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Five local jobseekers have successfully completed an intensive employability training course with Prospects and received recognition from local MP, Ben Bradshaw. The course equipped them with the skills needed to get a job, as well improving their English and maths functional skills. Ben Bradshaw MP visited the training and presented the five successful participants with their completion certificates and a brand new 7” tablet computer.

Ben spent time getting to know all of the participants on the course and hearing about how they came to join the Work Programme. He also spoke to...

BBC Radio 1’s Nick Grimshaw this morning announced that Coldplay, Ellie Goulding, Chase and Status, Bring Me the Horizon and Craig David will perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2016.

The news was announced on Nick’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show, with the DJ also revealing that Radio 1’s Big Weekend - the station’s flagship live music event - will be held in Exeter on 28th and 29th May.

Hosted by Radio 1 DJs, Radio 1’s Big Weekend is Europe’s largest free ticketed festival and has an unrivalled reputation for attracting live performances from some of the biggest and newest UK and...

People in Exeter will see some changes to their local Citizens Advice office.

The Exeter office will be introducing its new look over the next three months, as well as a new logo, the organisation has dropped the word bureau from its name. It will now be known as Citizens Advice Exeter.

Steve Barriball, chief executive of Citizens Advice Exeter, said: "When it came to refreshing our brand, we found that a lot of people don’t really know who we are, or what we do. Some people think we’re part of Government – and almost everyone thinks we’re old fashioned.

"Most...

The Youth and Business Achievement Awards 2015 recognise, celebrate and inspire local 16–24 year olds and Local businesses to continue to jointly building a positive productive community to work and live in. It's especially important to build on this in tourist areas such as Kingsbridge and Salcombe were work, can be of a seasonal nature.

The awards also highlight the importance of ensuring the young people are work ready for their needs and that of the local business community, proving the benefits of external and in house training on various levels, blended and on line learning...