Community & Society

Stories about Community & Society

Mindful Market illustration

SUNDAY 31 MAY 2026

Mindful Market

Vintage items, handmade gifts and baked goods from local traders with wellbeing activities including yoga, crafts and hula-hooping.

THE BIRDHOUSE

Exeter Pride 2019 in Exeter High Street, photo by Naomi Parkinson

SATURDAY 9 MAY 2026

Exeter Pride 2026

Exeter Pride returns for a celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity and visibility with a parade, music, cabaret, marketplace and more.

EXETER CITY CENTRE

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.

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