The Exeter Daily will be on site in Princesshay later this afternoon and into the evening to provide backstage shelter for the performers at tonight's concert for the lights switch on. We will be handing out leaflets to let you know how you can win £250, so do stop by and say "Hi"!
The current schedule is as follows:
16.30: Exeter University Jazz Orchestra 17.00: Chris Ostler – singer/songwriter
17: 20 St Michael’s Church of England Primary School
A warning has been issued to residents in Devon to take extra care as the county continues to suffer the effects of severe weather, with further heavy rainfall expected over the weekend.
A band of heavy rain crossed the county yesterday evening, causing flooding and surface water problems on Devon’s road network including the A377 (Longford Bridge, Half Moon and Bishop's Tawton), A396 Ashleigh Tip and Chitterley, and B3181 at Uffculme. Numerous trees have also fallen in the strong winds.
Some roads remained closed this morning, including the A386 between...
Stagecoach have informed The Exeter Daily that the Halberton Road at Sampford Peverall will be closed from 1pm to 8pm today. Service 1 will be on diversion, missing out both Sampford Peverall and Tiverton Parkway, instead going straight to Willand.
Princesshay and the city centre are all systems go once more for the rescheduled Christmas lights switch on event, which had to be rescheduled due to the atrocious weather conditions yesterday.
Live entertainment will feature on stage from 4.30pm in Princesshay Square, with the lights being switched on by the Lympstone Military Wives Choir and celebrity chef Michael Caines at around 6.30pm. Visitors will be able to enjoy continuous entertainment through to 8pm in Princesshay, including live bands as well as the launch of Exeter’s Christmas Market on the Cathedral Green...
Preventative medicine, cancer and body image are the issues which will be explored in a creatively focused event at the University of Exeter on 27th November. ‘Self Portrait without Breasts’ will look at how art can be used to help those who have undergone life-changing medical procedures, as well as discuss the use of language and image to represent people’s experience of surgery.
Visiting poet Clare Best has a family history of breast cancer; she nursed her mother through two radical mastectomies and in her late 40’s, the age at which her mother first had the...
With all the floods the South West is experiencing at the moment, The Exeter Daily turned to The Royal Horticultural Society for a bit of advice on how to resurrect your garden once the flooding has subsided.
Few garden plants will survive waterlogging or flooding. Prolonged periods of sitting in ground saturated with water causes yellow leaves, root rot and death. However, conditions can be improved using various techniques to promote drainage and prevent damage.
Soils become waterlogged when water builds up, unable to drain away. This leaves no air...
The county is seeing a welcome respite in the recent chronic weather conditions today, but with water levels so high and rain on the way, this looks to be just a momentary pause in Devon's flooding nightmares.
Sunday morning will see the best opportunity for sunshine, with winds easing, but further spells of heavy rain and strong winds are expected later on Sunday through Monday, with a risk of further disruption.
Today we are seeing a dry and bright start to the day with sunny spells...
Travel update: Hele road has now reopened following the overnight road closure due to the collapsed wall.
B3181 in Broadclyst closed at the Town Hill junction, because of flooding.
Hele Road in Exeter closed in both directions near the St David's Hill junction, because of a landslip. One lane closed on A380 southbound in Kenn at Splatford Split, because of a broken down lorry.
