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Exeter Express and Echo published Exmouth chef gains place in national final of culinary competitio...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Teignmouth couple fulfil five year old son's dying wish by...
A couple have got married at the bedside of their poorly five-year-old son fulfilling his dying wish to see his mum and dad tie the knot.Brave Corey Edwards was born with a complex congenital heart defect and has endured eight traumatic open heart surgeries in a bid to save his life.Corey's biggest wish was to see his parents Jemma, 21, and Craig, 28, get married, but despite getting engaged three years ago, his ill health has put their plans on hold.But his condition has been deteriorating...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Parents' bed side wedding makes dream comes true for seriously...
STAFF at a children's hospital have pulled together to make a dream come true for a young and seriously ill Devon boy.
Corey Edwards, five, from Teignmouth, had always wanted his parents, Jemma and Craig, to get married and now they have made history by becoming the first couple to tie the knot in Bristol Children's Hospital - at their son's bedside.
Corey is currently being treated on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children after being admitted in...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Young carers fly high at the Virtual Jet Centre
Young carers were given the chance to land their own 737 when they spent the day in the cockpit of a flight simulator.
The eight young carers were given a free ride at the award-winning Virtual Jet Centre based near Chudleigh to give them a break from their responsibilities at home.
The young adults enjoyed taking time out of their own lives to care for others.
The day was part of a series of free days for young carers hosted by the Virtual Jet Centre.
Staff at the state-of-the-art centre...
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Exeter Express and Echo published New Exeter research helps beat antibiotic resistant bacteria
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Exeter Express and Echo published Exeter Chiefs name side to face Northampton Saints
Exeter Chiefs have recalled Jack Nowell and Phil Dollman for their crunch Premiership clash with Northampton Saints at Sandy Park on Sunday.
The duo were left out of the European Challenge Cup quarter-final victory over Newcastle Falcons last week as a precaution due to minor injury and illness respectively.
But head coach Rob Baxter has brought them back in for the visit of the league leaders, as well as naming an unchanged pack for the game.
Moray Low's hamstring injury – which looks to...
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Exeter Express and Echo commented Details revealed of Prime Minister David Cameron's five star stay...
Details have emerged of Prime Minister David Cameron's overnight stay in Exeter.
The PM chose to stay at the prestigious and newly refurbished Abode, opposite Exeter Cathedral, while his large entourage stayed nearby at the Southgate Hotel in Southernhay.
He dined at Michael Caines Restaurant on Thursday evening before spending the night at the hotel.
He was pictured jogging along Exeter Quay in the morning before checking out on Friday morning.
He briefly met Exeter's Conservative candidate Dom...
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Exeter Express and Echo published East Devon sportsman in finals for the Devon Sports Awards
AN East Devon sportsman has been chosen as one of the finalists for the prestigious 2015 Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards at Sandy Park.
Derek Blackmore will represent the sport of tennis at the awards ceremony that will take place on Friday, May 8.
The elite sportsman was chosen from over 130 nominations in 32 different sports.
The varied sports range from archery, athletics, Taekwon-do, sailing, skateboarding and table tennis.
Derek, who is from the Exmouth Tennis Centre, was...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Exeter call of the wild - at 5.45am!
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Exeter Express and Echo published Cullompton Rangers boss Dan Kenyon felt the side were unfortunate...
Cullompton Rangers player-manager Dan Kenyon was frustrated that his side were unable to take anything from their 2-0 defeat against St Austell on Wednesday night.
Cully matched their high-flying opponents for long periods of the tight game, but a defensive mistake was punished to mean the hosts took a 1-0 lead into the break.
As Kenyon's side pushed for an equaliser, high-flying Austell scored a controversial second, leaving the player-manager disappointed.
He said: "I thought we were very...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Failed businessman jailed after he took up drug dealing to pay...
A failed businessman has been jailed after he took up drug dealing to pay for his own cocaine habit.
Laurence Lodge was found with almost £70,000 worth of drugs and £32,000 in cash when police raided his home in Okehampton.
He had large amounts of cocaine, 3,349 ecstasy tablets, 1.74 kilograms of cannabis resin and smaller amounts of other drugs which he claimed to be warehousing for a mystery drug baron called Mr A.
Police found two sets of scales and plastic bags which showed...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Norovirus outbreak officially confirmed as reason for temporary...
An outbreak of norovirus has been confirmed as the cause of a city pub and restaurant temporarily shutting this week.
In excess of 100 people are thought to have been affected by the outbreak at Toby's Carvery at the Exeter Arms, Middlemoor.
Until now, statements released by the pub and restaurant chain's head office have only confirmed that tests run by Exeter City Council's Environmental Health department, after a male customer was violently sick in the restaurant foyer in the evening of...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Exeter serial wife beater ordered to go on a 'building better...
A serial wife beater has been sent on a course to treat his tendency for domestic violence after he defied an order to keep away from an ex girlfriend.
Matthew Gidley was arrested after an incident in Exeter in which his partner almost walked off the pavement into the path of a lorry and was pulled back by him.
He has a long record of attacking partners and ex girlfriends and breaking restraining orders and a Judge at Exeter Crown Court warned him that if he offends again he can expect a...
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Exeter Express and Echo published The strange story of the Exeter street that's half Labour and...
There is a street in Exeter that politically is split straight down the middle. On one side of Rifford Road in St Loye's is Conservative held East Devon, while on the other side is Labour Exeter.
The boundary commission made changes to the constituencies before the last election which meant parts of Exeter were shifted to be part of the East Devon constituency as the lines were redrawn. In some parts of the city and its surrounds the line runs straight down the middle of the road and along...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Police praise courage of victims who helped convict serial child...
The police have praised the courage of two victims whose testimony has led to a serial child abuser being jailed for 16 years.
Stephen Maddock, aged 54, from Barnstaple was jailed after a jury at Exeter Crown Court found him guilty of carrying out seven rapes and three other sexual assaults in the 1970s and 1980s.
The two victims only summoned the courage to go the police decades after they suffered the abuse and have had to wait a further two and a half years to see Maddock brought to...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Exeter man left disabled by a medical accident used his wheel...
A man who has been left disabled by a medical accident fell for a police sting when he used his wheel chair to deliver drugs for a dealer.
An under cover officer who had arranged to buy drugs by phone was amazed to see Roy Storey turn up in a wheelchair with the £20 bag of crack cocaine.
Storey, aged 49, is hoping to receive a large payout from the National Health Service for a medical negligence claim after a hospital accident left him severely disabled.
He was not a drug dealer but...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Exeter student's purse swallowed by big belly bin - and returned...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Traffic congestion on the M5 going north from Devon
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Exeter Express and Echo published Driver found with stash of drugs in his car after police found...
A driver was found with a stash of drugs in his car after police found him asleep at the wheel on a road in Barnstaple.
Mark Thurman was found with white powder around his mouth and more drugs under the passenger seat of his car and at his home.
He had messages on his phone which showed he had been sharing his drugs with four close friends or members of his family but not dealing to the public.
Thurman, 32, of Chanters Hill, Barnstaple, admitted possessing amphetamines with intent to...
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