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Exeter Digest #108: 2026 summer recess // Exeter Observer
With our pick of upcoming local community and culture highlights and a recap of the top stories from our previous edition.
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'Massive' fire in nature reserve in Exeter - updates
Smoke can be seen for miles
Car crashes into lamppost on major Exeter roundabout
It caused major delays across the city
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Ukraine 35th anniversary celebration // Exeter Observer
Devon Ukrainian Association hosts a series of events around the anniversary of Ukraine’s declaration of independence.
23 crabs released on Devon train safely returned to sea after 'pincer movement' rescue
Staff used a 'pincer movement' to round-up the unexpected passengers
Quayside Shanty & Heritage Harbour Festival // Exeter Observer
Free event with performances by more than twenty shanty bands from across the South West.
Haldon Quartet // Exeter Observer
An evening concert with pieces by Mozart, Schubert and British composer Judith Weir.
Tom Dean leaves Exeter City to join Truro City on loan
He has made the move until January to get regular first team football
Sixteen stories for the 2026 summer recess // Exeter Observer
Catch up with a selection of Exeter Observer stories from the past twelve months while the team takes a short break from publishing to carry out essential maintenance and development work.
'Massive public concern' as hospital pauses births due to staffing crisis
NHS boss summoned to emergency meeting over the sudden North Devon maternity suspension
Man who killed well-known Exeter dad dies in jail
He stabbed Stephen Cook in the chest outside a betting shop in the city centre
Mid Devon travel alert: Road closures and diversions until September
Summer works affect a number of routes
Exeter road closures and diversions across summer and autumn
Summer closures and diversions across Exeter for gas, water and retaining wall works
Devon to bask in 28C this weekend as hosepipe ban and yellow health alert for heat issued
It's going to be a warm weekend
Town-by-town solar eclipse weather forecast for Devon
Devon is set to be one of the best places to view the phenomenon
John Turner issues emotional statement after injury enforced retirement
The ex-University of Exeter graduate and Hampshire and England pace bowler has retired from professional cricket with immediate effect following a series of injuries
Exeter City bring back Harry Kite to his boyhood club
He has rejoined from Truro City on a free transfer, having signed a one-year contract
'Done in weeks with a pen': Outrage over 'rushed' rewrite of Devon's voting map
One councillor said the process of deciding electoral wards would usually take years but is being ‘done in weeks with a pen’.
This has to be the season for Torquay United to get promoted
No-one wants another season ending in play-off disappointment, so there can be no second bests this time around: no oh-so-closes or what-might-have-beens.
Devon sex crime rates among highest in country as offences near 5,000
Exeter and Torbay among the worst areas