The NHS in Devon is making final preparations ready to welcome the first patients to two new large-scale vaccination centres from 26 January.
The Mayflower Grandstand at Plymouth Argyle Football Club’s Home Park Stadium, and exhibition and event venue Westpoint Exeter will be hosting their first booked appointments to people aged 80 and above from next Tuesday.
The Home Park and Westpoint Exeter sites mean thousands more vaccinations will be given every week in Devon and provide local people have a wider choice of options when they receive their invitation for an...
Devon is preparing for the possibility of widespread snow showers on Sunday morning (24 January).
Gritters will be carrying out multiple treatments overnight tonight as freezing temperatures and the risk of icy conditions and wintry showers continue into the weekend.
The County Council’s teams will be treating around 2,000 miles of roads on Devon’s primary and secondary salting network from around 7am tomorrow morning, ahead of a band of snow which is forecast to bring around 5cm of snow from the early hours of Sunday.
An Exeter School Sixth Former has been awarded a place on the National Youth Film Academy.
Upper Sixth Former Emma Bates set herself the challenge as a lockdown achievement which complements the place she won on the National Youth Theatre last year.
A Level Drama pupil Emma was first introduced to the art of filmmaking through the school’s drama club at school where they made a short film highlighting the issues of climate change.
Inspired by this experience, she applied for the National Youth Film Academy and was offered a place after submitting a short...
The double-winning exploits of the Exeter Chiefs have today been rewarded by Devon glassmakers, Dartington Crystal, who have created a special tankard for the club’s players, coaches and support staff.
In what was a memorable 2019/20 season for the Chiefs, Rob Baxter’s side lifted not only the Heineken Champions Cup for the first time with victory over Racing 92, but followed it up by claiming a second Gallagher Premiership crown with victory over Wasps.
Each hand-made 'Torrington' crystal tankard, which has been personalised with the recipient’s name, features the...
Schoolchildren in The Gambia will soon have desperately-needed desks and chairs thanks to an initiative from an Exeter primary school.
Whipton Barton Federation is undergoing refurbishment and is renewing its old and outdated furniture. Rather than send to landfill, it is planning to send nine classrooms worth of furniture to a school in the Yundum Barracks area of The Gambia, West Africa.
And youngsters from the Exeter school will be writing notes to their African counterparts – telling them all about life in the UK.
A new care home development in Exeter celebrates a major milestone, reaching the topping out stage, marking the completion of the latest phase of the construction programme for the 65 bed project.
The new home, officially named Cumberland Grange Care Home, has been built by Halsall Construction and will be operated by Barchester Healthcare. The home will provide personalised residential and dementia care for older people in Exeter and the surrounding areas. The first residents will be able to move into the home this summer.
The luxury new home has a café for residents to...
This week, work has started on road improvements for enhanced access at Exeter Airport via Long Lane.
The new access will help to boost economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, support new employment and provide opportunities for clean and inclusive growth.
The enhancements to Long Lane will unlock development of the new 19 acre AirPark site in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone which is expected to create around 1,000 jobs.
Valued at £3.7 million, the scheme will also facilitate a bus loop and cycleway, substantially improving access to the new...
Twelve people in Exeter are celebrating after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.
The Powlesland Road neighbours netted the windfall when EX2 8RS was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Wednesday 20th January 2021.
People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wishes to the winners. He said: “Brilliant news for all of our winners today, congratulations! I hope you treat yourself with something nice.”
A minimum of 32% of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode...
Work is progressing to build 380 new homes at Pinhoe Quarry, Exeter.
The South West’s largest housing provider, LiveWest and leading partnerships business, Vistry Partnerships, have joined forces once again to develop a scheme for the 32-acre site, building on their collaborative portfolio of new homes across the South West.
It is hoped the first homes will be ready to move into during autumn this year.
The development has been named Harrington Park, nodding to the well-known area of the suburb and the design, which incorporates open green space, play areas and...
A warning of icy roads has been issued by Devon County Council as freezing temperatures are forecast overnight and into tomorrow morning (Friday 22 January).
Gritters will be carrying out two treatments on most routes of the County Council’s precautionary salting network overnight. However, the amount of recent rain over the past 24 hours has left running water across some roads, particularly valley roads, including the A377 and the A396 north of Tiverton, which could create challenging driving conditions.
Road surface temperatures are set to drop to almost -4C in some...
