Exeter Digest #49: Exeter Community Lottery - Top-down devolution - Food waste funding
Exeter Observer celebrates five years of local public interest news publishing with the launch of our Spring 2024 community share offer, plus community and culture highlights including Poltimore Festival and our 2024 local elections briefing.
Exeter Digest #48: Auditor broadens inquiry - Victoria Street co-living - SEND deficit deal
As the 2024 local election campaigns get under way we invite readers to help us hold Exeter's politicians to account, plus community and culture highlights including Italian Liberation Day, Bloom Festival and Pint of Science.
Exeter Digest #29: Councillor conduct code breach - University comes clean on student numbers - Labour committee chairs
Invest in local news that matters by buying community shares in Exeter Observer then catch up with our top stories, the news in brief, ongoing public consultations and Exeter community events.
Exeter Digest #27: County governance failings - Local elections guide - Duryard double standard - Councillor attendance
Invest in local news that matters by buying community shares in Exeter Observer then help us hold the city's political parties to account during the local elections, catch up with the news in brief and browse Exeter events.
Exeter Digest #25: Economic activity levels decline - Doors close on Devon bus decisions
Catch up with the news in brief, survey local development plans and consultations and have your say on Exeter Observer's plans to cover more of what matters and help the city's cultural and community life to thrive.
Exeter Digest #20: ICO investigates university - Stagecoach escapes - University strike - Roads dominate Devon transport spending
Our essential newsletter also covers three ongoing public consultations plus an original play by Exeter Drama Company, traditional festive music by candlelight and poetry, comedy and live carols for Christmas.
Exeter Digest #19: Reclaim the Night - West Park - Climate Action Hub - Active travel - Boundary changes
Our essential newsletter also covers three ongoing public consultations plus a showcase of local spoken word talent, a film screening and discussion on the cost of living and climate crises and the return of St Leonard's Christmas Fair.
Exeter Digest #15: Bus back better? - Net zero redundancy - Development fund under fire
Our bumper holiday newsletter also covers a St James' HMO appeal, planning enforcement changes, scope 3 emissions failure, cycling and walking strategy delays and property development promotion as community planning participation.
Exeter Digest #14: Exeter beset - Alphington impacts - Magdalen Road - Community involvement?
Our essential newsletter also covers continuing Exeter Development Fund scrutiny, missing meetings minutes from Exeter City Futures and Devon Climate Emergency Response Group, Liveable Exeter confusion and local design code reforms.
Exeter Digest #13: Flowerpot Playing Fields under threat - Scrutiny circumvention continues - Kidical Mass rides into town
Our thirteenth newsletter also covers city council spending on Instagram influencers, museum-fronted property development promotion, reports on local democracy and the role of councils in climate action and a government inquiry into the sustainability of local journalism.
Exeter Digest #8: Exeter carbon budget - Electric vehicles are not the answer - COP-EXE climate showcase - Bus shelter subvertising
In our eighth newsletter, a COP26 special, we review recent climate and environment stories, take a tour through some local winners and losers and present our pick of recent locally-focussed decarbonisation policy analysis.
Exeter Digest #6: Liveable Exeter Place Board double bill - Scrutiny under scrutiny - Catastrophic climate change or cake?
In the sixth edition of our newsletter we review key stories from the past few weeks, get some perspective on our predicament and find some unlikely claims on a local Labour leaflet.
Exeter Digest #5: Second Harlequins 'co-living' block? - Arts centre opens despite CityPoint threat - City of Culture bid - Parliamentary boundary review
In the fifth edition of our newsletter we review key stories from the past few weeks and announce the return of our community journalism training courses and workshops.
Exeter Digest #2: Exeter local elections guide - Majority want net zero by 2030 - Council meetings to resume in person
With the local elections a week today and a bank holiday weekend on its way we thought we'd publish our second edition a day early to give you extra time to take your pick of our top stories.
