UNBELIEVABLE: Exeter - The Untold Story

Exeter man, 92, pleads guilty to manslaughter of wife

Shirley Billam was found dead at her home in April

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi

Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiome

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Farmer attacked by man just hours before three killings, inquests told

An inquest at County Hall in Exeter heard how farmer John Ellis, who is in his eighties, was attacked with a stick and a saw by 35-year-old Alexander Lewis-Ranwell on 9 February 2019, just 24 hours before Lewis-Ranwell killed three elderly men. Hours before attacking Mr Ellis on his smallholding…

The Independent UK · Sep 25

More rail services in England set to slow as heatwave shrinks soil

Connections between Waterloo and Exeter St Davids will take up to 24 minutes longer

The Independent UK · Jul 29

‘I’m 33 but I feel quicker, stronger and fitter than ever’: how Henry Slade has Exeter purring again

The Prem’s top points scorer tells Robert Kitson he has been rejuvenated, as the Chiefs look to overturn their fancied hosts Bath in Saturday’s semi-final

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

UK murder shock: 92-year-old man charged with killing wife aged 87 in Devon home

A 92-year-old man, Laurence Billam, has been charged with the murder of his 87-year-old wife, Shirley Billam, in Exeter. Police discovered Shirley deceased at their home following a welfare concern. The case, involving elderly defendants and a long-term spousal relationship, presents unique challenges. Billam is due to appear in court,…

The Times of India · Apr 28

Pensioner, 92, charged with murder after death of his wife in Exeter

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The Independent UK · Apr 28

Man, 92, charged with murder of his wife in Exeter

Laurence Billam, of Millbrook Lane, Exeter, has been charged with murder and will appear at Exeter Magistrates’ Court

The Independent UK · Apr 28

Red Roses to host New Zealand, Canada and Australia in WXV Global Series

A rematch of the World Cup final will take place at Exeter’s Sandy Park

The Independent UK · Mar 23

What the UK’s ‘day of reflection’ reveals about COVID memory

A couple of years ago I dug up an artefact buried under soil, grass and leaves in a park close to my home in Exeter. It was not some ancient object but rather a granite memorial plaque laid down by the local city council only three years before. Dedicated to…

The Conversation · Mar 6