An elderly woman has died following a two-car collision in Axminster on Tuesday (15 November).
Emergency services were called to Lyme Road around 4pm following the collision between a Ford Mondeo and a Mitsubishi Space Star near the Symonds Lane junction.
The Mondeo was heading uphill from Axminster when it collided with the nearside verge before being in collision with the Mitsubishi which was travelling in the opposite direction.
The Mitsubishi left the road and dropped three metres down a bank before coming to rest against trees.
The nights are getting darker but Devon theatre goers can get a taste of the summer when one of the most popular shows in the Canary Islands visits for one night only.
The Music Hall Tavern theatre show comes to Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre on Thursday 24 November and a limited number of seats are still available.
Billed as The Funniest Night Out of the Year, the popular family themed musical drag review has been playing in the Canary Islands for more than 20 years and has established itself as a firm favourite with UK visitors.
Talented Exeter locals will be gracing our TV screens this festive season in Princesshay’s Christmas 2016 TV advert. The feel-good advert features 15 local people including school children, musicians, dancers, two Exeter Chiefs players and a number of staff that work in Princesshay’s stores and restaurants.
The advert is set in Princesshay and captures the cast dancing care free in locations all over Princesshay including stores, restaurants, the alm houses and around the glass pebbles in the main square. The popular festive polar bears also make an appearance too!
Exeter Cookery School, the new culinary hotspot that opened on the city’s picturesque quayside this summer, is opening its doors to the public on Sunday 20th November for a free event to herald the start of British Game Week (21st-27th November).
The Game Awareness Day, which runs from 10am to 4pm, is aimed at promoting the use of game such as wild rabbit, pheasant, partridge and duck on the menus of local restaurants and equally with home cooks.
Hosted in collaboration with Taste of Game, the event will feature an exciting line up of cookery demonstrations and tasters as...
Exeter head coach, Jo John, has been selected to take part in an exciting new programme aimed at creating the next generation of top class coaches. The World Masters silver medallist from Hemyock is one of 15 coaches selected from across the country to take part in Coach 2024. The 14-month programme has been created by the ASA’s talent development team, England Programmes Swimming, to support the best coaches in the country develop their abilities even further. It will cover all aspects of coaching, from enhancing their technical skills to developing a greater awareness of themselves that...
Newton Abbot resident and Chancellor of Middlesex University London, Dame Janet Ritterman, has been awarded one of the highest honours in Austria for her significant contribution to science and the arts. Frank Sinatra received the same honour in 1984, as did Placido Domingo in 1992.
An eminent pianist, accompanist and academic, Dame Janet received the “Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1 Klasse” (Austrian Cross for Science and Art, 1st Class) at a ceremony in Vienna yesterday (15 November 2016). The award was presented by Austria’s State Secretary for Science, Research and...
Joma West, 30, has been shortlisted for the literary Novella Award run by Manchester Metropolitan University for her short novel Wild.
Launched in 2014, The Novella Award aims to find the best up-and-coming writer of a short novel. It is awarded to a previously unpublished work of fiction, between 20,000-40,000 words in length.
On being shortlisted, the University of Glasgow graduate said: “I felt amazed, thrilled, and just really proud that what I've written has been selected.
“I primarily write science fiction and I'm always interested in how writing about another...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Chudleigh yesterday (Wednesday 16 November) in which a 60-year-old local woman died.
Emergency services were called at 3.40pm after the collision between a Ford Fusion and a Mitsubishi L200 Trojan at Milestone Cross.
The Ford was heading along Milestone Lane from Chudleigh and the Mitsubishi was travelling from the direction of the Whiteway Estate when the collision happened at the crosswords.
The Ford driver, a 60-year-old woman from Chudleigh, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the...
Leading West Country Independent Estate Agents, Wilkinson Grant & Co have launched their annual campaign to raise awareness and help the homeless community in Exeter.
The agency has pledged to donate gifts to homeless individuals for each property they list for sale, or to let, before Christmas.
This year they have added a further dimension to the campaign by also pledging to make an additional donation to YMCA Exeter for each property sold or let in that time.
Last year the agency collected items such as toiletries, jumpers, blankets and undergarments, and,...
Exeter-based automotive engineering specialists Ashwoods Electric Motors and partner organisations have been awarded a £1.7million government grant to develop cleaner and more efficient vehicle component systems. The award from the Advanced Propulsion Centre was announced by Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, at Innovate 2016 on November 3rd.
The project will see Ashwoods and partners work to integrate the innovative, lighter, smaller and more efficient electric motors produced by Ashwoods with gearbox transmissions, axles and...
