Update: Stagecoach Service 1 and K/T RED Park & Ride will now return to their normal routes after Pinhoe Road was reopened following a previous accident, but due to build up of traffic will be subject to delays.
Due the accident on Pinhoe Road and its subsequent closure Stagecoach is reporting that the following services are operating on diversion:
Service 1: Diverting through Heavitree to Middlemoor, then turning left to rejoin the route in Pinhoe
Service K/T: Diverting via Mount Pleasant Road - Prince Charles Road - Beacon Lane and rejoining the route further...
Update: Pinhoe Road is likely to be closed until at least 5pm
The B3212 Pinhoe Road in Exeter is currently closed in both directions between the Hamlin Lane junction and the Mount Pleasant Road junction, because of a serious accident. There is a diversion in operation taking drivers via Polsloe Road, Heavitree Road and Fore Street.
The Exeter Business Games 2013 will be officially launched on Thursday, 31st January at an event hosted by Event Exeter at the Forum, University of Exeter. Businesses in Exeter who are interested in finding out more about the Games are invited to this free event, where organisers will give an overview of the planned games along with details of how to sign up and the opportunity to do so. The Exeter Business Games, which will run throughout May and June 2013, comprises of various corporate events such as Ten-Pin Bowling and River Boat racing and is open to any Exeter-based business. The...
Attention rugby fans - Christmas has come early! Courtesy of Le-Roy Funeral Service, we are delighted to be able to offer the chance to win 4 Grandstand tickets for Exeter Chiefs vs Bath on December 29th, along with a signed rugby ball and a Chiefs shirt - kindly donated by CENTRAX.
The game is a sell-out, so for your chance to win this amazing package - please either bring sealed bids to FORCE Cancer Charity, Corner House, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW; or email naomi.cole@forcecancercharity.co.uk
Bids will be opened at 1pm on Wednesday 19th December. The highest bid wins...
Devon and Cornwall Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety and welfare of a man who is missing from his Tiverton home.
Robin Prescott, 49, has not been seen since 6am on Thursday 13th December when he left home in Burlescombe to travel to work in Wellington, Somerset.
A man matching Robin’s description was seen getting on the 7.38am train from Taunton to Penzance on that Thursday morning. Police found his car abandoned at Taunton railway station.
Robin is close to his family and is described as being a loner, keeping himself to himself. This type...
The St Loye’s Foundation car raffle, in which Princesshay shoppers have had the chance to win a Peugeot 107 for £1, has raised in excess of £10,000 for the Exeter-based charity. The winning raffle ticket was drawn on Monday 17th December by Exeter’s very own Santa - the Deputy Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Percy Prowse.
The lucky winner, Abbey Cheung of Kingsteignton will receive her brand new car in time for Christmas. The super new car, worth over £7,000 was donated to St Loye’s Foundation by Exeter’s Truscotts Peugeot dealership.
Rail enthusiasts are celebrating the announcement that Devon County Council has secured a grant of £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve access to its Railway Studies Collection.
Housed in the newly revamped Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot, the collection is the largest in the UK outside the National Railway Museum in York and is popular with researchers and historians across the world.
Containing over 80,000 items, most of them original and unique, the collection covers all aspects of Britain’s Railways and includes information on standard gauge...
A chance for young athletes from all sports to get expert advice locally.
Excelsior will be providing four workshops in the afternoon for athletes from 13-19 years old who are interested in getting better for their sport.
It will include:
Physical competency assessment.
Eating in the real world.
Agility progressions.
How to get fit in 30 minutes.
The young athlete must be injury free and currently playing more than one sport. Parents and coaches are welcome to come along and observe and ask questions.
Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is today warning that more than 400 low-income households with legal problems will be affected by legal aid reform. The reforms, which start at the beginning of April 2013, will see changes to the types of legal advice that are available through legal aid. Debt advice will no longer be eligible and almost all welfare benefits advice will be removed from the scope of legal aid.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau said:
“These reforms will hit low-income families the hardest. They come at the same...
