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• Opponents unite to demand Exeter elections

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• Student homes block will replace former Exeter nightclub

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• Campaigners push for more opposition to mammoth 700-homes plan in Exmouth

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• Exmouth WW2 bomb removed from Exmouth marina and taken out to sea for detonation

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