Exeter & East Devon News from Monday, November 10th, 2025

Salterton Drama Club (SDC) has announced its intention to raise £2 million to build an exciting new venue to replace the existing Salterton Playhouse in Budleigh Salterton, East Devon.

Rainbow Living, an Exeter-based, volunteer-led housing charity supporting adults with learning disabilities across Devon, has been awarded the King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) - the highest national honour given to volunteer groups in the UK.

Research by the University of Exeter into the prostate cancer drug abiraterone has played a key role in the drug getting official recommendation, which could help thousands of people in the UK and save the NHS millions of pounds.

Two projects in Sidmouth and Honiton are hoping to raise climate change awareness to coordinate with the United Nations COP Conference in Brazil this month.

The first residents have moved into a new development of ultra-low energy council homes in Exeter.

The owners of one of Exeter’s best-known nightspots will find out next week (November 17) what steps the city council plans to take after a young woman became ill and collapsed following a suspected Freshers Week spiking incident.

Exeter City Council’s Housing Access Together (HAT) scheme is on the lookout for landlords with available homes.