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National Highways is advising drivers travelling southbound on the M5 near Exeter to be aware of delays during the New Year holiday period.

A half-mile section of lane one of the southbound carriageway between junctions 30 and 31 has been closed for safety reasons due to a bridge defect.

The fractured bridge expansion joint plate was detected by a monitoring system in operation on the Exe viaduct, carrying the M5 over the River Exe, and will require specialist repair work early in the new year.

The lane closure is causing significant delays during peak travel...

Students from the University of Exeter won the VALORANT and the Rainbow Six Siege finals of the Winter Split of the UK and Ireland Amazon UNIVERSITY Esports , with over 100 universities participating in the competition this split.

The University of Exeter’s ‘GoNexeter’ and ‘Exeterrific’ were victorious in the live finals event on 9th and 10th December at the brand-new Confetti X esports hub in Nottingham. In addition to being named the top teams in the UK and Ireland, the winners of Rocket League, League of Legends, and VALORANT also secured their qualification to play against...

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is urgently appealing to the public to think carefully before dialling 999 due to the extreme demand it is currently facing following the four-day Christmas break.

At 11:30 on Wednesday 28 December there were 482 patients waiting for ambulances across the South West, with 106 patients awaiting handover at hospitals across the South West.

And SWASFT has today (Wednesday) declared a Critical Incident because the extreme pressures it is experiencing are affecting its ability to respond to patients.

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A RANDY reveller was rushed to hospital after binging on VIAGRA during a stag do.

Police logs show the mystery man was admitted into A&E with “heart palpitations” after mixing the blue pills with cocaine and booze.

It was one of dozens of bonkers stag and hen incidents dealt with by Devon and Cornwall Police in recent years.

In one particularly grim incident, a stag was sick on a train in North and West Devon. After a row unfolded between a male onlooker and a group of women, the angry bloke “scooped up the vomit” and started hurling it around the carriage...