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Pupils from Exeter School have supported the purchase of new equipment for Bolham Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in memory of a former pupil.

Patrick Tilbury, who attended Exeter School from 1979 to 1984, sadly passed away on Bolham Ward in January 2016. His parents Barbara and David Tilbury have since been fundraising to purchase new pieces of equipment to help the neurological ward care for other patients like Patrick.

After being inspired by Patrick’s story, pupils from his former school were keen to help support the Tilbury family’s fundraising efforts and...

Seven young people from Devon have started their training programmes with Wales & West Utilities as the company continues to work hard to keep the gas flowing to homes and businesses while preparing to meet future challenges.

The new recruits, Jordan Rundle, Luke Hathaway, Robert Hook, Niall Bradley, Louis Allan, earned places on the company’s highly regarded apprenticeship whilst Henry James has started the company’s graduate programme. All will now train to support the work it does to keep communities across Wales and the south west of England safe and warm.

The Devon...

Newcastle may have flew South flying high in the Aviva Premiership, but the in-form Falcons ended up having their wings clipped by defending champions Exeter Chiefs in this Round Six encounter.

Rob Baxter's side returned to the top of the table with another maximum haul at Sandy Park.

Aussie duo Nic White and Lachie Turner both got on the try-sheet, as did man-of-the-moment Sam Simmonds, with the Chiefs sealing victory with a penalty try and 12 points from the boot of fly-half Gareth Steenson.

However, it's perhaps an indication of just how hard the Chiefs judge...

A project is underway at Knightshayes as part of an effort to create an archive of recorded memories from people who met and knew Joyce, Lady Heathcoat Amory. The team at Knightshayes are on a hunt to find anyone who might have known Joyce, visited her, met her, played golf with her or have any memories they’d like to share. The project will run alongside a larger project next year to celebrate Joyce and share stories about her life. As a generous and well known community figure in Tiverton, the team often hear of memories of local visitors and residents alike, but now would love to create...