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Exeter Seed Swap 2026 // Exeter Observer
Fourth annual event includes hands-on activities, soil testing and over 5,000 packets of seeds to share.
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Racist graffiti sprayed onto Exeter mosque
Police are hunting the suspect
Blood on clothing links killers to Denva Smith 'murder'
Expert examined clothing using DNA profiling
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Urgent bid to save 850-year-old Exeter Cathedral School
The centuries old institution is doomed unless money is found urgently
Massive Exeter student flats block would 'tower over homes'
'The city needs homes for people living in Exeter'
Richard Pym to honour Jungle Path cash promise despite Exeter City departure
He plans to continue with the purchase of the Jungle Path land at St James Park, believed to cost round £25,000 and donate it to the club
Exeter City transfer Deadline Day non-event as nothing happens
No-one arrived - and no-one departed St James Park
Exeter’s Super Sunday delivers top-class racing on the road to Cheltenham
Exeter Racecourse hosts one of the highlights of its jump racing season with Super Sunday on Sunday 8 February, a meeting that has firmly earned its reputation as a key stepping stone towards the Cheltenham Festival.
Flag removal on one Exeter road 'cost £6,000'
They were reattached moments after council staff pulled them down
Another McDonald's in Exeter wants to go 24-hour
It would be the city's second round-the-clock McDonalds
Exeter City transfer latest as 'quiet day' expected
There isn't expected to be a lot happening at St James Park today
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin among South West's top tax payers
Each 'Spoons pub pays more than £1m in tax
Where rain will hit South West in hour-by-hour forecast as another warning looms
A yellow weather warning comes into force today
Exeter City chairman Richard Pym resigns from role
A statement from the club and the Trust confirmed the news
Exeter City Women's game abandoned after captain Bow Jackson needed medical asssistance
Get well soon Bow
Trains cancelled and warnings issued in South West after heavy rainfall
Around 50 properties in Somerset have flooded following Storm Chandra with rail services disrupted and a yellow rain warning issued for Monday and Tuesday
Exeter City 'battered' as Grecians outfought and outplayed by Rotherham
“Maybe we didn't expect to concede four, but if you play in a manner like that against any competitive team, you probably will lose nine times out of 10,”
Exeter Digest #97: Local elections cancellation - £10.3 million Exeter Rugby Group losses // Exeter Observer
With our pick of upcoming local community and culture highlights and a recap of the top stories from our previous edition.
Locked up in January: Love triangle stabbing and massive sentence for dangerous rapist
Some big sentences at the start 2026
Exeter City transfer latest on Ed Francis, Josh Magennis, Jayden Wareham
The latest ahead of deadline day at St James Park