🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... BBC News [The Papers] The Guardian frontpage 16/10/2026 Fernworthy Reservoir, #Dartmoor, #Devon Bridge at site of the hamlet of Fernworthy, which became submerged by reservoir water, is now visible due to extremely low water levels caused by the very hot summer.

🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... BBC News story 13/10/2026 Probably some pragmatism in this but the Methodist Church architecture is exceptional and quite unique which makes this a real treasure for #Exeter. I hope it's reuse is reasonably sympathetic to all that is precious in its construction.

Former Exeter church to become new home to circus

Paulo's Circus recently bought Sidwell Street Methodist Church.

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#Exeter's very own Schitt's Creek.

Exeter Observer@exeterobserver.org · 3w ago

FEATURES // £12 million Trew’s Weir reconstruction recast as £2 million repair Exeter quay and canal water levels and electricity supply to thousands of city centre residents and businesses depend on survival of deteriorating weir with estimated 1-5 year lifespan. exeterobserver.org/2026/10/03/1...

🚐 Long before modern caravan parks, families were bringing horse-drawn caravans onto Hayle Towans for summer holidays. This 1913 photograph from the Blight family collection shows one of the earliest known holiday caravans on the dunes. 🌊#JourneysExhibition #Hayle

Crowdfunding appeal has deservedly started for life saver extraordinaire (400 lives!) of the River Exe Thomas Gregory. Just want to mention Dad who, on 14th Sep. 1937 rescued a drowning man from the river. In national press! Mum said he had belonged to a swim club; commendation from Humane Society.

🔗 www.flickr.com/gp/robertsla... 📷-album [Flickr] Concerned to see the old Gaumont Palace Cinema (recently Mecca Bingo), North St, #Exeter shuttered and derelict looking as if its demise is imminent. Much of its Deco interior is intact and would be an unfortunate loss. @bdcmuseum.bsky.social

We said goodbye to the Grand Hotel this morning then met for a walking tour led by @seasideferry.bsky.social to the Spa, Bathing Bungalows and former South Bay Bathing Pool

🔗 www.devonmuseums.net/Agatha-Chris... Ah! That could explain a lot. One of my favourite coasters. Fancy popping around for a drink later? #Torquay #Museum

The Great War Group@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy Birthday Agatha Christie! Queen of Mysteries! Sold more than 100 million copies in over 100 languages. Already published when WW1 broke out, she immediately volunteered as a Nurse and later served as an Apothecary Assistant. She served until September 1918. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar

[Exeter]: Filling station. Months spent desperately trying to keep a litre of fuel under £2. Today can be purchased for a mere £1.99.9. I think their resolve is about to be busted! Never been a better time to be on your 🚴

I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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🔗 etsc.eu/german-polic... 💬 'German police union calls for 30 km/h urban speed limits' It has just come to my attention that 30 km/h urban speed limit is replacing the previous 50 km/h limit here in Altbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and across this region. #safetyfirst

20's Plenty for Us@20splenty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the 5th consecutive year child casualties have flat-lined at around 13,000 road casualties of age 16 and under. In what other area of life would the death or injury of 13,000 children be "acceptable"? The government has a Road Safety Strategy that aims to reduce child KSIs by 70%.

Incentives for people who🚶‍♀️30m/day from NHS England? BMJ @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social "A better system'd reward modal shift 🚗 =>🚶🚲🛴🚌 It'd need changes to infrastructure, but strong evidence shows that active travel improves mental & physical health" #NHS #ActiveTravel www.bmj.com/content/394/...

Just come through the letterbox here in Germany. The government is preparing the population for the worst. I do hope the UK government has its eye on the ball. 🇩🇪 ✔️ 🇬🇧 ❌

🔗📖 www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... Interesting! What it's like to watch your country descend into political hegemony & yet there's consensual silence in The Things We Never Say An immensely topical thread to this novel I hadn't expected. Truths we never say often arise because we refuse face them

The Things We Never Say

Artie Dam is living a double life. He spends his days t…

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Who's not signed this petition yet? Please help us out! The official line is that this is not targeting Arts and Humanities. So why are 85% of cuts in these subjects? #DefendExeterUni c.org/DTcBbvqxn6

Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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BBCR4: "you're interviewing me because all the other parties aren't standing..... Are they running scared from old Binny? 
Or do they think that Nigel's running a cunning stunt? And I pronounce that carefully at 8:55 in the morning" 😂#BinForTheWin www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOm...

Count Binface: I'll take on Farage in by-election | BBC Radio 4 Today

YouTube video by BBC Politics

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FARAGE’S CLACTON HEADACHE: will Count Binface be only other by-election candidate? youtu.be/3A-OnbGYRwI

FARAGE’S CLACTON HEADACHE: will Count Binface be only other by-election candidate?

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Game on, Nige.

One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro

I know AI gets a lot of knocks (often deservedly) but sometimes it hits the proverbial nail just as expected. I feel this was such a case. Exeter's traffic woes summed up in a nutshell. Perhaps V.2 will also produce answers but if it does those are unlikely to be welcome.

🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... What!? I get that this is primarily targeting a group that is extremely inactive & walking is the most likely take-up. However, this totally & unnecessarily dismisses cycling as an active & healthy option which is a serious slight & flaw. ❌ @exetercycling.bsky.social

NHS to reward people who walk 30 minutes a day

The "marathon a month" scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will launch early next year.

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🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Exeter (New Hampshire!) in the news again Declaration of Independence, 1 of 11 copies printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, July 1776, discovered in The National Archives in Kew. Soon to go on display in 'Revolution 250: America's Independence Story 1763–1783' exhibition

Rare copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

The newly discovered copy is one of only 11 of its kind in the world.

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UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

🧵1:This gives me the creeps every time I see it. I immediately think of Gagool as in a telling by my English teacher (yes, that long ago). He would put on a wicked eerie nightmarish voice that really spooked us kids. 📷 From one of my trips to (AC) RAMM last week (🧵2 for desc) @rammuseum.bsky.social

A good day for a trip to the seaside. 📷1: Railway poster showing view of harbour from Rock Walk, Torquay. 📷2: Abbey Gardens, Torquay, with Rock Walk in the distance. #NationalSeasideDay

🔗 bygones.co.uk First visit & very enjoyable. Scale/diversity of the collection phenomenal. Themed rooms (see 'Expore') and many displays. Presentations are eye-catching and atmospheric. Many everyday items recognised. Penny arcade games. Will hold most appeal to those of a certain age (that's me!).

A cool item for a hot day from my visit to (air conditioned) #RAMM, #Exeter, yesterday. This wine glass is so beautiful it caught my eye. I read the item description (see Alt) and that raised a smile. Perhaps the original phrasing for final frontier exploration 🖖 @rammuseum.bsky.social

Along with almost all of my colleagues in history, this afternoon I got an email telling me that I am at risk of redundancy. It looks like the University of Exeter sent this email to the vast majority of people in Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty. Bit hard to breath right now.

Ben Phillips@benphillips1989.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

🔗 dartmoortrust.org/archive/reco... Most interested to see this beautifully restored Gypsy caravan at the Teignmouth Folk Festival yesterday. We're an early caravanning family (📷🔗) from as early as 1871. Apparently families Orchards & Smalls were big names in Devon. This a lovingly crafted treasure.