Exeter Street Arts Festival 2025

Exeter Street Arts Festival 2025 - Exeter ObserverMedia made in Exeter  Upgrade to paidEO Exeter Observer Local news that matters ON OUR RADARThe annual festival returns with street art, drumming, dance, workshops, walkabouts and live music.Leigh CurtisExeter Street Arts Festival returns on Saturday 30 August with street art, drumming, dance, workshops, walkabouts and live music performances taking place across the city centre.This year’s line-up features more than 100 artists in eight indoor and outdoor locations including St Sidwell’s…

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Heritage Open Days 2025 – Exeter Observer

Heritage Open Days 2025 - Exeter ObserverMedia made in Exeter  Upgrade to paidEO Exeter Observer Local news that matters ON OUR RADARAnnual festival returns with free talks, tours and exhibitions at heritage sites in and around Exeter.Leigh CurtisHeritage Open Days, an annual festival of free events including talks, tours and exhibitions, returns to heritage sites in and around Exeter from Friday 12 to Sunday 21 September.Highlights include a guided walk along key sections of Exeter’s city walls led…

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Quayside Farmers’ Market – Exeter Observer

Quayside Farmers’ Market - Exeter ObserverMedia made in Exeter  Upgrade to paidEO Exeter Observer Local news that matters ON OUR RADARMonthly market offering local produce, hand-made goods, plants, cakes and more.Leigh CurtisExeter Quayside Farmers’ Market returns to Piazza Terracina on Saturday 16 August with local produce, hand-made goods, plants, cakes and more.Launched by Food Exeter in June, and attracting around 1,000 visitors on its first day, the monthly market aims to increase access to nutritious, healthy food for…

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Exeter Digest #87: Mary Arches “co-living” – Jim Colwell misconduct warning – Newtown active travel scheme – Royal Devon resident doctors strike

HEADLINESProposed Mary Arches “co-living” blocks condemned as “slums of the future”Eutopia Homes seeks full planning permission for 300-bed seven storey development at quadruple recommended local plan density without providing promised “research-based evidence for the need for co-living” on city centre car parks site. Read more.Devon & Cornwall Police deputy chief constable Jim Colwell receives 18-month misconduct warningOutcome of Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation delivered day before retirement of suspended chief constable Will Kerr announced, with Police and…

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Proposed Mary Arches “co-living” blocks condemned as “slums of the future”

Eutopia Homes is seeking full planning permission for a 300-bed seven storey development at quadruple the recommended local plan density without providing the promised “research-based evidence for the need for co-living” on the city centre Mary Arches car parks site.The blocks it plans to build in Bartholomew Street East and Mary Arches Street have been condemned as “slums of the future” by one local resident, who also said in response to a fleeting Exeter City Council public consultation…

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