Leigh Curtis

Leigh Curtis is deputy editor of Exeter Observer and a director of its publisher Exeter Observer Limited.

She writes most of our community and culture stories and contributes to news, features and investigations.

Leigh holds a degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. She leads on design and marketing and also manages our finances and administration.

She is an accredited UK press card holder and a member of the National Union of Journalists.

Stories by Leigh Curtis

Devon County Council SEND spending 2019-20 to 2024-25 bar chart

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.

Exeter Cathedral Roman bathhouse excavation 1972

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

Kidical Mass flags

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

Tim King of Taking the Mic

SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2024

City Slam

Exeter City of Literature, Taking the Mic and Spork! co-host a spoken-word poetry competition.

EXETER PHOENIX

Proposed Heavitree Road bus lane bus priority signals

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.

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