A major £500,000 investment to reconstruct the A3052 near Sidmouth will get underway in January.
Trow Hill will be reconstructed and resurfaced between Steven’s Cross and Dunscombe Lane, as part of a seven week programme of essential maintenance unveiled by Devon County Council.
Ahead of the resurfacing work, drainage improvements are programmed to start from Monday 4 January 2016. This is anticipated to take three weeks to complete.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet member for Highway Management and local member for Sidmouth and Sidford, said...
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Devon and Cornwall Police have joined up the alcohol education charity Drinkaware to launch a pilot initiative in the region which aims to keep people safe at night.
Drinkaware in partnership with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg, and the Safer partnerships have launched a six month pilot of Club Hosts at nightclubs across the peninsula.
The Club Hosts scheme started last week in Exeter, Plymouth, Torbay and Truro nightclubs and will work towards keeping young people safe and free from harassment on their nights out.
Sunday 31 January 9.45 am Price: Free, but donations welcome
In this all-day visit we will visit the RSPB Ham Wall reserve and the neighbouring Shapwick Heath. We will be able to visit the new Avalon hide at Ham Wall, and we hope to be lucky enough to see Marsh Harriers, Great White Egrets and Bitterns.
Bring packed lunch.
The new toilets at Ham Wall should be open.
Please note: this event is run by an RSPB volunteer group and is organised for interested...
A morning visit to Broadsands, hoping to see grebes and divers if the weather is favourable, plus winter visitors and the local Cirl Buntings. The trees at Broadsands can also be a good place to see Goldcrests and warblers including Chiffchaffs and the occasional Yellow-browed Warbler. Car park charge. Toilets on the sea front. Please note: this event is run by an RSPB volunteer group and is organised for interested members of the local community.
For the first time in Exeter, anyone who is rough sleeping in the city this winter will have to opportunity to come indoors and “safe sleep” for three continuous months, starting on December 1st.
Nicola Forsdyke, Exeter City Council’s Housing Options Manager explains, “We have been discussing how we could extend our normal Severe Weather Emergency Provision (SWEP) for rough sleepers with our partner agencies St Petrock’s, BCHA, who run the city hostel, Gabriel House and Julian House, who manage the Street Homeless Outreach Team, for some time and we’re delighted to get this new...
Leading local advice charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau is reporting that its new ‘Click or Call’ advice and information service has been a big success since it was launched in July, with more than 1000 calls answered in the last three months.
A further 176 people have used the new webchat facility, and a pilot email service has recently been launched.
The charity is asking that clients with access to the internet firstly click the on-line advice and information resources and factsheets available at citizensadvice.org.uk The website is available 24 hours a day. The...
It’s back! Exeter’s highly successful Ladies Do Lunch re-launches next month with a glorious Christmas celebration.
The new look luncheon club is now being run by renowned after dinner speaker Sally Sedgman who previously hosted Ladies Do lunches at the Royal Clarence Hotel on Cathedral Green.
"There’s no better time to launch the new club than at Christmas," said Sally (pictured) who is known all over the South West for her many television and radio appearances as well as speaking engagements.
She even won a whole ITV series, Hurrah It’s Sally Sedgman, on the...
A local Samaritans branch is linking with another charity to provide free support sessions for people who have lost a friend, relative or colleague to suicide.
The Exeter, Mid & East Devon Samaritans and the Devon branch of Cruse Bereavement Care are jointly arranging the groups, each of which is open to up to eight people who can share their experiences and offer each other support.
The aim is to attract those bereaved three months or longer ago, who are then encouraged to attend sessions on six consecutive weeks in central Exeter.
