Devon County Show gets under way
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About 90,000 visitors are expected to attend the Devon County Show over the next three days.
The 128th show is being held at Westpoint Arena and Showground in Clyst St Mary, near Exeter.
The show will involve a range of agricultural activities and contests, as well as more than 2,000 animals.
Show president Michael Caines said it was "really great to see the show growing".
The holder of two Michelin stars, the Exeter-born chef said it was "a real honour" to take on the president role for this year's show.
"It's a feeling of immense pride and I feel a great amount of gratitude to the county of Devon and to be given the honour of the president of the Devon County Show just fills me with a huge sense of pride," Mr Caines said.
"There's an incredible network of people all working together to put on this incredible show and we're all interlinked.
"We've got volunteers, we've got fathers, grandfathers and the next generations coming through - it's so great to see the show back after Covid, numbers are up, stock is up and it's really great to see the show growing."
Devon County Show confirmed numbers in excess of 96,000 attended the event in 2023 and it hopes there will be similar numbers this year.
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