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• Lets Rock Exeter confirms cancellation for 2025

  A popular music festival in Exeter has announced its cancellation for this year. The retro one-day event, Let's Rock Exeter, was scheduled to take place in June but will no longer go ahead.

• Paraglider needs help from Emergency services

  Officers from Ottery St Mary and Exmouth responded to a male and paraglider wing stuck in a tree.

• Sidmouth was cordoned-off by police and the bomb squad called after a suspected explosive device sparked an emergency on Monday evening

  The Royal Navy Bomb Squad arrived in Sidmouth at around dusk to remove a thumbnail-sized bullethead spotted in the town, described by experts as a ‘one-inch short projectile’.

• Major revamp for public toilets

  Public toilets across East Devon are undergoing major investment, with new facilities being provided at four locations, three further sites being transferred to other organisations to operate, while others will close permanently.

• Exeter awarded £3.6 million grant to reduce carbon footprint at Riverside

  Exeter’s Riverside leisure centre is set to benefit from energy efficiency measures, including replacing an end-of-life heating system with air source heat pumps and a water source heat pump.

• RAMM shortlisted for the Museums + Heritage awards

  Following a long-term commitment to accessibility across the museum, Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) has been nominated for a Visitor Accessibility Award in the prestigious Museums + Heritage awards.

• Exmouth MP concerned about being ‘purposefully’ ignored on farming issues

  Efforts to raise the plight of Devon’s farmers in parliament are apparently falling on deaf ears, according to Exmouth and Exeter East’s MP who claims he is being “purposefully” ignored.

• Ted Wragg Trust Shortlisted for Two National Education Awards

  The Ted Wragg Trust has been shortlisted for two national education awards. The trust has been shortlisted for the SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) award at the MAT Excellence Awards, as well as the Best Practice in Inclusive Education Award at the Education Business Awards.