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A £20 million initiative to strengthen communities in Exeter has taken a major step forward with the appointment of an independent Chair.

A derelict hotel overlooking one of Devon’s busiest resort beaches is to be transformed into a modern ‘aparthotel’ with a spa, a coffee house, a café/bar and a roof terrace.

Local MPs have welcomed the government’s decision to abandon plans to no longer offer an hourly reimbursement to coastguard rescue officers (CROs).

Devon County Council are backing the national Best Start in Life campaign, with a focus on children who will start school in September 2027. This includes children currently aged three to four, who are about to begin their final year in nursery or pre-school. 

Statistics have revealed that Exeter residents living in the city's most deprived neighbourhoods can expect to live nearly 17 years less than those in its wealthiest areas.

The hot weather in the South West is continuing to have an impact on the number of people presenting at the Royal Devon Emergency Departments with heat related conditions.

Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez says significant efforts are being made to tackle antisocial behaviour after reports of rising issues in towns across the region.

Children at a Devon primary school who say their classmates are getting sick after swimming in pollution have taken aim at South West Water.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Devon County Council as requires improvement, in how well they are meeting their responsibilities to ensure people have access to adult social care and support under the Care Act (2014).

South Western Railway (SWR) has been awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award, the Ministry of Defence’s highest accolade for organisations that provide exceptional support to the Armed Forces community.

A year after Devon & Cornwall Police was taken out of special measures a new inspection rating system puts the force two categories away from that rating.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a two-vehicle collision on Honiton Road, Exeter.

Devon’s residents have been “betrayed” in a fundamental overhaul of how Devon’s councils will be reorganised and which services they will be responsible for, it has been claimed.

Councillors who voted to let cars back into a cycles-only street in Exeter have been accused of ‘kicking the can down Dryden Road’.

Massive changes to local councils across Devon will simplify services for local people, according to the leader of one of the councils that will be expanded as part of the set up.

Devon County Council has unveiled its plans for the year ahead as it prepares for one of the biggest changes to local government in the county's history.

Exeter College is proud to announce that a record 25 learners have represented their country during the 2025 to 2026 academic year, across sports including rugby, football, water polo, athletics and ultimate frisbee.

Black Knight Rugby has completed their takeover of Exeter Rugby Club Ltd. CEO Tony Rowe CBE will continue to lead the club with operations at Sandy Park remaining unchanged.

Exeter City Football Club and the Exeter City Supporters’ Trust have unveiled a new shared vision that will guide the Club, the Supporters’ Trust and the wider Exeter City family into an exciting future.