Landmark listed Sidmouth structure to be closed while council carries out essential maintenance
Sidmouth’s iconic Jacob’s Ladder, which leads up to Connaught Gardens from the beach below, will be closed for two to three weeks (weather depending) from 3 January 2019, while East Devon District Council’s local contractor C Sansom Ltd undertakes essential maintenance works to the structure.
The works were identified as part of the council’s principal inspections and involved looking at all elements of the structure in close detail from a mobile working platform. The remedial...
Panto at Exeter Corn Exchange has a reputation for bringing a novel approach to the classic storylines. This year, Devon favourite: Daniel Page ('Billy Elliot', 'Hairspray') is playing TWINS in the exotic and magical 'Aladdin'! He promises "Double the fun and double the trouble" as he is playing Abanazer and also Widow Twankey!
It's a plot twist which will allow Daniel to let out his naughty side as much as his damely nature!
Daniel explains, “I played Abanazer in 2012 and it was great fun- my baddies are never scary- I play the villain like Humpty Dumpty having a bad day....
A team of volunteers are preparing to leave their own families on Christmas day to answer Childline calls from children who have nowhere else to turn.
The NSPCC’s Helpline and Childline services operate 365 days a year, with trained counsellors poised to take calls from children, and adults who are concerned about a child’s welfare.
Both helplines are free and confidential to call – and demand can often increase over the festive period, when emotions can be magnified.
Almost 2,000 Childline counselling sessions were delivered over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and...
Around 80 guests attended, including a Deputy Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff of Devon and Neil Parish MP
East Devon District Council chairman, Cllr Andrew Moulding, held a Civic Carol Service , at the Parish Church of St Michael in Musbury. The Officiant was The Reverend Hilary Dawson.
Five readings were made as part of the service and were read by district council Vice Chairman , Cllr David Key; Sue Irving, Church Warden; Tim Nield, Head of Teaching and Learning at Musbury Primary School; Mark Williams, East Devon CEO and the Chairman, Cllr Andrew Moulding.
On Tuesday 11th December the Devon and Cornwall region of the Lord’s Taverners held their Christmas Lunch at Exeter’s famous Sandy Park. A record-breaking 636 people descended upon the grounds; comprising of local business, organisations and their guests. A lunch of this scale is a first for Exeter.
Through generous sponsorship and donated prizes the lunch raised just over £70,000. That is a fantastic amount and will allow the Lord’s Taverners charity to continue their work of enhancing disabled young people’s lives, through the use of sports such as cricket.
Police are investigating a fatal collision involving a car and a pedestrian at around 9.20pm on Saturday 15 December to Alphington Road, Exeter.
The incident took place underneath the railway bridge.
Formal identification of the 19-year-old pedestrian has yet to have taken place.
Police are appealing for anyone who lives or works in Alphington Street or Haven Road and has a CCTV system installed on their premises, to contact the investigation team.
Investigators are keen to secure footage from Haven Road, from Exe Bridges to the railway bridge at the...
A Somerset charity promoting health and wellbeing for older people has received a cash injection from a leading housebuilder in the region. Age UK Somerset, based in Taunton, has been handed £1,000 from persimmon Homes South West’s Community Champions fund. The grant will go towards organising sessions for clients to improve their activity levels, reducing and preventing illnesses and generally improving quality of life and wellbeing. Dianne Ramsay, who applied for the grant, said: “The friendships that are made in our classes make a real difference, helping them to feel a real...
Grecians fight back to claim all three points at Boundary Park!
A Jayden Stockley hat-trick gave Exeter City all three points away from home at Oldham Athletic in Sky Bet League Two.
A tough first half saw Athletic go ahead through Sam Surridge's header before Stockley levelled things going into the break.
Callum Lang then put the hosts back in front just after half-time, but a powerful left footed finish from Stockley made the score 2-2. The striker then got the winner with a well taken header from Lee Holmes' cross.
Santa Claus isn't due to deliver for another two days, but the Exeter Chiefs ensured their supporters Christmas came early as they returned to the top of the Gallagher Premiership for the festive period.
Rob Baxter's side produced their best display of the season to not only leapfrog rivals Saracens at the summit, but at the same inflict a first defeat on the Londoners for 22 games.
This was not just a victory, this was an emphatic statement of intent from the Devonians, whose second half display not only yielded maximum reward, but also helped to heal some of the bitter...
Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (21-23 December):
THEATRE
Robin Hood Barnfield Theatre, Exeter The Exeter Little Theatre Company Panto! Head to Sherwood Forest and meet Robin and his Merry Men, outlaws robbing the rich and always landing themselves in trouble because of their terrible plans. Trying to keep them in line are Maid Marian and her Girlpower Gang, but the girls will have their work cut out for them unless both groups learn to work together to take on Nottingham’s meanest Snotty Notty and Sir Guy. Tickets £10-£14. http://www....
