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Drone footage captures Iron Bridge refurbishment in Exeter

A bird’s-eye view has revealed the scale of the work recently carried out on Exeter’s historic Iron Bridge.

The Grade II Listed structure, which dates back to 1834, underwent a five-month programme of repairs to protect its cast iron framework. Drone footage taken by the engineering team documented the project from start to finish, showing the bridge’s transformation.

The scheme involved extending the existing concrete carriageway slab to allow for a new waterproof layer to be added to seal the bridge deck before resurfacing it. Expansion joints were replaced, while...

University launches online egg hunt

An online Easter egg hunt in which players act as ‘predators’ to find hidden bird eggs will help scientists better understand camouflage and its evolution.

The new game, called Egglab, is a type of citizen science – a genuine scientific experiment that anyone around the world with a computer, smartphone or tablet can take part in, with the aim of understanding how different types of camouflage evolve in different habitat types.

It has been created by a BBSRC-funded research team led by Dr Martin Stevens of the University of Exeter, who have been investigating how camouflage...

Breathe Fest tickets now on sale

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Wed, 04/16/2014 - 3:59pm

Tickets for Breathe Fest, a music festival to raise money needed for the potentially life-saving treatment of an Exeter woman with two terminal illnesses, have now gone on sale. The festival, to be held in Exeter on Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12 will help raise the necessary money to support mother-of-one Jo Smith travel to and pay for her treatment which is only available in Thailand. Jo, 36, has a unique combination of diseases and doctors say the odds of suffering both is over five billion to one. She needs a heart and lung transplant to have any hope of beating the blood...

All aboard for World Book Night

Book lovers in Devon are being invited to celebrate World Book Night at the County Council’s libraries next week.

This year, 250,000 World Book Night editions (12,500 copies of 20 titles) will be given by a network of volunteer reading enthusiasts and institutions focusing on reaching the 35.2% of the population who don’t read for pleasure

In Exeter, library staff and volunteers will be giving out free books outside Exeter Central Station from a specially set up pop-up library from noon-4pm just across the road from Exeter College. Great news for commuters who may be able...

Devon Sports Awards 2014 Finalists Revealed

The finalists in this year’s Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards, in association with Active Devon have been revealed. They include sportsmen and women, clubs, coaches and volunteers from all four corners of the county. The event will once again be hosted at Sandy Park, the home of LV= Cup winning Premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs. The competition was open to those involved in sport throughout Devon and, unlike similar awards, all the profits will be donated to charity. This year’s host is BBC Spotlight's Jenny Walrond and the special guest will be medal winning British athlete...

Exmouth Assault Appeal

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/16/2014 - 1:47pm

Police in Exmouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault which took place in the town on Friday 11 April. At around 12.30pm in Normandy Close, a 35-year-old man was attacked while walking with a black ‘staffy’ dog. The local victim and suspect were known to each other. The victim suffered a broken nose and lacerations to his face in the assault. A 21-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail until 10 June. Police are now appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident to please contact them. The victim is described as about 5’9” tall...

Young Exmouth father-of-two dead after Topsham collison

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/16/2014 - 10:23am

Police are appealing for witnesses to a collsion in Topsham after a 23-year-old from Exmouth died of his injuries

At around 3.40pm on Tuesday 15 April, police were called to a road traffic collision near to the Retreat Drive in Topsham to reports that a motorcyclist had been in collision with a car.

The vehicles involved were a Jeep and a Suzuki motorcycle.

On arrvial both the rider of the motorbike, a 46-yearold man and his pillion passenger were found to have received serious injuries in the collison . Tradgically, the 23-year-old pillion passenger, Stephen...

Wyn and Peter celebrate their Diamond Wedding

Authored by Newshound
Posted: Tue, 04/15/2014 - 7:57pm

Wyn and Peter Saunders from Crediton recently celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary with a lunch party at the Anchorage Hotel in Babbacombe.

The couple were both born in the London area and met at the South Bank University where Wyn was a student child nurse and Peter was a student dental technician.

They were married at St Matthew’s Church, Surbiton and honeymooned in Devon.

Both were evacuated to Devon during the war, Wyn to Morchard Bishop and Peter to Bideford. In 1967 they moved to Crediton with their four children.

Wyn later worked as an...

Road Closed after Accident near Topsham

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/15/2014 - 4:34pm

Police have closed the road near Topsham due to a collision between a motorbike and Jeep

At approximately 3.40pm on Tuesday 15 April, police were called to a road traffic collision near to the Retreat Drive in Topsham to reports that a motorcyclist had been in collision with a car. The motorcyclist had a pillion passenger at the time of the collision and both are injured. The vehicles involved are a Jeep and a Suzuki motorcycle. There are no details of injuries at this time but ambulance crews are in attendance and the road has been closed at the scene and is likely to remain...

Record Number of South West Beaches Hit Top Standards

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Tue, 04/15/2014 - 3:43pm

A record number of South West beaches have achieved the highest bathing water standards this year according to a report from Marine Conservation Society (MCS) released today. The MCS 'Good Beach Guide’ shows that 173 out of 195 (88.7%) South West beaches received the top standard for excellent water quality.

Nationally MCS has recommended 538 out of 734 (73%) UK beaches tested during last summer as having excellent water quality –135 more than the previous year.

MCS Coastal Pollution Officer, Rachel Wyatt, says she hopes the latest figures will be a boost to UK tourism...

Sacked PC Denies Tweeting from Exeter

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Tue, 04/15/2014 - 2:36pm

A police officer sacked for tweeting that police bosses were ‘lower than slime’ has denied any connection to the account responsible.

Tony Ryan, 33, a was dismissed from Avon and Somerset Police for gross misconduct last week (8 April) after a disciplinary panel decided that he was the author of the @TheBritishCop twitter account, which had tweeted dergotory remarks about Avon and Somerset police bosses.

However Mr Ryan has vigorously denied any connection to the account and that many of the tweets posted by @TheBritishCop had been 'geotagged' in places he had never been,...

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