Police appeal after man assaulted in Exmouth

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Posted: Mon, 04/24/2017 - 3:02pm

Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault which took place at 3.30am on Sunday 9th April 2017, near the National Westminster bank on Rolle Street, Exmouth.

A 29-year-old man was assaulted by an unknown male leaving the victim with a serious head wound.

DC Rob Poole of Exmouth CID said: “We would like to reassure the public that we consider this to be an isolated incident. However, we are still keen to speak to anyone who saw this assault, which was serious.”

If you have information that could help with our investigation, please email 101@dc.police.uk...

Bikes bring a bounty of Easter gifts!

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Posted: Mon, 04/24/2017 - 2:59pm

Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Bridge House hospice near Barnstaple, would like to thank everyone who donated gifts for its children and families this Easter

The hospice has been inundated with lots of Easter goodies, including a chocolate bonanza donated by members of the Exeter Bike Club and Taw & Torridge Bike Club who visited the hospice at the Easter weekend to deliver their gifts.

Although many of our life-limited children cannot eat the chocolate themselves, as the hospice offers respite care for the whole family including brothers and sisters, the...

Welcome reception for holiday park guests

A celebration with a traditional Devonshire cream tea marked the opening of a popular East Devon holiday park’s new reception area.

The work at Oakdown Touring & Holiday Caravan Park, which is located outside Sidmouth, took five months to complete and employed 20 local tradespeople.

The new reception, which was officially opened by Neil Parish MP, is now ready to welcome guests to the park for the 2017 holiday season. The park’s café has also been refurbished as part of the improvement work.

Alastair Franks, who runs the park with this wife Andrianna and parents...

Exeter School F1 in Schools team awarded national prize

Exeter School is celebrating winning a prestigious national award at the F1 in Schools Final.

Exeter School's most successful F1 in Schools team, Vulcan, competed in the Development Class National Final at Silverstone on 29 March, where they were awarded the Innovative Thinking Award.

The F1 in Schools competition challenges pupils aged 9-19 to build, test and race a model car they have designed from scratch on a multitude of industry standard computer programs.

After seven weeks of preparation following the regional final in February, the team of Year 10 pupils...

Hustings for County Council elections

Event Date: 
27/04/2017 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Community Centre, St Davids Hill, Exeter

Hustings for the County Council elections will be held on Thursday 27th April at Exeter Community Centre at 7 pm

Hilary Whyard will represent the Labour candidates, Anne Jobson the Conservatives, Diana Moore the Green Party and Vanessa Newcombe the Liberal Democrats.

Questions can be submitted in advance via Jess Nightly at fairandsustainable3@gmail.com and will have a better chance of being asked. However some questions will be taken from the audience.

County elections are on May 4th; in view of the General Election on June 8th national policy issues may also be...

MS Trust funding new nurses to help more people understand and take on MS

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Posted: Mon, 04/24/2017 - 9:13am

MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of MS specialist nursing in the UK and the appointment of the first new MS Trust funded nurses. However, the latest research commissioned by the MS Trust shows that MS is still a widely misunderstood condition.

A third of Brits know someone who has MS, yet 1 in 5 don't know what MS stands for and almost 70% admit to being unaware of the major symptoms.

Despite the UK’s lack of awareness, MS is the most common condition of the central nervous system affecting young adults. Over 100,000 people in the UK...

Hooley to leave the Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs can confirm that fly-half Will Hooley is to leave the club at the end of the season and will move to RFU Championship side Bedford Blues.

The 23-year-old back has spent the past two seasons at Sandy Park, signing during the summer of 2015 from Aviva Premiership rivals Northampton Saints.

Hooley made his Chiefs debut during the 2015/16 season, coming off the bench in Exeter’s European Champions Cup encounter against ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin.

During his maiden season in Devon, the Cambridge-born back featured in 15 match-day...

Thrilling fourth community futsal final

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Posted: Mon, 04/24/2017 - 7:08am

IT was a thrilling final for Exeter United who were the winners of Exeter City’s One Game One Community's fourth Futsal tournament held at the University of Exeter Sports Centre on Sunday, April 23.

Exeter United beat the team T P Mazembe, named after the Congalese football club based in Lubumbashi, 2-0.

The semi-finalists who did not make it to the final but were praised for doing well were Chorizo United who lost 2-1 to Exeter United and A C Heavitree, who lost 4-2 to T P Mazembe.

The tournament, the fourth to be held, was organised by Exeter City Football in the...

Police concerned for missing Exeter teenager

Anastasia Groom, missing since 22 April 2017, has been found safe and well in the Avon & Somerset policing area.

Devon and Cornwall Police, and Avon & Somerset Constabulary, thank the public for their help in locating Anastasia.

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Police are concerned for the welfare of 13 year old Anastasia Groom who went missing from the Exeter area

Anastasia is described as a white female around 5ft 1ins tall, of stocky build with dark hair with red colouring, which is worn...

Firefighters tackle major blaze on Woodbury Common

Fire crews from across Devon and Somerset have been tackling a large gorse fire on Woodbury Common.

The blaze started art around 2pm today (Sunday) and smoke could be seen for miles across Exeter and Haldon Hill.

Twenty appliances were sent to tackle the flames that were fanned by high winds.

The B3180 is closed between Four Firs and Halfway Inn on the A3052.

Members of the public are asked to avoid the Woodbury area while Emergency Services deal with the fire.

Below is the full report from Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service HQ:

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