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University of Exeter staff resume strike action alongside school teaching staff

University of Exeter staff resumed strike action over pay, pensions and working conditions today alongside Exeter school teaching staff with dozens more strike days planned during February and March.

Exeter Science Park housing and office space approved

East Devon District Council has approved an application to construct 44 new dwellings and 6,000m2 of new office space beside Exeter Science Park.

Exeter City Futures publishes board agenda two months after meeting held

Exeter City Futures published the agenda for its 1 December board meeting on 30 January, two months after the meeting was held.

Figures show Exeter Central station busier than Exeter St David’s

New figures show that 2.2 million people used Exeter Central railway station in the year to March 2022, making it the 155th busiest of 2,569 UK railway stations and (slightly) busier than Exeter St David’s.

Ofsted finds county council children’s services not making sufficient progress

Devon County Council is not making sufficient progress with its children’s services since they were judged inadequate in January 2020 according to the latest Ofsted monitoring report.

Marsh Barton railway station opening delayed yet again

The opening of Marsh Barton railway station has been delayed yet again, to “this spring”, putting project completion more than six years behind schedule.

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