Axminster

The graduation extravaganza held at River Cottage HQ was marked with a banquet cooked by Chef Tutors, speeches given by Steve Lamb followed by a certification ceremony presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The graduates then danced the night away as they celebrated their achievements. The event attracted visitors from across the world, as families flew in from Malta and Australia to see their sons and daughters graduating. The 48 ecstatic graduates were the first to complete our Young Chef Apprentice Scheme – a professional and personal journey that aims to equip young learners with...

Staff and pupils at All Saints Primary School in Axminster are celebrating another outstanding inspection report just days after they had been named one of the top 200 primary schools in the country.

A new inspection of the Church of England school by diocesan inspectors has pronounced it outstanding.

And to celebrate, the Bishop of Crediton, the Right Revd Nick McKinnel, will visit the school on Wednesday 3 December.

The new inspection follows All Saints being identified in the Sunday Times’ influential Parent Power annual survey as one of the top 200 state primary...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man died in Axminster on Monday 22 September.

At 10.30am a male cyclist was found dead next to his bike in Castle Hill, Axminster.

The cyclist was has not been named but is thought to be a 77 year-old man local to the area.

The circumstances of his death are not believed to be suspicious but police are appealing for witnesses.

An ambulance was called and the road was closed while investigations took place at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference...

Update: The bomb disposal unit has made the device safe and the road has re-opened.

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Six homes have been evacuted today after the discovery of an unexploded device in Axminster.

A Royal Navy bomb disposal team have been called to the scene after a 'historic German device' was discovered in a garden.

Police have set up a 20m cordon around the garden in Alexandra Road and evacuated homes in the surrounding area as a precaution .

Six properties were evacuated and the bomb disposal unit is on route to make the device safe....

East Devon District Council has listened to traders in Axminster and is proposing to launch a special car parking rate in all its pay and display car parks in the town – starting this month.

The move follows the success of an experimental Christmas parking promotion in December 2013, which proved successful in a number of East Devon towns.

Councillor Iain Chubb, EDDC’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “This scheme is an example of EDDC working smarter and engaging with communities. We have been working with town representatives to find a mutually acceptable way of...

A gas detection alarm, which began sounding at 9.47pm last night, resulted in an Axminster property being evacuated and fire crews being called to the incident.

Firefighters immediately advised an evacuation when they recieved the report of the sounding alarm.

Two local appliances were mobilised to the incident with a gas detection monitor. Once in attendance crews had low level readings on the gas detector, and efforts were made to ventilate the property and to locate the source.

A positive pressure ventilation fan was used and the property made safe

Update: A 45-year-old woman from Axminister has died after being involved in a serious road traffic collision at 7:45 am this morning.

A second woman aged, 56, is in 'critical condition' after their two cars crashed on the B3261 between the A35 and Axminster

The 45-year-old woman from Axminster who died was the driver and sole occupant of the silver Ford Focus. Her next of kin has been informed and formal identification will take place in due course. The 56-year-old woman from Axminster was taken by air ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where she remains in a...

Young Farmers from across Devon and the rest of the country, have been working together to raise money and collect forage for farmers affected by the recent floods in the Somerset levels.

Culm Valley YFC raised over £200 from members' donations at their recent Tight and Bright disco, which is being sent to the affected Somerset farmers. Meanwhile, Honiton YFC raised £4,500 at the performance of their production Gogglebox and through an Auction of Promises, with half the money raised being donated to Somerset farmers and the other half to Diabetes UK.

One of the upcoming...

Police in Devon are appealing for information following a spate of burglaries targeting commercial properties. The burglaries occurred at commercial premises in both Mid and East Devon between Thursday 16th January and Friday 31st January and it is suspected that a stolen vehicle on false number plates was used during the raids. The vehicle, a Toyota 4x4 Hilux was stolen from a driveway of a property in Chevithorne near Tiverton on Monday 13th January.

This vehicle was recovered by Police in Avon & Somerset on.13th February having been abandoned in the Yeovil area. The first...

Police investigating a spate of robberies in Axminster have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with one of them.

Three robberies have taken place at commercial business premises over the last two weeks.

The CCTV relates to a robbery which occurred at around 6pm on Christmas Eve at the Prospect Garage filling station, Lyme Road, Axminster.

A man described as white, around 6ft, slim build with brown eyes. He was wearing a distinctive horizontally-striped jumper, horizontally-striped woollen hat and light-coloured scarf across his...