Devon and Cornwall Police plans to close police stations and offices across Devon and Cornwall in the next five years as the Force strives to save £29m from its current budget. In most cases closures would lead to the building of smaller, more cost effective facilities, or see police teams sharing facilities within their communities. None of the sites being closed are currently open to the public. The closures or lease surrenders would make revenue savings of at least £1.053m a year. Faced with the next round of budget cuts under the Government’s comprehensive spending review – and with...
WiFi service delivery company, WiFi SPARK based in Exeter, has chosen Children’s Hospice South West as its charity of the year, and its latest fundraiser has seen members of the team hike the ten tors of Dartmoor.
Twelve members of the team from the Matford Business Park based company braved cold and foggy conditions to hike the ten miles across the ten tors of Dartmoor. Matt O’Donovan, WiFi SPARK’s founder said: ‘We’re so pleased to have raised over £1300 for this great cause and have many other activities planned to add to this sum. The WiFi SPARK team will continue its...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend
THEATRE
Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot brings to life one of those unforgettable moments when everyone can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing: The Rugby World Cup Final 2003 - England v Australia with just 26 seconds to the final whistle and the score standing at a tantalising 17-17 Jonny Wilkinson makes history by dropping a goal with his right boot to win the World Cup for England...
Exeter was wowed by a parade of colour, rugby, music and creativity this past weekend.
Huge crowds gathered for The Exeter Five Nations Parade. A parade that snaked through the city from Cathedral Green to the Fanzone on Saturday 10 October to celebrate the Rugby World Cup 2015 and the culture of the nations based in the host city of Exeter.
The parade was awash with eye-popping amazing costumes, bears, Vespa’s, magical musicians and giant pizzas hats. Not to mention a giant revolving turtle dove.
Walk the Plank, the creative producers of the parade and world...
Exeter’s Great West Run will be taking place on Sunday 18th October 2015.
This established half marathon is an annual fixture in the city’s calendar, and expects to attract around 4,000 runners, many of whom are fundraising for local and national charities. Using the city’s streets for the race will cause changes to usual traffic routes for a limited period on Sunday 18th October.
In planning the event every effort is made to minimise the disruption caused with the closing of roads.
Where closures occur, and where possible, diversions will be in place to ensure...
A £100 million investment and further growth will be unlocked at Exeter Science Park, thanks to additional funding provided by Devon County Council.
The County Council’s Cabinet today (Wednesday 14 October) agreed to use the remainder of a £2.5 million funding package to develop vital infrastructure at the Science Park. It is using Growth Deal Funding awarded from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership in April.
The infrastructure is needed to meet challenging targets for the opening of the Met Office’s £100 million supercomputer facility and collaboration...
Work is set to commence on the Devon coastline as part of Natural England’s plans to create an England Coast Path, it has just been announced.
The news is welcomed by the South West Coast Path Association – the charity set up to represent everyone who loves the Coast Path, as it will see the implementation of new ‘coastal access’ legislation that will help to improve the route and safeguard its future.
Steve Church, the Secretary of the Association, said: “The announcement made by Natural England is great news for us as it will help to secure the existing route of the Coast...
A Devon holiday park is set to open its doors all year round, launching a new pool membership as a thank you to local residents.
For the first time in its 73-year history, Ladram Bay Holiday Park, on the Jurassic Coast between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, will open its swimming pool complex from November to March.
The redeveloped complex, including a main pool, children’s zone, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi, gym and poolside café, will open at the family run park, which first saw campers pitch up in 1943.
Ladram Bay enjoyed its most successful summer this year,...
Andy Baylis a cricket coach from Exeter, was rewarded for his work promoting grassroots cricket after receiving the MCC Spirit of Cricket Award at the Chance to Shine Annual Awards last week (7th October).
The awards lunch at Nomura Bank in London celebrated and rewarded the achievements of people involved in the Chance to Shine Schools programme.
Special guests included England and Kent rising star Sam Billings alongside England women coaching ambassadors Tammy Beaumont and Kate Cross and Chance to Shine Vice-President Mark Nicholas who hosted the event.
Devon’s Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants increased by 56 claimants between August and September 2015 to 3,297 claimants in total.
However, the overall claimant rate for Devon - the proportion of the county’s working age population - remains the same at 0.8 per cent, still far below the UK average of 1.7 per cent.
At a district level, Exeter and East Devon have experienced falls of 20 and 24 claimants each, while the remaining districts, with the exception of North Devon, experienced increases no higher than 15 claimants
