Chelsea sign Exeter City teenager Ethan Ampadu

Exeter City are currently in negotiations with Chelsea over a fee for Ethan Ampadu after the 16-year-old put pen to paper on a deal at Stamford Bridge.

Ethan, who made 13 appearances for City’s first team last season, was free to talk to other clubs having yet to sign scholarship forms at St James Park.

As a result, there is no transfer fee. However, being a product of the Exeter City Academy, and under the age of 24, the Grecians are entitled to compensation and it is hoped that a fee for that can be agreed between Chelsea and Exeter City without the need to go to a...

Councillors asked to back increased budget for Exeter Bus Station redevelopment

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 07/01/2017 - 11:48am

Exeter City Councillors are being asked to back an increased budget to ensure delivery of a new Exeter Bus Station and state-of-the-art new leisure complex.

The developments, funded by Exeter City Council, are seen as crucial to the overall £115m redevelopment of this key city centre site, in partnership with the Crown Estate.

Members of the authority’s Leisure Complex and Bus Station Programme Board are being recommended to approve an uplift of £7.67m in the previously approved budget for the leisure complex and bus station.

Members of Exeter City Council’s Leisure...

Exeter audience moved to tears by Private Eye cartoonist's memories of his dad's dementia

Award-winning Private Eye Cartoonist Tony Husband was one of the special guests at an event organised by Exeter Dementia Action Alliance.

Tony read from his cartoon book Take Care, Son: My Dad living with Dementia.

Many in the audience were moved to tears by Tony’s memories.

Equally as touching was the appearance of Sara and Barrie Carless, who are living locally with dementia

The event was hosted by Stephens Scown Solicitors and among the other special guests was The Lord Mayor of Exeter Councillor Lesley Robson.

The Lord Mayor said: "What was so...

Official ceremony marks Sandy Park junction completion

A special ceremony has been held to celebrate completion of the recent improvements to the Sandy Park junction in Exeter.

The £2.5 million junction was opened ahead of schedule in April.

To mark its completion, Devon County Council chairman Ray Radford unveiled a plaque at the site today (Friday 30 June) and also took the opportunity to congratulate the Exeter Chiefs on their recent Aviva Premiership title triumph.

The upgraded layout has provided a signalised junction that now allows right turns in and out of the site, improving access to the Sandy Park Stadium and...

Police celebrate 50 year anniversary with time capsule burial

Today, Friday 30 June 2017, Devon and Cornwall Police marked an end to their 50 year anniversary celebrations by burying a time capsule which will remain underground for 50 years.

The time capsule was in aid of the Force’s 50 year anniversary following its amalgamation in 1967 when Plymouth Constabulary, Devon Constabulary and Cornwall Constabulary came together to form Devon and Cornwall Police.

The ceremony took place around the flagpole at Police Headquarters at Middlemoor in Exeter, and contained materials ranging from a police choir record to this week’s regional...

Tickets on sale for Classics Galore!

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (July 1) for another Classics Galore! concert at the University of Exeter Great Hall on Saturday November 18.

It’s the sixth time this popular gala event has been staged in aid of FORCE Cancer Charity.

As well as providing superb entertainment, Classics has now raised nearly £70,000 for FORCE.

The profits from this year’s concert will be set aside for new equipment that is advancing the treatment of women with cancer at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

November’s concert will feature 200 top local musicians and singers and...

Revised schedule continues on Sunday Dartmoor service

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/30/2017 - 12:38pm

Rail services on the Okehampton Sunday Dartmoor Service will continue to operate with a revised schedule until further notice.

Track speed restrictions remain in place between Coleford Junction and Okehampton, which requires the amended timetable.

The Summer Sunday Services, run by Great Western Railway (GWR) and funded by Devon County Council, will also continue to start and terminate at Exeter St Davids rather than Exeter Central.

Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Development and Waste, said: “Partners delivering the...

And Here I Am

Event Date: 
14/07/2017 - 6:00pm to 15/07/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Based on Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, And Here I Am is an epic voyage of identity and self-discovery. Combining fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, spanning both the first Palestinian intifada and the second, we follow the protagonist through his transformation from armed resistance fighter to artist, his journey as a refugee in the West Bank to Norway and then back again.

In a series of tragicomic episodes vividly brought to life by award-winning writer Hassan Abdlrazzak, we journey through this personal and political tale of occupation and resistance, fear and...

From Figure to Face

Event Date: 
07/08/2017 - 7:00pm to 12/08/2017 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
St Stephen's Church, Exeter High Street

From Figure to Face – an exhibition of the art of portrait and the figure at

St Stephen’s Church in Exeter High Street. Opening times are

Monday 7th August – 7:00pm – 9:00pm Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th – 9:00am to 6:00pm Saturday 12th August – 9:00am – 4:00pm

All welcome

Holiday park raises £5,000 for Marine Conservation Society

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 06/30/2017 - 9:40am

Haven are thrilled to announce that Devon Cliffs Holiday Park in Exmouth have donated £5,144 through the sales of 5p carrier bags in Kent.

Haven has been working in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society since 2016 to help protect the shores and marine wildlife in the UK. Devon Cliffs Holiday Parks’ donation contributes to an incredible £45,000 donation from the sales of 5p carrier bag across Haven’s 31 coastal holiday parks in England and Scotland.

When the 5p carrier bag charges were introduced across England and Wales it seemed the perfect fit to donate the...

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