East Devon District Council moves into top gear next week as meticulous plans are put in place for the Sidmouth start of the premier Tour of Britain cycle race on Friday 9 September.
Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of the town to watch the sporting spectacle with Rio Olympic medallists Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish among the world class riders taking part.
East Devon District Council (EDDC) is supporting Devon County Council in hosting Stage Six of the Tour which sets off from Sidmouth’s Esplanade at 11.30am, and winds along 150 km (93 miles) of...
Three people are in police custody following a firearm incident in Devon.
The Exeter-based police helicopter was involved in a search following the incident.
Police were called at around 3.30pm yesterday (Monday 29th August) with reports of gunfire being heard and a vehicle being rammed in the Fore Street area of Torquay.
Police Armed Response Units were called to the scene and one man was discovered to have sustained a number of pellet wounds believed to have been from an air rifle, and was subsequently take to hospital.
As the start date for the controversial badger cull is officially confirmed the RSPCA has renewed calls for the scheme to be halted as scientific evidence shows it will not help to stop the spread of bovine TB.
Three counties, Somerset, west Gloucestershire and north Dorset were subject to culls in 2015 and it has been officially announced today (Monday 30 August) Defra will be licensing seven new areas.
Two areas in Cornwall including the northern area, north and south Devon, south Herefordshire, Gloucester in the north Cotswolds and west Dorset have been added to the list...
Compass House crèche in St Leonard’s in Exeter, which offers on-site child care for those attending the Depression and Anxiety Service sessions, is in renewed danger of being closed.
A public campaign has saved it before, in November 2015, but after a further consultation exercise Devon County Council has again proposed its closure.
However, the Labour Group of county councillors has ‘called in’ the decision on the grounds that it fails to take sufficient account of the fact that women suffering from post-natal depression, the main users of the crèche, are often in need of...
Elite climbers from across the globe descended – or should that be ascended – on Exeter this weekend.
They were taking part in the Quay Climbing Centre’s Deep Water Solo event, which sees a seven-metre wall built into the canal basin. Competitors climb without ropes and drop in to the canal when they lose their grip.
And there were also some familiar local faces who were trying their hand at the sport for the first time.
Brave city councillors Rosie Denham and Emma Morse gave the wall a go, and they were accompanied by former footballer and Exeter City football Club...
Tickets have been released for the TechExeter one-day conference, Exeter's first multi-disciplinary, grassroots tech conference.
You can get hold of tickets directly from the conference site at conference.techexeter.uk .
Tech Exeter is hosting its inaugural annual conference at the University of Exeter on Saturday 8th October , with a line-up of 14 speakers from organisations such as the Met Office, Microsoft, Just Eat and more. With a retro games area (provided by JoypadBar.co.uk) and talks on a wide variety of topics covering web technologies, databases, agile and the...
Women have a 50% higher chance than men of receiving the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart attack, according to a new study part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The research, carried out at the University of Leeds, using the UK national heart attack register MINAP2, found that overall, almost one-third (29.9%) of patients had an initial diagnosis which differed from their final diagnosis.
The two main types of heart attack are STEMI and NSTEMI. STEMI occurs when there’s a total blockage of the main artery that pumps oxygenated blood around the body....
Police are appealing for witnesses following a two car collision that left two people in hospital.
At around 5.25pm on Friday 26th August, Police were informed of a head-on collision between a red Skoda Fabia and a blue Ford Mondeo. This took place just past the Bolham roundabout, prior to the A361 crossing the Mill Leat and the River Exe the carriageway.
The Skoda was heading from the direction of Barnstaple towards Tiverton; the Mondeo was heading in the opposite direction.
The Skoda driver, a 77 year old male from Wiltshire, appears to have drifted across into...
The Exeter-based police helicopter was scrambled after an incident involving a firearm in Devon.
Officers set up a cordon and began a search in the Starpitten Grove of Torquay at 11pm yesterday (Monday).
Insp Mark Waldron, force incident manager and tactical firearms commander, told the Torquay Herald Express: "There is an ongoing incident. There has been an allegation of a serious nature in that location. We would ask that anybody who saw anything in that location at about 9.30pm this evening (Monday August 29) should contact us.
A charity has made a generous donation of £10,000 to support Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School in essential specialised training.
The Hospital Saturday Fund’s donation will benefit 20 students in their fifth and final year as they go on placements known as electives. The six to eight week placements are mandatory and self-funded. Students work in specialised areas, often overseas, to get an insight into an area of medicine that interests them and may shape their career.
The Hospital Saturday Fund supports health charities in the form of grants for...
