Police called at around 1:25pm on Saturday the 9th of September with reports of a body in the water at Chiselbury Bay near Ladram Bay Holiday Park.
The body of a woman was spotted by a fisherman who reported in to both police and coastguard teams.
The Sidmouth lifeboat was launched and recovered the woman to Sidmouth beach, but a paramedic at the scene confirmed that she was deceased.
The body is believed to be of a 50-year-old woman from the Surrey area. Police are not treating this death as suspicious and the woman’s next of kin has been informed, a file will be...
In attack Exeter Chiefs looked sharp enough, but Aussie scrum-half Nic White felt in defence the reigning champions were equally as good as they notched their first Aviva Premiership win of the season with success over visiting London Irish.
Rob Baxter’s side triumphed 37-7 at Sandy Park, claiming all five points courtesy of a penalty try and further touchdowns from Henry Slade, Olly Woodburn and Don Armand (2).
It was the ideal response from the Devonians, who the previous week had lost their seasonal opener in the dying seconds away to Gloucester.
Private sector employment in the South West grew at the fastest pace in over two years in August, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).
The South West PMI recorded its highest reading in four months after climbing to 54.3 in August, up from 54.0 in July. The rate of expansion was also slightly faster than the UK average (54.0). A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.
Data showed that business activity growth in August was underpinned by increased demand for goods and services, resulting in many firms expanding...
More than 300 children and adults enjoyed four family fun days at The Beacon Community Centre during August.
The project was supported by Isca Church with a large team of volunteers helping run the events alongside other local volunteers.
Richard Cummings, community centre manager said:“We recognise that partnership is critical to our success so we worked closely with a number of local organisations and businesses to make it a really exciting and varied programme. I’d like to thank, Folk2Folk, Saladmaster, Love Local Food, FabLab Devon, Exeter Library, Active Devon and...
Exeter City kept their great start to the season going as they recorded 3-1 win away at Forest Green Rovers.
The Grecians were 2-0 up after 17 minutes with Pierce Sweeney and Reuben Reid finding the back of the net and then added a third, again through Reid, early in the second half.
It was a match they controlled for large parts, with superb performances by Jake Taylor and Lee Holmes on either side of midfield but the hosts gave them a nervy ending to the match as Shamir Mullings fired home with 16 minutes to play but in truth a well-organised City side never looked like...
A commemorative plaque be sold at auction in Honiton has revealed an interesting story from the First World War. The plaque displays a trench art knife, made from a Zeppelin shot down over London.
Trench art is a term used for objects made from debris of war, commonly the First World War. On one side of the knife is an inscription, Part of Zeppelin L.15 brought down in Thames Estuary night of 31st March 1916 . The other side shows the words To Mrs Frederick Braund. A remembrance from workers at The Eagle Hut, Strand, October 1918 .
After the gloom of Gloucester, it didn’t take long for Exeter Chiefs to rediscover their winning formula.
Undone on Week One of the season at Kingsholm, Week Two saw normal service resumed for Rob Baxter’s side as they swept aside the challenge of newly-promoted London Irish at Sandy Park.
Devon’s finest rediscovered their mojo in emphatic style, running in five tries, whilst producing an equally impressive defensive showing that limited the Exiles to just a solitary second half score through winger Alex Lewington.
In attack, the Chiefs were sharp enough. Centre...
Work has been launched to connect the first 21 communities in Devon and Somerset to a new *ultrafast fibre broadband network that will deliver some of the fastest speeds in the UK. It’s a key milestone for the local government-led Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) broadband programme which has already provided the infrastructure to enable 282,000 homes and businesses to access superfast broadband, and overall more than 327,000 can now access improved broadband. New partner, Gigaclear, an award-winning supplier of full fibre broadband to rural locations, has launched pre-construction...
East Devon District Council is exploring a fortnightly district-wide chargeable garden waste collection service for its residents.
Over the last six months the council has introduced a new improved recycling service to more than 68,000 households across the district and during this period, there has been considerable pressure from residents asking the council to provide a reliable garden waste collection service too.
Over the next few months, the council will investigate the feasibility of providing a garden waste collection service for a small annual fee. The council will...
Teams from across the area took part in a day of fun and games at FORCE Cancer Charity’s third annual It’s A Knockout event.
More than 300 people tackled a series of challenges at Topsham Rugby Club including giant inflatable obstacles, water slides and foam-filled bouncy games.
It’s one of the most colourful events on the local fundraising calendar with all the teams in fancy dress.
The winners were The Wild Neon Knights from Exeter, captained by Becky Turner.
But for most, just taking part was its own reward.
