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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

First Thursdays is a new event you won’t want to miss.

From June to September, Gandy Street will come alive on the first Thursday of each month, with a festival atmosphere in the early evening.

The first event takes place on Thursday 4 June, 5–8pm. Expect late-night shopping, live music, street entertainment, extended opening hours at cultural venues and a cocktail trail. All your favourite businesses on Gandy Street and in the surrounding area will be open, including:

Boston Tea Party : Will be hosting an indoor market with Circular Social, featuring

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Sidmouth sewers spruced up for Folk Week

A build-up of fat, food waste and other debris will be sucked from the sewers beneath Sidmouth this month.

From Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 July, South West Water's contractors Clear-flow will be cleaning out the storm storage tank beneath The Esplanade from 7pm to 11.30pm each night.

Then from Thursday 24 to Monday 28 July, Clear-flow will be cleaning the sewers in Chapel Road, Dove Lane and York Street.

There will be no road closures during the work. Temporary three-way traffic lights will be used during the work on The Esplanade.

Pedestrian access to...

Eddie crowned Devon's best bus driver

Devon’s best bus driver has been named by Devon County Council at a surprise presentation yesterday on Tuesday.

Hundreds of bus passengers across the county have been voting for their favourite bus driver over the past couple of months, in a competition organised by the County Council.

The competition was launched earlier this year to coincide with national “Catch the Bus Week”.

The results are now in, and the drivers with the most votes have been recognised for their kind and courteous behaviour behind the wheel, and for their efforts at providing exceptional...

Glove at the ready for Lammas Fair

The Lammas Glove is to be raised above Exeter on Friday as part of a ceremony dating back more than 900 years.

The Proclamation of Lammas Fair takes place at 12 noon on Friday (18 July) at the Guildhall. Originating from before the Norman Conquest, the Lord Mayor's procession of the Lammas Glove, includes civic dignitaries and local school children, some in period costume.

This year the Lord Mayor will also be joined by Russian Delegates and the Sobinov Childrens Orchestra from Exeter’s twinned city of Yaroslavl.

They will set off from Southernhay at 10.50am and...

Police appeal following assault on fisherman

Police in Torquay are appealing for witnesses following an assault on a fisherman. The victim, a man, aged in his 30s was fishing off Hopesnose Torquay at around 6.30am on Sunday 13 July in his 19ft Orkney fastliner boat. It appears that the boat was deliberately targeted by a shore based fisherman by ‘casting’ his rod in the boats direction.

On this occasion the victim was struck and a hook was embedded in his left cheek. There were a large number of shore based fisherman in the area at the time and police are appealing to them for information to identify the offender who is...

Exeter's Ted Wragg Trust backed to run new Cranbrook school

An Exeter educational trust is being recommended to run Cranbrook’s new two to 16 all-through school.

The trust already numbers Isca, St James and Whipton Barton infants and junior schools among its members.

Named after distinguished Exeter educationist Ted Wragg, the trust is led by Exeter University, Exeter College, Flybe and EDF.

New schools cannot be set up by local authorities but have to be run by sponsors.

Following a comprehensive public consultation, Devon County Council will now recommend Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to appoint the trust to run...

Four injured after car overturns near Bow

Four people were treated by ambulance crews after a car overturned near Bow in the early hours of this morning.

The fire service received a call from the ambulance service, reporting a road traffic collision at Great Wooden, near Bow, Crediton at 2.43am.

One fire appliance from North Tawton attended.

Fire crews confirmed a single vehicle road traffic collision with one car overturned on the public highway.

Four people were free and clear of the vehicle prior to the arrival of the fire service.

Fire crews made the vehicle safe and assisted police with...

Celebrate natural fibres at Killerton Spun

This weekend (19 and 20 July), Killerton Estate is hosting a brand new event, Killerton Spun.

There will be demonstrations and exhibitions designed to show visitors the way in which materials such as wool, silk, cotton and linen can be transformed into fabrics, garments, braid and much more. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch demonstrations, including crochet, spinning, printing and lace making, all based within Killerton house and gardens. Denise Melhuish, Killerton’s House and Collections Manager, said: "We are working in collaboration with staff and students from Bicton...

Drivers urged to avoid the M5 after crash

Drivers are being urged to avoid the M5 southbound after a crash closed the motorway.

The incident happened just before 3am when two lorries collided.

One of the vehicles had broken down on the hard shoulder when it was hit by the second vehicle. The force of the impact knocked the stationery lorry onto its side.

Initially one of the drivers was trapped inside his cab and had to be freed by firefighters who also had to clear up spilled fuel.

He was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital where he is being treated for serious injuries. It is thought the driver of the...

Royals visit the emergency services

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall met members of the emergency services yesetrday to thank them and the Local Resilience Forum Partners for their work together during last winter’s severe weather and flooding that took place in the West Country.

Their Royal Highnesses visited the Fire Services Academy, Fire Behaviour School based at Exeter Airport where they watched a multi-agency training exercise by the Police, Fire and Ambulance services. The exercise was based upon a critical incident, of a hazardous materials spill, and showed all three services combining their...

Duchess of Cornwall officially opens city library

The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened Devon County Council’s state-of-the-art newly refurbished Exeter Library this afternoon.

The Duchess was given a tour of the library, which has been transformed by the council’s multi million pound investment, and was introduced to staff and community groups who regularly use the library’s extensive facilities.

Her Royal Highness's first stop was to meet the artists who created the Stack of Books art installation - Will Shakspear, Mark Collcutt and Matt Dingle. The art work, internally lit with LED lighting, depicts books with a...

Local News

Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

Sidmouth sewers spruced up for Folk Week

Eddie crowned Devon's best bus driver

Glove at the ready for Lammas Fair

Police appeal following assault on fisherman

Exeter's Ted Wragg Trust backed to run new Cranbrook school

Four injured after car overturns near Bow

Celebrate natural fibres at Killerton Spun

Drivers urged to avoid the M5 after crash

Royals visit the emergency services

Duchess of Cornwall officially opens city library

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