Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision that has left one woman in a serious condition.
Just after 10am on Wednesday 16th December, a collision occurred on Hulham Road Exmouth, when a Citroen C4 travelling towards the junction with Phillips Avenue left the road and collided with a stone wall.
The driver, a local woman in her 70s was unharmed, however her passenger, an 87-year-old woman suffered serious back injuries described as life threatening and was air lifted to Southmead Hospital Bristol, where she remains in a serious but stable condition.
Twenty-two employees of Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital, with a combined 325 years of service between them, have picked up long service awards marking their 10, 15, 20 and 35 year anniversaries.
Each recipient will receive a Yearbook which is a personalised brochure filled with unique messages from leaders and team members, a Gift of their choice, and a sterling silver anniversary pin.
The team will also be treated to a celebratory meal.
Paul Taylor, Hospital Director, said: “We would like to congratulate these team members for their remarkable achievement....
It may be time to deck the halls with boughs of holly but, for millions of people, the season is anything but jolly. New YouGov research figures, released today, show that 2 million (2,046,545*) UK adults will not be celebrating or spending money this Christmas because of their finances. And the affordability of Christmas is also in the spotlight for millions of others, with a fifth (21%) of the UK using credit to fund their seasonal celebrations; by going into their overdraft, using a credit card, loan or payday lender.
The data is revealed as part of a YouGov study - commissioned...
Mum of two Sharon Clegg, from Newton Abbot scooped a £50 shopping voucher in a competition organised by Teignbridge.
She won the voucher in a prize draw for people who completed Teignbridge’s annual housing survey. The survey aimed to find out how people feel about the new affordable homes they live in.
By asking people who have moved into affordable homes in new developments, Teignbridge can better understand what it's like to live there. Questions ask what its like to find a new home, about moving, the home itself, its location, transport in the area, the landlord and how...
Stagecoach South West today confirmed that it will be launching a new fleet of buses for its busiest Park & Ride route in Exeter.
Starting from 4th January 2016 the Red Honiton Road Park & Ride will have a fleet of four brand new double decker buses, worth £800,000, all of which will feature free Wi-Fi, allowing customers to connect, share and play on the move. The Red Park and Ride route runs from Honiton Road to the city centre up to every 12 minutes, 7 days a week.
Stagecoach will retain its existing fleet of single decker buses used on the Blue (Sowton) and...
Volunteers at the local Exeter-based branch of Samaritans will be on duty across all of Christmas and New Year for anyone who needs someone to listen.
“We know that Christmas isn’t a happy time for everyone. Some people - particularly those on their own, and especially men - find the festive season very difficult” admits Helen Crossfield, director of Exeter, Mid and East Devon branch of Samaritans.
Samaritans volunteers will be available around the clock for anyone who needs to talk, in confidence, about whatever is causing them distress. That applies on Christmas Day,...
Exeter Hospiscare has reassured terminally ill people that its doctors and nurses provide individual and specialist care and do not follow a tick box approach.
The local charity spoke out after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said end-of-life care in England must be tailored to the needs of dying patients rather than a "tick-box approach.”
NICE issued a new framework for healthcare professionals to provide people with the best possible care in their last days of life and said patients must be treated with respect and compassion.
The University of Exeter will pioneer new methods for managing and treating chronic health conditions at a ground-breaking new maths-based research centre, it has been announced.
The new centre, led by Professor John Terry from the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, aims to revolutionise the diagnosis and prognosis of a range of common chronic health conditions.
The Centre is one of five across the UK launched by Life Sciences Minister George Freeman today (16 December) and which will receive part of a £10 million total investment by the Engineering...
A trader who travelled the country offering to clean householders' carpets for rock-bottom prices before hiking his charges by up to 5,400 per cent, has been sentenced for seven offences.
Last month, just before a three day trial was scheduled to start, Mark Dudley of Humber Road, Ferndown, changed his pleas to guilty on four offences under the Fraud Act and three offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations.
This week Mr Dudley has been sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and also to do 180 hours Community Service....
Police in Exeter are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in the City.
The incident occurred sometime between Midday and 12.30pm on Sunday 6th December in Pennsylvania Road, Exeter.
The victim, a young woman aged 21 years, was walking alone along Pennsylvania Road, towards Union Road, when a man walked up behind her kicked at her right ankle causing her to fall forward onto the ground on her hands and knees.
He then tried to pull the victim’s handbag from her and move her arm to release the handbag.
