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Exeter

city in Devon, England

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  • Oct 3

    Bath defeat Exeter 40-34 to go top of Gallagher Premiership table

    Bath moved to the top of the Gallagher Premiership table after surviving a second-half Exeter fightback to secure a 40-34 victory at the Recreation Ground.

  • Sep 30

    Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that deceive predators during flight, study finds

    A study of 397 European species published in Nature reveals that fluttering wing stripes generate optical illusions, causing birds to miscalculate flight trajectories and miss their targets.

  • Sep 1

    Met Office, Met Éireann and KNMI reveal 21 storm names for 2026/27 season

    Weather services in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands have selected 21 names from over 40,000 public submissions and institutional history to mark the start of autumn.

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Two tankers burn off Sulina

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Ukrainian officials said the White House ordered a 160 km/h speed cap on Starshield terminals used by fast drones, as Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause. In the Black Sea, two tankers burned near Romania and at least seven sailors were missing, while rescuers in Peshawar counted at least 34 dead after a school roof collapsed.

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