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Middlemoor roundabout traffic signals will take time to repair

Devon County Council is urging motorists to take extra care at Middlemoor roundabout while traffic signals at the junction remain out of action.

The traffic lights were damaged by a car which struck the controller unit of the system at the start of the Christmas period.

The County Council is doing everything it can to resolve the issue, but bespoke parts need to be made to get it back up and running, which will take some time. Work will start on site next week (w/c Monday 19 January) while a new “16-phase controller unit” is currently being built off-site by a specialist...

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Jewellery taken in Honiton burglary

Police are appealing for information after items of jewellery were stolen from a house in Hale Lane, Honiton.

Offenders forced a ground floor window to get inside the property sometime between 10am and 1.35pm on Friday 31 May.

Numerous items of jewellery were taken from the property including a silver Pandora necklace with diamonds, a silver Armani watch, a gold cross diamond necklace, a silver link bracelet, a black and white diamond necklace and a gold and silver ladies watch.

Police are investigating and are keen to trace a person of interest who was seen in the...

Families for Children wins £1,000 Movement for Good award

Families for Children has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public.

Families for Children was nominated to win a £1,000 boost as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to charities this summer.

Families for Children is the only Voluntary Adoption Agency in the South West, with 26 years of experience placing some of society’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. The agency specialises in offering exceptional adoption support, putting vulnerable children and their adoptive...

L-R: Andy Seaman (Energy Manager, University of Exeter), Mark Hodgson (MD, Co Cars) and Joel Smith (Sustainability Officer, University of Exeter).

Co Cars and University of Exeter announce sustainable, hire-by-the-hour car scheme

The University of Exeter is the latest organisation to sign up to Co Cars’ business offer, giving staff access to hire-by-the-hour low emission cars, helping to reduce the number of cars on the University’s campuses.

Two brand new Toyota Yaris Hybrids are now available from the University’s Streatham Campus and a third will be available from College Road, St Luke’s later in the summer. The cars can be booked for business travel by University staff 24/7 either online or by smartphone and are also available for all Co Cars members to book and use.

By partnering with Co Cars,...

Smyths Toys Superstore opening in Exeter

On Saturday 22nd June children living in and around the area of Exeter are in for a real treat with a brand new Smyths Toys Superstore right on their doorstep, the perfect place to visit for endless hours of entertainment!

Unit 1B, Bishops Court Retail Park, Sidmouth Road, Exeter, EX2 7JH, doors open at 9am with a number of special guests including Freya Rabbit from the Sylvanian Families, Paw Patrol’s Chase & Marshall, Ben 10’s Heatblast and many more all dropping by at various intervals between 9am and 4pm! But that’s not all as there’ll also be free face-painting, candy...

New book honours soldiers who took part in D-Day landings

Relatives of D-Day veterans enjoyed a party to celebrate the launch of a new book which tells the individual stories of those who took part.

D-Day Spearhead Brigade has been written by author Christopher Jary - who is also a Trustee at the Keep Museum in Dorchester - the museum of the Devonshire and Dorset regiments.

At the book launch in Dorchester were several relatives of men who landed with the Dorsets or Devons on D-Day.

Professor Hugh Loxdale is the nephew (and was named after) Major Hugh Duke MC and Bar, who commanded C Company of the 2nd Devons and was...

Devon Freemasons give £26,000 support to local charities and organisations

Every Spring and Autumn Freemasons from all around Devon meet to support local organisations and charities who are require financial assistance, amongst those included are Schools, Youth Centres and locally based charities including Hospices, Hospital Services and Cancer Charities.

The money is raised through the “WAKE FUND” a trust conceived by Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire from 1970 to 1984, the late owner of Kneels laundry & dry cleaners (Now Johnsons). Since the idea was initiated the fund has grown through the...

Joy as endangered butterfly returns to North Devon after restoration work on rare grassland

One of the UK’s most threatened butterflies, the Marsh Fritillary, has recently been found at a National Trust site at Brownsham, near Hartland in North Devon. Brownsham is home to one of Britain’s rarest grassland habitats, culm grassland, which is one of the butterfly’s preferred habitats.

Brightly-coloured and speckled, the Marsh Fritillary is listed by Butterfly Conservation as one of the UK’s most threatened butterfly species, seriously declined due to habitat loss and degradation. It’s also considered vulnerable at a European level. National Trust rangers were really pleased...

Cadogan Court residents Peter Lawrey and Ted Forward prove age is no barrier to exercise at Motortone, a gym for older adults.

Exeter care home residents prove age is no barrier to exercise

Residents at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter began their new weekly fitness regime this week, pumping iron at a local gym.

Four game individuals, aged between 81 and 98, became the first care home residents to try out Motortone, a new gym specially designed for older adults, which is part of Exeter Sports Academy.

The fab four laughed and joked through their induction and first session using electrically powered gym machines which allow you to passively or actively exercise.

Motortone is designed to offer low impact exercise to help people with joint mobility,...

Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk

A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild bumblebees, new research shows.

The Varroa destructor mite lives on honeybees and can spread deformed wing virus (DWV) throughout the hive.

The mite has emerged as a parasite of Western honeybees, after switching from its original host, the Asian honeybee at the beginning of the last century. It has since spread globally through the man-made movement of infested honeybee hives and has turned into a viral vector.

The invasive mite does not live on bumblebees, but...

Road upgrade will boost South West economy by £40 billion

Upgrading a vital road between London and the South West will boost the region’s economy by £40 billion and create 21,000 new jobs.

That’s the message Devon County Council has delivered in evidence at a public examination of proposals to improve the A303 by constructing a tunnel to by-pass Stonehenge. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Development, told the Planning Inspectorate hearing that improving the A303 and the A30 and A358 “swallow-tail” was critical to the future prosperity of the South West. Studies commissioned by a...

Local News

Middlemoor roundabout traffic signals will take time to repair

Jewellery taken in Honiton burglary

Families for Children wins £1,000 Movement for Good award

Co Cars and University of Exeter announce sustainable, hire-by-the-hour car scheme

Smyths Toys Superstore opening in Exeter

New book honours soldiers who took part in D-Day landings

Devon Freemasons give £26,000 support to local charities and organisations

Joy as endangered butterfly returns to North Devon after restoration work on rare grassland

Exeter care home residents prove age is no barrier to exercise

Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk

Road upgrade will boost South West economy by £40 billion

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