The Hemyock, Cullompton, Stoke Canon, Broadclyst and Clyst St Mary areas remain under flood alert as further rain is forecast. Scattered and blustery showers are expected on Saturday through to Monday with some heavy bursts throughout this period. Winds forecast for this weekend remain strong with gusts up to Force 8.
East facing coastal locations, including Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Torbay and Dawlish also remain under flood alert for the high tides on Friday evening and Saturday morning. The time and date of forecast high water at Beesands is Tide 1: 18:30 on 14th December...
Robert and Mandy Persey, owners of East Devon’s award-winning Hembury Court, raised an outstanding £1,660 for Macmillan Cancer Support at their charity festive evening on Wednesday night (12th December).
Those who came along for the evening enjoyed a wonderful selection of goodies from local producers such as Fine Country Lifestyle, Georgie Porgie’s Puddings and Roly’s Fudge. There was a delightful range of gifts on offer, including truly creative items from Kindred Rose. In addition, guests could enter a ‘Premier’ raffle to win luxury prizes which included a half day West Country...
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident along The Quay in Exeter on the evening of Friday 7th December 2012.
At about 7.50pm a woman in her thirties was running along the canal path between The Port Royal pub and Trews Weir Bridge when she was approached by a man from behind and pushed against a wall. She screamed and the man ran off.
The suspect is described as Indian or Asian in appearance, aged approximately 28 to 30 years old and of a slight build. He has thick wavy dark hair which is short and distinctly has bushy eyebrows. He was...
A Devon chef has been named joint winner in the final of this year's MasterChef: The Professionals . Anton Piotrowski, 30, who runs the Treby Arms in Sparkwell near Plymouth, and Keri Moss, 41, from London, became the first joint winners in the history of the competition. "It's absolutely amazing; to share the title with someone that's so talented and so amazing is unreal," said Piotrowski.
Piotrowski's winning menu included squid ink and malt vinegar crumble and cocoa-marinated venison.
The Professionals spin-off, which pits working chefs against one another, is now in its...
Update: The trains going are getting back to normal after earlier heavy rains. Trains are now running between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids, but slight delays may still be possible.
National Rail are reporting that poor weather conditions are causing disruption in the Dawlish area.
Because of this, there are no trains between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids. This will continue until further notice.
Ticket Acceptance:
First Great Western and CrossCountry passengers may use each others services on all reasonable routes until further
Devon’s primary schools have achieved a significant improvement in this year’s Key Stage 2 SATs tests for 11-year-olds.
The county’s combined figure for English and maths was up six per cent on last year and Devon schools continue to out-perform results nationally and regionally.
The percentage of pupils achieving the benchmark Level 4 or above in English and maths in Devon was 82 per cent in 2012 – up six points on last year’s county results.
And the Devon figure was three points ahead of the national figure for the two subjects combined at 79 per cent and ahead of...
The Environment Agency has placed a Flood Alert on the following areas: Hemyock, Cullompton, Stoke Canon, Broadclyst and Clyst St Mary, meaning that flooding is possible tomorrow morning following rainfall overnight and into Friday.
14 to 35 millimeters of rain is forecast for the early hours of Friday 14th December and heavy showers are indicated to persist into late afternoon. This could result in river levels rising and an increase in surface water.
Overtopping and onshore flooding may occur on the South Devon Coast between Plymouth and Lyme Regis as a result of strong...
What do you think of plans for the new ‘Exmouth Splash?’ That’s the question East Devon District Council has been asking all Exmouth residents and visitors about plans for a new, vibrant and colourful leisure and recreation area on Exmouth seafront.
Go to www.eastdevon.gov.uk/exmouthsplash to see the plans in full and for details of how to give EDDC your views.
‘Exmouth Splash’ covers the area between the old Lifeboat Station and the Maer on Queen’s Drive. There will be two large play and recreation areas, a public square, shops, amenities and a new ‘watersports hub’...
Following the launch of a new payday lending customer charter , local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is 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 help with multiple debts which included a payday loan debt in the last four years. In the first quarter of 2009/10 only 1 per cent of CAB debt casework clients had at least one payday loan; in the same quarter last year this had risen to 4%. This year's figure...
Exeter International Airport has reminded passengers travelling to friends and relatives for the festive period that Christmas crackers are not permitted in hand/cabin baggage.
If the crackers are in a sealed box (original packaging, cellophane not broken) they may travel in hold (checked-in) baggage. However, party poppers are not permitted in hand or hold baggage.
There are no hand (cabin) baggage restrictions on Christmas cakes but passengers should be aware of the DfT 'Liquids' regulations and airline hand (cabin) baggage limits.
