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Plans have been submitted to bring a purpose-built, specialist care home to Sherford, marking a significant next step in the development of the new town’s community facilities. The planning application sets out detailed proposals for a 72-bedroom care home that is to provide specialist dementia, residential and respite care for older people in the local area.

The application follows...

Touring for the first time since it was saved for the nation in 2023, Portrait of Mai by Sir Joshua Reynolds (c.1776) has arrived at The Box in Plymouth (until 14 June 2026), where it is now taking centre stage in a large-scale immersive exhibition.

Displayed across four gallery spaces, Journeys with Mai re-examines what is generally considered to be Reynolds’ finest work within the...

This March, why not make or update your Will as part of FORCE Cancer Charity’s Make Your Will Week, taking place 2nd - 6th March 2026.

Leading local solicitors Tozers, with branches in Exeter, Teignmouth and Newton Abbot, are supporting the week by offering their Will‑writing services free of charge in exchange for a donation to FORCE.

Rachael Morley from Tozers Solicitors...

Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Lord Mayor’s concert this spring is a not-to-be-missed musical event, and a first for EPC. On Saturday 14 March 2026 the choir and four soloists will sing Handel's majestic oratorio Solomon , a work not known to have been performed in Exeter Cathedral since its composition in 1748.

High drama, rich orchestration and some of Handel’s most exquisite choral...