IYCMI // Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex as similar proposals proliferate across city centre. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/h...

FEATURES // Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report 21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024, nearly three times as many as previous year. exeterobserver.org/2025/11/06/e...

ON OUR RADAR // Sacred and Profane 👼🎶👹 Medieval music with Steve Tyler, Marco Cannavò and Katy Marchant. 🗓️ Sat 15 November 📍 St Nicholas Priory exeterobserver.org/2025/10/18/s...

ICYMI // Unique retro games arcade to create new Sidwell Street venue after long search Boneyard arcade seeking permission to change use of empty Brighthouse retail unit after making way for “co-living” block at previous Red Lion Lane location. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/b...

IYCMI // Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex as similar proposals proliferate across city centre. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/h...

ON OUR RADAR // Sacred and Profane 👼🎶👹 Medieval music with Steve Tyler, Marco Cannavò and Katy Marchant. 🗓️ Sat 15 November 📍 St Nicholas Priory exeterobserver.org/2025/10/18/s...

NEWS // Unique retro games arcade to create new Sidwell Street venue after long search Boneyard arcade seeking permission to change use of empty Brighthouse retail unit after making way for “co-living” block at previous Red Lion Lane location. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/b...

NEWS // Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex submitted in May as similar proposals proliferate across city centre exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/h...

ICYMI // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/15/m...

ON OUR RADAR // Carmen 🌹🎶🏰 Exeter Opera Group performs Bizet’s tale of a free-spirited woman and her passionate and destructive love affair with a soldier. 🗓️ Sat 8 November 🕐 1pm 📍 Exeter Castle exeterobserver.org/2025/10/16/c...

ON OUR RADAR // Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 👻🗣️🎃 Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam. 🗓️ Friday 31 Oct 🕢 7.30pm 📍 Exeter Phoenix exeterobserver.org/2025/10/03/s...

NEWS // Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex submitted in May as similar proposals proliferate across city centre exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/h...

NEWS // Unique retro games arcade to create new Sidwell Street venue after long search Boneyard arcade seeking permission to change use of empty Brighthouse retail unit after making way for “co-living” block at previous Red Lion Lane location. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/b...

ON OUR RADAR // Carmen 🌹🎶🏰 Exeter Opera Group performs Bizet’s tale of a free-spirited woman and her passionate and destructive love affair with a soldier. 🗓️ Sat 8 November 🕐 1pm 📍 Exeter Castle exeterobserver.org/2025/10/16/c...

ICYMI // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/15/m...

ICYMI // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis now available to read in full finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

FEATURES // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/15/m...

ON OUR RADAR // The Weather Book ⛈️☀️☁️ Exeter Philharmonic Choir performs a new weather-inspired work plus pieces by Brahms, Poulenc and Ralph Vaughan Williams. 🗓️ Sat 8 November 📍 Exeter Cathedral exeterobserver.org/2025/10/06/t...

FEATURES // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/15/m...

ON OUR RADAR // Nature’s Resources 🍃🧑📽️ A programme of six short animated films explores the relationship between humans and non-human species. 🗓️ Sat 18 October 🕚 11am 📍 Exeter Phoenix exeterobserver.org/2025/09/26/n...

ICYMI // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/s...

FULL STORY // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis now available to read in full finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

ON OUR RADAR // Nature’s Resources 🍃🧑📽️ A programme of six short animated films explores the relationship between humans and non-human species. 🗓️ Sat 18 October 🕚 11am 📍 Exeter Phoenix exeterobserver.org/2025/09/26/n...

ICYMI // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/b...

FULL STORY // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis now available to read in full finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

ICYMI // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/s...

ON OUR RADAR // Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 👻🗣️ Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam. Still space for entrants! 🗓️ Friday 31 Oct 🕢 7.30pm 📍 Exeter Phoenix exeterobserver.org/2025/10/03/s...

ICYMI // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/b...

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‪ SPECIAL REPORTS // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

ON OUR RADAR // Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 👻🗣️ Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam. Still space for entrants! 🗓️ Friday 31 Oct 🕢 7.30pm 📍 Exeter Phoenix exeterobserver.org/2025/10/03/s...

‪ SPECIAL REPORTS // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

FEATURES // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/s...

ON OUR RADAR // Play Interact Explore 💠🎺🪜 Theatre Alibi hosts an interactive exhibition suitable for all ages created by artists Leap then Look. 🗓️ Sat 4 Oct to Sun 2 Nov 📍 Emmanuel Hall, St Thomas exeterobserver.org/2025/09/16/p...

COMMENT // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/b...

COMMENT // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/b...

FEATURES // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/s...

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SPECIAL REPORTS // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

ON OUR RADAR // Play Interact Explore 💠🎺🪜 Theatre Alibi hosts an interactive exhibition suitable for all ages created by artists Leap then Look. 🗓️ Sat 4 Oct to Sun 2 Nov 📍 Emmanuel Hall, St Thomas exeterobserver.org/2025/09/16/p...

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IYCMI // Unaudited 2024-25 city council accounts published for annual inspection period Special information access rights enabling residents to examine records apply until 6 October after asset revaluation delayed publication from 1 July to 26 August. exeterobserver.org/2024/09/06/u...

SPECIAL REPORTS // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

PREMIUM CONTENT // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

IYCMI // Unaudited 2024-25 city council accounts published for annual inspection period Special information access rights enabling residents to examine records apply until 6 October after asset revaluation delayed publication from 1 July to 26 August. exeterobserver.org/2024/09/06/u...

ICYMI // Exeter College and Petroc merger set to create largest college group in South West Colleges hold public consultation on creation of new organisation which would educate 16,000 students at Exeter and North Devon campuses and employ 2,000 staff. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/12/e...

ON OUR RADAR // Two Moors Festival 🎶 🎹🎤 Chamber music festival celebrates 25th anniversary with performances, talks and workshops across fifteen venues. 🗓️ Weds 1 to Sun 12 October 📍 Dartmoor, Exmoor & surrounds exeterobserver.org/2025/09/09/t...

ICYMI // Proposals to replace Clarendon House with 297-bed student accommodation complex submitted for approval Final proposal for up to 10-storey Paris Street roundabout redevelopment comes after nearly two years of informal public consultations. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/12/p...

ICYMI // Exeter College and Petroc merger set to create largest college group in South West Colleges hold public consultation on creation of new organisation which would educate 16,000 students at Exeter and North Devon campuses and employ 2,000 staff. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/12/e...

ICYMI // Barley Lane greenfield plans place persistent threat to Exeter’s north and north-west hills in spotlight. exeterobserver.org/2025/09/07/b...