Stagecoach have announced: "We are running a shuttle service from Exeter Bus Station to Topsham with departures from the bus station at approx. 15.30, 16.30 and 17.30.
"The shuttle is to provide a direct link to Topsham in the absence of the 57 being able to serve the village and until the T service resumes operation from from the High Street at 1831."
A Twitter campaign has begun - with the tongue-in-cheek hashtag of #FreetheTopsham1 - after the popular local PCSO Sarah Giles, who tweets as @TopshamPolice, was ordered to stop tweeting.
PCSO Giles, who has more than 1,000 followers, was told to close her account after her tweets about covering freshers weekend drew criticism from some quarters. Gareth Oughton, from the university’s Student Guild, said the police were contacted about “the reinforcement of negative stereotypes”.
Despite that belief, sparked by her fact-based comments on student mayhem and alcohol...
Sapphire Living Space saw the culmination of two years hard work pay off with the grand launch of their state-of-the-art kitchen and bathroom showroom, based opposite Darts' Farm in Topsham. Mark Newbery and Ross Pollard have brought their combined knowledge of kitchen design and property development to Sapphire Living Space.
Almost as soon as we had opened we were invited to give a kitchen and bathroom design masterclass! It was a real honour for us to be invited to speak at Naomi Cleaver’s interior design day at Coombe House Hotel, near Honiton and we enjoyed it so much we are...
Visit this secret walled town garden. Herbaceous border, sunken garden and two large wisterias hopefully in their prime.
Open 2pm-5pm, entry £2.50, refreshments available. Wheelchair access is limited. Dogs are to be kept on leads.
Directions: At Countess Wear roundabout in Exeter, take sign to Topsham. Follow signs to Topsham and park in town car parks, either Holman Way or the Quay car park. From the Quay turn left down The Strand. The garden is 3rd left alongside the Museum and first right to garden gate. EX3 0AT.
Clyst Valley Choral Society’s autumn concert will be a musical celebration of royal occasions past and present with music from weddings, coronations and jubilees.
Amongst the items will be Handel’s Zadok the Priest, I Was Glad by Parry and others, and Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens (as performed at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding).
The concert will be performed on Saturday 24th November at St Margaret’s Church, Topsham at 7.30pm and on Sunday 25th November at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £7 from Topsham Books or £8 on the door.
