Devon County Council is urging people to take care on the county’s roads and coast paths over the weekend.
Almost 5 miles (7.6km) of the south west coast path between Axmouth and near to the Devon/Dorset border at Lyme Regis has been shut this afternoon due to damage to the path caused by an active landslip.
Notices have been placed on site in liaison with the land managers, Natural England, and the path will be closed until further notice. The County Council will be investigating with Natural England what remedial works can be undertaken or whether an alternative route can...
Visitors are expected to flock to Exeter Library on Thursday 22 May, when Devon County Council’s multi-million pound refurbishment is finally revealed.
The opening date is announced this week in a special report to Councillors of the Exeter Board ahead of its meeting on Monday 27 January.
The County Council report follows public consultation on Exeter Library, as well as Pinhoe, St Thomas and Topsham libraries, which drew 555 responses.
As a result, St Thomas library will open for longer while the £4.1 million refurbished Exeter Library will open 58 hours per week,...
A new headteacher has been appointed at St Peters School in Exeter.
She is Rachel Hutchinson, who is currently vice principal of King Edward VI Community College in Totnes. Mrs Hutchinson will take up her new post after the Easter holidays. St Peter’s chair of governors, Heather Morgan, said: “We are delighted to announce the governors’ decision to appoint Rachel as our new headteacher following a rigorous selection process. “We were very impressed by the quality of all the candidates we interviewed. “We believe Rachel will make a dynamic leader for St Peter’s who will ensure every...
John and Mary Richardson from Exmouth, who received an MBE in the New Years Honours for services to children and families, have recommended fostering with Fostering Devon as an incredibly rewarding profession, and one that they don’t plan to retire from, despite almost 55 years of service!
Devon County Council, which provides the Fostering Devon service, recognised the remarkable couple’s dedication to fostering at a recent event to mark their long service achievement.
Since they started fostering in the 1950s, John and Mary estimate that they have looked after around 100...
Over 10 percent of Exeter households are considered to be in fuel poverty according to a report discussed by Devon County Council today.
5,494 households in Exeter are currently spending more than 10% of their household income on heating or are unable to keep their home adequately heated.
Countywide, fuel poverty exists in every one of the areas looked at in the report. Currently Exeter has 7 of the worst 10 fuel poor areas in the county with the others being Ilfracombe Central, Bideford North and an unspecified area in Tiverton.
Drivers in Devon who are keen to reduce their mileage this year have another chance to win a free tank of fuel.
Commuters who register with the www.carsharedevon.com website by 31 March will be entered into a prize draw to win a tank of fuel up to the value of £100.
Carsharedevon.com is a free service which allows people in Devon and across the south west to find others to share their journey, either taking turns with the driving, or giving someone a lift in exchange for a contribution to the fuel costs. It is commissioned by Devon County Council, in partnership with...
Devon County Council bosses will be signing up to a national initiative this Thursday (Jan 16), to protect its residents’ health from the risks associated with smoking.
The Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control will be signed by Devon County Council Leader John Hart, Chief Executive Phil Norrey, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing Andrea Davis, and Director of Public Health, Dr Virginia Pearson, underpinning the council’s new public health role of protecting the public from preventable diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease.
Devon County Council has expressed its determination to deliver the Teign Estuary Trail and has called on the local community to work with them to make it happen.
An update on the progress of the Trail was reported at this week's (Wednesday 8 January) Cabinet meeting, and outlined that the scheme is estimated to cost up to £20 million.
Councillors agreed that detailed design for the 2.5 mile section from Kingsteignton to Bishopsteignton should be completed and purchase of the land progressed. This section, which will follow the rail line where possible, is expected to cost...
Devon County Council is re-deploying all of its highways teams into the clean-up operation in the wake of recent storms.
Having sustained ongoing torrential downpours in the past few weeks, the Council has received nearly 7,000 reports of flooded roads, potholes and fallen trees since 20 December.
The authority is still assessing the full extent of the recent storm damage to Devon’s highway network and a number of sea walls. It is now redirecting all of its highways teams into the clean-up in order to inspect and restore the local salting network to the best possible state...
Devon County Council’s Heritage Service has received support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the heritage strand of the Council’s Devon Remembers project, it was announced today.
The Devon Remembers project will commemorate the Centenary of the First World War over the next four years, focusing on the county’s rich legacy of public war memorials.
The HLF element of this project will encourage, co-ordinate and support up to 50 community projects carrying out intergenerational and interpretative projects focusing on the stories behind the individuals recorded on...
