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Prayers will be said this weekend for an Exeter community in mourning over the death of a 12-year-old boy.

The youngster died after a collision with a lorry on Topsham Road, close to Countess Wear roundabout on Thursday.

He was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The lorry driver was uninjured.

The road was closed for five hours while serious collision investigators carried out an examination of the scene.

Rev Juliet Horwood, Curate for the Mission Community, St Luke's, Countess Wear, said her thoughts...

Work has started on a £400,000 project to expand and redevelop the Security Search Area at Exeter Airport.

The new enlarged design for the area, with additional screening equipment, will make the passenger journey through the security process faster and more efficient.

Exeter Airport’s operations director Stephen Wiltshire said: “The completion of the work will coincide with the start of the new London City Airport service which starts on 27 October.

We expect to see a lot of demand on this Flybe route which will operate up to three times a day, so it is essential...

In the early evening of 29th August police attended the Old Railway Line, Cowleymoor, Tiverton, following a report that a 27 year old female had been stabbed at that location by a male known to her.

The female is currently receiving treatment and her injuries are not life threatening. Enquiries are ongoing to locate the male. This was an incident between two people known to each other.

If anyone has any information regarding the incident please contact Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 quoting Log 708 29/08/14 or alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or...

There are hundreds of user-worked crossings on farmland in Britain, which see a marked increase in traffic during the harvest season. Figures collated over the past ten years reveal that the number of collisions and near misses at these types of crossings also sharply increases over the harvest months.*. Since the beginning of June, Network Rail has recorded dozens of incidents of level crossing misuse on farm crossings. Fortunately none of these have resulted in collisions or serious harm but they have caused over ten hours of delays to rail services.

Vincent Briggs, level...