Devon and Cornwall Police has renewed a public appeal for information to find the killer of Exwick schoolgirl Kate Bushell who was murdered 25 years ago this week.
Kate was killed on Saturday 15 November 1997 as she walked a neighbour’s dog near her home. Her body was found in a field off Exwick Lane in Exwick by her father. She had died from a savage knife wound to her throat.
On the 25th anniversary of her death, detectives remain convinced that someone holds the final clue to bring Kate’s killer to justice and are urging them to finally break their silence.
It's that time of the year again to have another 'West Side' Community Meeting.
This time we're going to be holding it at Redhills School on Wed 25th Apr from 7pm - 8.30pm. We realized that our last meeting went on for longer than we wanted so we're going to cut this one by half an hour.
We've got a lot to fit in but our agenda at the minute is:
1. Meet the team. 2. Current force priorities. 3. Local issues. 4. Modern Slavery and Op Cleft (County Lines) 5. Q&A.
Again we'll be looking at inviting the local Councillors' from each ward so you can ask them...
Work gets underway on a new flood embankment around Exwick playing fields next week (5 September).
The work, which aims to reduce flood risk to properties behind the playing fields, is part of the second phase of Exeter’s flood defence scheme.
Two out of the three playing fields will remain open during the works but the third playing field, which is closest to the health centre, will be used to stockpile material and provide onsite facilities until the embankment is complete. Although the construction is expected to be completed by spring 2017, the playing field will need...
Having traditionally been an area where homeowners have largely purchased property as buy to let investments, Exwick is now seeing a shift in buyer attitudes as young people are realising the value of living in the Exeter suburb and picking up properties for as little as £140,000.
According to Hatched’s newly appointed Exeter specialist, Michael Parsons, who has lived in and around Exeter all his life and has worked in estate agency for 15 years, a new generation of buyers are disregarding the rental history of the area in a bid to snap up more affordable first homes.
Firefighters were called to fire at an Exeter home this morning (Monday 11 April).
Two fire appliances from Danes Castle attended the blaze at a house in Norwich Road, Exwick after reports of a dishwasher on fire.
On arrival crews found the dishwasher was well alight and got to work using two breathing apparatus sets, one hose reel jet and a positive pressure ventilation fan.
The ground floor kitchen was slight damaged by fire and the remainder of the ground floor severely damaged by smoke.
A total of four breathing apparatus sets were used in total.
Come and Join the fun this Saturday 13th June from 12 noon-2pm at Exwick Tennis Club, have a tour of our fantastic facilities meet the team and play some fun social tennis.
There will be refreshments available and all equipment if provided.
To book your FREE place complete online booking form here: www.exwicktennisclub.co.uk
Young tennis star Jake Harrison has spoken of the city’s recent surge in courts and facilities playing a massive part in the early stages of his career.
The 17 year old – who reached the last eight of last year’s Senior National Student Finals – remarks upon the benefits to both College and University students, as well as the general public in the county’s capital:
“It is huge, I play with people all the way from Ilfracombe, Seaton, and myself from Sidmouth. That’s a large radius and mileage – so having such good courts and academies in Exeter is...
An long-standing Exeter play group is celebrating another successful inspection report as it prepares to welcome even more children.
Park Play Group has operated in Exeter for more than 30 years and is now based at Redhills Primary School.
The play group is currently building an extension which means it will be able to welcome two-year-olds next month along with the three and four-year-olds it currently accepts.
Inspectors from Ofsted visited the play group last month and have rated every aspect of its operation as good.
Local and regional sports leaders will join college governors, staff, civic leaders, local sports partnerships and students to celebrate the official opening of Exeter College's £1.4 million Exwick Sports hub on Thursday (16 October), the latest phase of the college’s £14 million sports investment programme.
The Exwick Sports Pavilion provides modern classrooms and changing areas complementing the existing playing fields and court areas that offers college students and community groups cricket, football and tennis facilities.
This development is the latest in an investment...
Around 1,200 streetlights in residential streets in St Thomas and Exwick will be converted to part-night lighting this week (Thursday 8 May). Streetlights previously on all-night will be switched off from about 12:30am to 5:30am, before coming on again until dawn. The change is the latest phase of Devon County Council’s controversial programme to reduce costs and carbon emissions, having already converted over 44,000 residential street lights across the county. Lighting on the main roads and busiest routes, including Exwick Road, Okehampton Street, Redhills and Kinnerton Way, will remain...
