Locks Jack Dunne and Franco Molina are to leave Exeter at the end of the season. Irish forward Dunne, 26, has spent the past three seasons at Sandy Park after joining from Leinster. He has played 41games for the club but has struggled to establish himself in the past two seasons, starting just four Premiership...
People are being invited to help celebrate Exeter’s historic waterside with a day packed full of free music, activities, and all things maritime…including of course, boats! It’s the return of Exeter’s Heritage Harbour Festival on Sunday 8 June, from 11am until 7pm. It all takes place at Exeter’s famous Custom House, under the Transit Shed,...
Rugby fans can get hold of a Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 souvenir pull-out in the latest edition of the Exeter Citizen. The City Council newspaper drops through letterboxes from Monday 2 June, packed full of news, features and handy information. The Summer 2025 edition focuses firmly on the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, with...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir performs works by English composers. Read full article at source...
Exeter’s England winger Claudia MacDonald has signed a new contract for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 29-year-old, who has won 35 England caps, joined the club in 2022 and has scored 25 tries in 29 games during a spell that has been hampered by a serious neck injury. MacDonald earned an England recall...
Exeter centre Will Rigg is likely to miss the start of next season after undergoing foot surgery. The 25-year-old suffered a ligament injury in the win over Northampton earlier this month. Exeter’s medical staff expect the former Coventry player, who joined the Chiefs last season, to be out for three to four months. It means...
Community and arts groups in Exeter are being invited to apply for crucial funding. Exeter City Council is making £50,000 available through its City Grants Fund.  The Fund supports projects and activities taking place across multiple wards or across the city. Groups can apply for a maximum of £2,500. The City Grants Fund supports groups...
Late-night party goers and night-owls in Exeter will now be able to take advantage of new trial night buses home. The services running out of Exeter are being launched by Stagecoach South West starting on Saturday 31 May. They are part of nine new Nightbus services across Exeter, Torbay, Plymouth and North Devon, thanks to...
Harlequins have signed experienced scrum-half Stu Townsend from Exeter Chiefs. The 29-year-old Devonian made more than 120 appearances for the Chiefs during almost a decade with the club, featuring in two Premiership title-winning campaigns as well as their 2020 European Champions Cup triumph. Townsend played against his new club at The Stoop just over a...
Alex Green BBC News, Devon Andrea Ormsby BBC News, South West University of Exeter Lord Patrick Vallance said metamaterials would be “everywhere” in the future The University of Exeter is getting £19.6m of funding to improve our lives with “brand new science”. Experts at the university have been selected to host a facility called The...
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...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West BBC Anti-government and counter protests gathered in Plymouth, Exeter and Truro on Saturday Police said it has been a “tense, challenging and sensitive” day with anti-government protests and counter protests taking place across Devon and Cornwall. Hundreds of people have gathered in Plymouth, Exeter, and Truro as part of...
Exeter City have criticised Caleb Watts’ decision to turn down a new contract with the League One club. The 23-year-old midfielder has agreed terms with a rival club having been a free agent this summer. Watts, who has suffered a number of injuries over the course of his two-season spell at St James Park, scored...
Experienced Exeter Chiefs winger Olly Woodburn has signed a new contract at Sandy Park. The 33-year-old has made 184 appearances for the Chiefs but is currently sidelined, having sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Woodburn was part of the squad that won the Champions Cup in 2020 and has scored 60 tries for the...