Leigh Curtis is deputy editor of Exeter Observer and a director of its publisher Exeter Observer Limited.
She writes many of our community and culture stories and also contributes to news, features and investigations.
Leigh holds a degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, and leads on design and marketing as well as Exeter Observer’s financial and administrative management.
SEND deficit deal demands £50m budget cuts, £13m asset sales and use of £20m financial reserves
Department for Education to contribute £95 million over nine years, but terms of deal require Devon County Council to break even on SEND within two years despite five years of multi-million pound overspends.
FRIDAY 5 APRIL 2024
Exeter’s Roman fortress
RAMM hosts the launch of a new book by a local archaeologist about the discovery of Exeter’s Roman fortress.
RAMM
SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2024
Kidical Mass returns for 2024
Kidical Mass Exeter is holding its seventh family bike ride as part of a month of global action to promote safe cycling routes for children, young people and families.
SOUTHERNHAY
SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2024
City Slam
Exeter City of Literature, Taking the Mic and Spork! co-host a spoken-word poetry competition.
EXETER PHOENIX
Bus corridor consultation presents more incremental changes to Exeter road network
£2.4 million Heavitree and Pinhoe Road “upgrades” have “potential for an approximate four-minute journey time saving” at peak times along length of each corridor.
FRIDAY 12 APRIL 2024
St Petrock’s Big Night Out
Exeter homelessness charity invites people to sleep out under the stars, or in another safe location, to help raise money for rough sleepers.
