Exeter Contemporary Sounds and Ian Summers are presenting a performance of works on rescued, repurposed and reimagined instruments at Exeter Library on Saturday 14 June. Lost and Found (Keyboards Revoiced) will feature works that celebrate the sounds of forgotten keyboards, dusty organs and salvaged circuitry. They include Simon Belshaw’s Music Machines for Diverse Keyboards and...
Exeter City Council is under pressure to reconsider its plan to close Northbrook Swimming Pool after community campaigners triggered a full council debate on the closure by raising a petition imploring it to keep the pool open that was signed by nearly 2,250 local residents. As a result it will hold a debate on the...
SPECIAL REPORT Campaigners compel Exeter City Council to reconsider Northbrook pool closure with 2,250-strong resident petition Exeter City Council is under pressure to reconsider its plan to close Northbrook Swimming Pool after community campaigners triggered a full council debate on the closure by raising a petition imploring it to keep the pool open that was...
Art Week Exeter returns on Monday 9 June for a week of events held in venues across Exeter city centre and elsewhere. This year’s programme includes exhibitions, film screenings, talks, workshops, performances, social events and an art car boot sale. Venues include Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Library, Exeter Custom House, RAMM and the Devon & Exeter...
The Supreme Court has upheld the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor, unanimously dismissing an appeal against Dartmoor National Park Authority made by Dartmoor landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall. The Darwalls had sought to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling handed down in July 2023 which restored the right to wild camp following a...
The Exeter City of Literature book market returns to Cathedral Green for its fifth year on Sunday 8 June. The event features independent bookshops from across the county including Bookbag, First Draft Books, The Ivybridge Bookshop, Liznojan and Seven Fables. There will be talks from Sophie Pavelle, Arun Sood, Aaliyah Kara and Jasmine Elmer and...
Ofsted has found that Devon County Council children’s services are still “leaving children at risk of harm” due to “serious weaknesses” in the way some children – particularly those experiencing neglect and domestic abuse or at risk of extra-familial harm – are cared for. In an inspection report published this week Ofsted rated the county...
Exeter Custom House is hosting a maritime-themed festival celebrating the city’s maritime history and Heritage Harbour status on Sunday 8 June at Exeter Quay. Returning for a third year, the event will take place at across the quay, waterfront, canal basin and at Exeter Custom House and Transit Shed, Piazza Terracina and Exeter Phoenix. There...
Mid Devon District Council has been charging thousands of social housing tenants the wrong rents for over twenty years in what a government regulator has judged are “serious failings” that have resulted in dozens of evictions. A judgement by the Regulator of Social Housing found that Mid Devon District Council had incorrectly applied the Rent...
HEADLINES Dartmoor National Park warns of continued high fire risk after wildfire destroys 1,230 acres of moorland Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service took nearly 24 hours to extinguish bank holiday weekend blaze that followed warning of uncontrolled moorland fire risk. Read more. 24 hour year-round Sidwell Street “adult gaming centre” allowed at appeal...
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service took nearly 24 hours to extinguish bank holiday weekend blaze that followed warning of uncontrolled moorland fire risk. Read full article at source...
Exeter Respect Festival returns to Belmont Park on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June for the 28th anniversary of its annual celebration of Exeter diversity. There will be live music and arts performances on the Mandela Stage, Stephen Lawrence Diversity Stage and Community Stage alongside a variety of local campaign and community group stalls and...
24 hour year-round Sidwell Street “adult gaming centre” allowed at appeal Planning inspector finds no evidence that “increase in crime and disorder” or “serious detrimental impacts on the health of local residents” would result from change of use from restaurant and takeaway unit. Wednesday 7 May 2025 Twelve months temporary church use extension sought for...
A planning inspector has granted permission at appeal to convert a vacant restaurant and takeaway in Sidwell Street into an “adult gaming centre” after Exeter City Council failed to determine an application for change of use of the unit within the statutory time limit. The application to convert former pizza restaurant Firezza was submitted to...
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