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School groups are being offered concessionary tickets at Exeter’s popular festival of ideas for the first time in 2016.

The theme for next year’s event is Dreams to Reality.

The one-day conference which brings together speakers with “ideas worth sharing” has been running at Exeter Northcott Theatre since 2012.

This year it will have a simultaneous livestream to the nearby Alumni Auditorium, where some of the seats will be reserved for schools and colleges around Devon. Audiences from both venues will come together for breaks and lunch in the University’s Great Hall...

The Chancellor George Osborne used his Spending Review and Autumn Statement today to set out how he will deliver economic security, national security and opportunity for families across the South West.

The region will benefit from major protections to health, education and defence budgets, while the Chancellor also announced wide-ranging new local investments to support transport and small businesses, and to help families pay less for their water bills.

Announcing £7.2bn to be spent on transport over the next five years, the Chancellor confirmed a £150m investment to take £...

Essential maintenance work is planned at the set of traffic signals on the junction of Fore Street, East Wonford Hill, Butts Rd and Whipton Lane in Exeter.

The work starts today (Wednesday 25 November 2015) and is expected to be completed on Friday 4 December 2015.

The traffic signals, poles and electrics, which are at the end of their serviceable lives, will be replaced in addition to repairs to cable ducting, where required.

Temporary traffic signals will be in place while the work is carried out and for its duration.

Barratt Homes in Exeter has celebrated National Tree Week with the planting of an oak tree to mark 7,300 trees planted by the division in the last 12 months.

“We have planted or retained more than 7,300 trees or shrubs at our developments throughout the south west and wanted to mark our ongoing commitment to the environment,’’ said managing director Paul Moran. “National Tree Week is a great reminder to everyone about the value of trees and at Barratt we take great care of the local environment.”

In addition to its tree planting programme the housebuilder incorporate...