’s most coveted prize has been capturing the imagination of thousands of people across the world as part of the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015 and now the world famous Trophy has touched down in the UK following its’ global tour.

The Trophy is named after William Webb Ellis, credited as the inventor of Rugby Football, and is the prestigious prize for the sport....

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Rail strike to go ahead

Rail Union RMT said this morning that talks aimed at settling a dispute on First Great Western over the threat to jobs and safety from the introduction of the new Hitachi Inter-City trains have broken down without agreement and the forty eight hours of strike action across the company starting at 18.30 hours on Wednesday 8th July goes ahead as planned.

There will also be a rally in support of RMT’s members on FGW in their dispute at 17.00 hours Wednesday 8 July at Paddington station.

RMT said that First Great Western were simply playing for time in the talks and were going...

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