Stagecoach has just reported that the road between Halberton and Sampford Peverall has been closed by the fire brigade, with the closure due to remain in place for the remainder of the day. "Our 1 service will therefore not be able to serve stops between Halberton and Uffculme, diverting on the 1A route and then returning to its route from Uffculme onwards."
Exeter City having been looking sharp again on the pitch recently and off it they certainly look the part thanks to Moss Bros and Ted Baker.
The two companies, who between them represent the biggest names in menswear, have recently combined to set up the Grecian players with beautifully fitted suits, shirts and matching ties to leave them the envy of many bigger clubs when they arrive for home matches and formal occasions.
Moss Bros, whose branch in Princesshay already supplies a number of City staff and fans with a range of clothes, is known for top designer name...
Exeter Braves wrapped up their Aviva Premiership A League campaign with a convincing 49-7 victory over London Wasps at Henley.
The reigning champions were in ruthlesss mood up in Oxfordshire as they ran in seven tries in another polished performance.
Youngsters Justin Blanchet, Sam Simmonds and Will Carrick-Smith (pictured) all crossed for a brace of tries, whilst there was a further touchdown for Chris Budgen. Fly-half Henry Slade weighed in with a further 12 points to complete a hugely satisfying night for the visitors.
Featuring 20 different boutiques offering gifts galore, Miss Freda Presents an Alternative Christmas Market at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter on Saturday 8th December from 11am-4pm. Choose from a range of gorgeous retro and vintage Christmas goodies, handmade crafts, collectibles, upcycled products, clothing, jewellery, beauty, decorations and lots more.
If you would like to hold a stall, please get in touch via the contact form at http://miss-freda.moonfruit.com/#/contact/4567813359 or call Sara on 07512 223747
County Sport Partnership Active Devon have put out a call for all Games Makers and Torch Bearers from this year’s London 2012 Games to get in contact with them to ensure they receive a ticket to the Devon Sport Makers Christmas Party, which will be held on Thursday 6th December from 6pm onwards at Sandy Park Conference Centre in Exeter.
Games Makers and Torch Bearers from across the county inspired a generation of volunteers to sign up to the national Sport Makers scheme, who have gone out into their community to support, deliver and organise grassroots sport.
Detectives are investigating a robbery that took place on Sunday (25th November) at a bookmakers in Dawlish. The crime was committed between 9.15 and 9.20pm, when a man walked into the shop on The Strand and threatened a member of staff before making off with a substantial amount of money.
He is described as being a white man in his 30s to 40s, 5ft 10 inches tall and was wearing a black hooded coat, dark blue jumper and dark coloured tracksuit bottoms. He also wore sandy coloured boots or trainers. As he left the shop, he may have been in company with a woman in her 20s. Police are...
Surf Life Saving GB, a charity of more than 6,000 volunteers helping to make the country’s beaches safer places, is celebrating moving into its new offices following a fire in Exeter’s Southernhay three weeks ago (2nd November).
A fire in the ground floor of its shared office building in Southernhay, meant Surf Life Saving GB’s national headquarters were deemed unsafe and the charity was effectively made immediately homeless.
As a charity, there is very little cash kept in reserve, with the majority being reinvested into projects to help educate and train...
Nobel Laureates and world renowned scientists will gather on 9 December 2012 in Stockholm for the inaugural Nobel Week Dialogue, and University of Exeter philosopher of science Professor John Dupré will be among them.
The one-day meeting, on the theme of The Genetic Revolution and its Impact on Society, will take place the day before this year's Nobel Prize award ceremony as a special celebration of the 50th anniversary of the award of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins.
Conditions are improving today across Devon's major road network, but highways engineers are concerned that sub zero temperatures later in the week will further compound damage to the network.
Highways teams have been out again early this morning, scouting the major road network, identify problems and clearing up.
In Barnstaple, the A377 has been closed due to flooding, as is the A399 due to a minor landslide.
The A396 at Cove is closed due to flooding.
The A377, Exeter to Crediton is passable with care.
As the new payday lending customer charter is launched, Citizens Advice Bureaux across the country are today releasing new figures demonstrating a worrying increase in the number of serious debt cases relating to payday loans.
The Citizens Advice service has seen a ten-fold increase in the proportion of clients receiving casework help with multiple debts which included a payday loan debt in the last four years. In the first quarter of 2009/10 only one per cent of CAB debt casework clients had at least one payday loan and in the same quarter last year this had risen to four per cent...
