Exeter
Coverage of Exeter in the Nexus archive.
- 'People don't realise how at risk they are': A day with an ambulance service in a heatwave
The BBC accompanies an ambulance service crew in Exeter during a prolonged UK heatwave, highlighting public unawareness of associated risks.
- Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship
A rare early copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, printed in Exeter in July 1776, was discovered by UK National Archives volunteer Michael Scurr in the papers of an 18th-century Royal Navy captain. The document, one of 11 known Exeter printings and the only one found outside the U.S., was attached to a report on the capture of the American privateer Dalton in 1776.
- Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship
A rare early copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, was discovered by UK National Archives volunteer Michael Scurr among documents related to the 1776 capture of an American privateer ship. The document, one of 11 known copies of the Exeter printing, was found attached to a report on the capture of the Dalton, an 18-gun privateer operating under the Continental Congress.
- British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told
Janet Fordham, a 69-year-old British woman scammed of £1m through romance frauds over five years, died in a road crash in Ghana after traveling there to recover her lost money. The inquest in Exeter, Devon, revealed she was defrauded by scammers based in the UK, Germany, the US, and Ghana.