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From homelessness to hospitality: Café EX4, Exeter’s new lifeline

Five years ago, Dan was homeless, living in supported accommodation, and struggling with addiction and mental health challenges.

This month — the same week The Salvation Army in Exeter Temple celebrates its 145th anniversary — Dan stood alongside Majors Carl and Elizabeth Di-Palma who lead the church and charity in Exeter, to watch celebrity chef Michael Caines (MBE DL), cut the ribbon on Café EX4, a community café run by people with lived experience of homelessness, addiction, and neurodiversity.

Café EX4 operates under a licence agreement, making the café a tenant of...

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Council warns of palm oil risk to dogs

Palm Oil is washing up on some beaches along East Devon’s Jurassic Coastline. Although it is not normally harmful to humans or birds, it can prove toxic to dogs if they eat it.

East Devon District Council is warning dog owners to beware of their pets eating the substance. And the council is offering to pick up any clumps of congealed palm oil that are reported to it.

If you find this substance on the beach, please contact East Devon District Council to arrange removal. You can call 01395 516551 or tell us via the Report Litter form on the East Devon App.

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2014 could be warmest year on record

Early figures from the Met Office show 2014 is on course to be one of, if not the warmest, year on record both globally and for the UK.

Recent Met Office research also suggests breaking the existing global and UK temperature records is much more likely due to human influence on the climate.

The global mean temperature for January to October based on the HadCRUT4 dataset (compiled by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit) is 0.57 °C (+/- 0.1) above the long-term (1961-1990) average. This is consistent with the statement from the World...

Holsworthy Dairy Evening 2014

The annual Holsworthy Dairy Evening hosted by Kivells, now in it's 21st year, is well known in the area as not only a Show & Sale of good quality dairy cattle but also a social event.

Jonathon Gifford partner at Haines Watts North Devon (part of the Haines Watts group, named as 'Accountancy Firm of the Year 2014') presented the award for 'Highest PLI In Show' to Adrian Burrows (vendor). The top call on the evening was £2,300 given for the Overall Champion and first place heifer of the show “Perrin’s Piano” a freshly calved homebred heifer sold on behalf of Messrs Hussell of...

Exciting new arts project fund for Exeter

Arts and voluntary organisations in Exeter are being invited to apply for a share of a new Arts Project Fund.

Bidding for the Fund will begin on 9 December and will be aimed at supporting one-off Exeter-based arts projects taking place during 2015/16.

Grants between £1,500 and £10,000 will be available and priority areas of funding in 2015/16 are:

• Festival of Rugby events • Community festivals • Art Form festivals • Partnerships between artists and communities

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate that the project will benefit residents of...

Lorry overturns on M5 near Exeter

Emergency services were called to a road traffic collision on the M5 near Exeter on Wednesday.

Police were called around 11.20am to an overturned lorry on the motorway at junction 31, at the A30 slip road.

The Daf lorry has a container with sea salt on board and has overturned.

Two other vehicles were involved in the collision, namely a Blue Ford Transit van and a silver Saab.

None of the drivers are seriously injured.

One lane remains closed and traffic is slow on the A30 westbound, between Exeter and Alphington.

DAAT's Heavitree shop to reopen

Devon Air Ambulance Trust is delighted to be reopening their Heavitree, Exeter charity shop on Saturday 6 December at 10am.

Martin Bell, Retail Director of Devon Air Ambulance Trust said “We are often asked why we spend money on refurbishing our shops. There are many reasons for this. In the case of our Heavitree shop we are at the end of the current lease so we are obliged to ensure that the premises are fit for purpose. We plan to continue trading from these premises for many years to come. Therefore at the same time replacing the lighting and heating to low running cost...

Health warning as temperature falls

As temperatures start to fall PHE is urging people to think now how the onset of cooler weather could impact their health. Every year more than 25,000 extra people die in England over the winter period and many of these deaths are, experts say, preventable.

The Met Office warned that later this week we will get our first taste of cooler weather and temperatures are expected to fall to about what we’d expect for this time of year.

Mark Wilson, a meteorologist Met Office, said: "This week looks likely to see temperatures falling closer to the early December average. This...

National appeal for missing man Jonathon Kelly

Police Scotland have issued a nationwide appeal for information about a man missing from Drumchapel since 10 September 2014.

Jonathon Kelly (pictured in a forensic artist’s drawing) had his licence revoked after failing to comply with imposed conditions following his release from Lowmoss Prison on 21 August 2014.

Police have undertaken extensive enquiries to locate Mr Kelly, however attempts so far to trace him have proved unsuccessful. There have also been no confirmed sightings of Mr Kelly.

Officers believe he may have travelled further afield than Scotland and...

Stolen property found in Sidmouth

Police investigating a series of burglaries in East Devon are hoping to return a number of items to their rightful owners.

Officers found the property following their investigations into a burglary in Sidmouth but police do not know who the items belong to or where they came from.

The recovered property includes a key fob which says “lounge french door”, a tea towel with ladybirds and daisies, and an envelope with a horse on which contained some old bank notes.

Anyone who believes the items are theirs should call DC Matt Burnell on 101.

Garage owner fined for selling defective campervan… twice

The owner of a Kingsbridge garage has been fined £5,000 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, relating to the sale of a Citroen Campervan.

Appearing at Newton Abbot Magistrates Court, Derek Jones, who owns Firtree Garage, was fined £2,500 on each count, ordered to pay full costs of £1,376 and a victim surcharge of £120.

Mr Jones admitted misleading his first victim by stating the vehicle was in “very good order” when it had 42 defects and 26 individual MOT fail items, and also failing to show professional...

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From homelessness to hospitality: Café EX4, Exeter’s new lifeline

Council warns of palm oil risk to dogs

2014 could be warmest year on record

Holsworthy Dairy Evening 2014

Exciting new arts project fund for Exeter

Lorry overturns on M5 near Exeter

DAAT's Heavitree shop to reopen

Health warning as temperature falls

National appeal for missing man Jonathon Kelly

Stolen property found in Sidmouth

Garage owner fined for selling defective campervan… twice

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