Local News

The TSB in Exmouth is urging people to ‘Take Five’ to stop fraud. The challenger bank, located in 22 The Strand, hosted a fraud awareness afternoon to educate the local community about the latest tricks and scams and – importantly – how to avoid them. ‘Take Five’ is a banking industry initiative encouraging people to take time to stop, think and check, before making payments and other financial transactions. The initiative comes at a time when fraud is becoming more elaborate, more sophisticated and more plausible; the latest figures show that financial fraud across cards, online banking...

Exeter is playing a very important part in keeping the oceans and beaches in the south west clear of plastic. Discarded plastic collected from our coastline is being sent to Exeter City Council’s Materials Reclamation Facility, where it is being sorted, batched up and sent for recycling. The partnership with Keep Britain Tidys’ BeachCare programme and Fathoms Free not only helps rid the sea and beaches of unwanted and damaging materials but also helps keep council tax bills down by raising much needed revenue from the sale of recycled plastic. Cllr Stephen Brimble, Lead Councillor for...

Around one hundred and eighty people attended a seminar last week organised by CPRE Devon to address the controversial issue of where new homes should be built in Exeter, East Devon, Teignbridge and Mid Devon.

Presentations by East Devon MP Sir Hugo Swire, and Simon Thornley and Andy Wood from the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) gave rise to lively debate at the meeting last Friday (January 19th).

The Devon Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England announced it had appointed independent consultants to establish how many and what kind of new homes need to be built...

Iron Bridge in Exeter will be closed next week for routine maintenance to be carried out.

The road will be closed between Paul Street and Dinham Road from Monday 29 January until Friday 2 February to enable new width restriction bollards and signs to be installed. The bridge deck will also be inspected during the closure with trial holes being excavated in order to inform future improvement work to the structure and its drainage. Access to adjacent businesses will be maintained throughout the closure, as will pedestrian access across the bridge. A signed diversion will be in place...