HEADLINES 300-bed “co-living” blocks to trump social housing vision for Mary Arches car parks More people could be crammed into Eutopia Homes complex than current car parking spaces after Exeter City Council commits to “homes for the people of Exeter” on Liveable Exeter North Gate site. Read more. Exeter City Council renews Public Spaces Protection...
Exeter City Council has renewed its Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), extending the measure introduced to curb anti-social behaviour in 2017 to June 2028. The order, which was made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, covers the city centre and extends to include Exeter St David’s, Cowick Street, Exeter Quay and Belmont...
BBC Josie Long performs a work in progress of her new show Now Is The Time of Monsters at the Exeter Comedy Festival In 2022, comedians Charlotte Evans and Will Adamsdale began what was then Exeter’s only regular new material comedy gig. Held in a tiny cafe, they said often the only noise in crowd...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Councillor and retired police chief inspector Jane Taylor asked for a full review of the council’s policy A council has clarified its position over single-sex spaces in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment which ruled a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. Independent councillor...
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex in law. The new guidance says that, in places like hospitals, shops and restaurants, “trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s...