Community & Society

Stories about Community & Society

Fore Street Flea market

SUNDAY 17 MAY 2026

Fore Street Flea 10th anniversary

Market returns for 2026 season with stalls selling vintage items, jewellery, crafts, clothing, records, food and drink.

FORE STREET

Our Land documentary film poster crop

SATURDAY 25 APRIL TO THURSDAY 14 MAY 2026

Our Land

Documentary exploring the right to roam campaign for access to the countryside.

EXETER PHOENIX

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Wonford

Resident doctors set for six-day strike after Easter following “insufficient” pay offer from health secretary Wes Streeting

93% of British Medical Association resident doctor members vote in favour of fifteenth round of industrial action as dispute with government enters fourth year.

Government gives city council £20 million “Pride in Place” funding

Exeter City Council has been awarded £20 million of government “Pride in Place” funding to be spent over the next ten years in Heavitree and Whipton.

£475,000 King George V playing field funding decision disappears from council meeting agenda

An Exeter City Council executive committee decision “relating to financial ask of c.£475,000” for an Exeter City Community Trust scheme at King George V playing field, which was expected at its 17 March meeting, has not appeared on the meeting agenda.

Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service not making sufficient progress

An inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services has found that Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service has not made sufficient progress in addressing concerns it raised after inspecting the service at the end of 2024.

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