Work is progressing well on a major stabilisation scheme on the A377 at Chapel Downs in Crediton.
Essential repairs and reconstruction work started earlier this month on a 30 metre stretch, between Queen Elizabeth Drive and Higher Road, where the edge of the road is cracking due to an unstable embankment. The scheme is on schedule to be completed by 12 February.
Highway drainage is being replaced and a retaining wall is being constructed. The road will also be resurfaced.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, said: “...
Multi-talented Exeter Chiefs stars proved fundraising was a piece of cake when they baked for a charity coffee morning.
More than 150 people tucked into creations including a Guinness gateau and chocolate brownies provided by members of the club’s Cookie Club – a group of players who meet weekly to show off their prowess in the kitchen.
The event, part of Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, took place at Exeter’s historic Guildhall and was hosted by Chiefs legend Gareth Steenson and his wife Karen
Police have found the body of a deceased boy in Cullompton this morning, Thursday 1 February.
The family of Patrick Henwood, a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing from the Cullompton area last night (Wednesday 31 January) and was part of an earlier missing person appeal, have been informed of this development.
Formal identification has yet to have taken place and police are not currently treating this death as suspicious.
DEVELOPING an ‘entrepreneurial mind-set’ will be the theme of a networking and training event being organised for administrative staff in Exeter next month.
The event is being run by the Exeter PA Network, the networking and development organisation for all personal, executive and administrative assistants in Exeter and surrounding areas.
Key note speaker, Rachael Howourth of Momentum South West, will be encouraging delegates to develop their entrepreneurial mind-set in order to heighten their chances for success and ability to spot opportunities for themselves and their...
Cancer patients in West Devon are to be offered chemotherapy treatment in Okehampton for the first time, thanks to funding from Exeter-based FORCE Cancer Charity.
The service will be available every Wednesday between 10am and 4pm at Okehampton Hospital from February 21.
FORCE already offers regular support and information sessions at Castle Ham Lodge in Okehampton and has set aside money from a legacy to pay for this new and important weekly service in the town.
The money is funding specialist nurses from the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital to administer some of...
Overnight closures are needed on Ashburton Road in Newton Abbot this month while preparatory work is carried out in advance of path improvements.
The northern footpath is due to be widened in order to improve pedestrian and cycle links between new housing developments and the town centre. Night time closures are needed to enable the clearance of a number of trees, west of Barton Drive, before the bird nesting season starts. The main scheme to widen the northern footpath will follow later in the year. The A383 Ashburton Road will be closed between its junctions with Elmwood Avenue...
The under-11s boys’ team at Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) have made it through to the regional final of the English Schools’ Table Tennis Butterfly National School Team Championship 2018, and will be competing at Bristol Academy of Sport on Saturday, 3 February for a place in the national finals.
The Broadclyst team - Ben (year 5) and Charlie, Marlon, Freddie, and Fraser (year 6) - were runners-up in the zone finals in Plymouth, when they played against teams from Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall. In the regional final, they will be facing some very challenging opponents...
Teignbridge District Council, in partnership with the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK), is launching a new recycling service for plastic-lined paper cups.
As of this month people can recycle their used cups alongside food and drink cartons at specialist recycling banks across the district. The recycling banks will accept paper cups which are used for hot drinks such as tea and coffee in high street coffee shops, fast food outlets and supermarkets. The banks can be found at:
• Sandy Lane car park, Dawlish • B&Q car park, Newton Abbot •...
Car parking is something that frustrates us all. Simply finding a spot can often be infuriating. But imagine a world where it’s even harder to pay too. Thankfully, that’s something we no longer have to think about with ticket machines and kiosks something we now take for granted.
Of course, technology continues to change as does the way we buy a ticket. Efficiency continues to make operational and economic sense, with some parking systems now cashless, leading to savings for both drivers and business.
Over the next few years we’re expecting the parking industry to continue...
A 16 year old from Exeter has won a major global e-sport event, beating the best FIFA players from across the world. After three intense days of competition between the best FIFA players from around the world, 16-year-old Donovan “DhTekKz” Hunt was yesterday crowned winner of the FUT Champions Cup Barcelona on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup. In his first major FIFA competitive event, the 55th seed DhTekKz defeated Nicolas “nicolas99fc” Villalba 8-2 on aggregate in the Grand Final, after starting the final game with a three goal advantage. This past weekend saw 128 of the top FIFA players...
