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"It's not too late to stop Brexit wrecking our lives." That will be the robust message from the South West’s Green MEP when she visits Exeter next week. Molly Scott Cato, the region’s most prominent and vocal MEP on Brexit, will be giving a presentation at the Exeter Community Centre in St David’s on Tuesday in which she will argue that the EU referendum result now has no legitimacy and we need a ‘People’s Vote’ on the final deal between the EU and UK.

Molly Scott Cato, who is also Green Party speaker on Brexit, said: “With revelations about criminal behaviour by the Leave campaign...

Four hospices in Devon have warned that a lack of government funding could leave them struggling to recruit and retain nursing staff, putting a strain on funding and potentially leaving vital front line services at risk.

The government have indicated that the welcome recent pay award for NHS staff will not be extended to hospices, a decision which if Devon hospices were to match would present a shortfall of £1.6 million collectively.

North Devon Hospice, St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, Rowcroft Hospice in South Devon and Hospiscare in Exeter are all calling on the government to...

A former Home Secretary, an LGBT campaigner, the leader of the first all-female crew to cross the Pacific and a legendary journalist are among those being given honorary degrees by the University of Exeter.

The Right Honourable Alan Johnson, Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall, rower Laura Penhaul and John Simpson CBE, the BBC’s World Affairs Editor, will join leading figures from the world of science, sport, health and literature whose achievements will be recognised during graduation ceremonies in Exeter and Truro.

They include Performance Director of the Lawn Tennis...

A charitable organisation is providing vital funding for people with a rare condition across the world to have genetic screening at the University of Exeter.

The US-based non-profit organisation Congenital Hyperinsulinism International will fund genetic testing for babies around the world from families who could not otherwise afford the testing. Getting the right diagnosis and treatment can help avoid brain damage and other severe complications.

Congenital Hyperinsulinism is a condition in which babies are born secreting too much insulin. Made in the pancreas, insulin is...