Exeter City come up short

EXETER CITY went down in defeat at Brunton Park as Alex Gilliead struck Carlisle United's winning goal ten minutes from time.

The Grecians had three changes from the starting eleven that drew 3-3 with Stevenage a week earlier at St James Park, with Arron Davies and Danny Butterfield coming into the midfield and Alex Nicholls starting out wide.

An end-to-end first half saw Carlisle, mostly through nineteen-year-old Newcastle United loanee Alex Gilliead, cause the Grecians problems with a peppering of crosses into the box, but City handled the defensive side of their game...

Two national awards for Cranbrook

East Devon’s new community of Cranbrook wins two Inside Housing Magazine’s ‘Top 60’ Awards – ‘winner of winners’ as Best Overall Development and winner of Affordable Housing category.

Shortlisted in July for the ‘Affordable Housing Development of the Year’ category, Cranbrook was up against five other developments for the national title awarded by Inside Housing Magazine.

The overall and category winners were unveiled today (Friday 16 October 2015) at a ceremony at the Lancaster London Hotel to celebrate the Top 60 Developments and award the trophies.

Winner of...

Sniffer dogs take to Exeter's streets

Local enforcement teams and their sniffer dogs will take to the streets of Exeter on Monday (19 October) to ask for the public’s help in tackling the sellers of illegal tobacco.

Currently over 100,000 people in Devon smoke, and around 3% of these buy illegal tobacco. Illegal tobacco is known to make it easier for children to start smoking, as it is sold at cheap prices, and is also known to make communities more attractive to criminals, who can have links to organised crime.

Trading Standards officers from Devon and Somerset Trading Standards, supported by Smokefree South...

Murder enquiry launched in Newton Abbot

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:45pm

Detectives have launched a murder enquiry following the suspicious death of a 51-year-old man in Newton Abbot.

Adrian Munday [pictured] was found deceased at a property, at 8 Wain Lane around 11am on Tuesday 6 October.

The investigation found that there had been a fire at the address which was extinguished before police arrived.

The death was being treated as unexplained, but a further forensic examination has now determined that Mr Munday had sustained serious injuries which were not related to the fire.

Detectives from the Major Crime Investigation Team...

Exeter projects part of £21m Engineering Grand Challenges research announcement

Three new research programmes, led by or featuring the University of Exeter, that aim to tackle some of the major challenges facing science and engineering have been announced.

Science Minister Jo Johnson today (October 16) gave the green light to seven new research programmes across the UK, during a visit to the University of Cambridge.

Funded by £21 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the research consortia will involve 19 UK universities and 80 partners. They will begin work in December and are supported by an additional £11...

Chiefs side to face Bath

The waiting is finally over and months of hard work on the training fields will at last be put into action as Exeter Chiefs prepare to kick-off their latest Aviva Premiership campaign.

Buoyed by an unbeaten pre-season programme, which saw them lift the inaugural Westcountry Challenge Cup and defeat local rivals Bath and Gloucester, both home and away, it’s down to the nitty-gritty of league action that occupies the thoughts of Exeter head coach Rob Baxter and his squad this weekend.

Fresh from an impressive 43-16 success over Bath at the Recreation Ground last Saturday, the...

Devon's winter preparations underway

More than 4,000 grit bins across Devon are currently being inspected and re-filled by Devon County Council in preparation for winter.

Although the Autumn sunshine has dominated the recent weather, the County Council is gearing up for the coming season as it has now started its winter service operations.

The County Council spends between £4 million and £5 million a year on roads affected by winter weather – whether it is salting roads, clearing snow or responding to flooding issues.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management...

Exeter Library celebrates 50 years

Exeter library is celebrating its 50th birthday on October 22, and the public is being called on to join the festivities.

The library, then called the ‘New City Library’, was unveiled by the Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, on Friday 22 October 1965.

The opening followed the previous library, in Castle Street, being bombed in 1942.

Since then hundreds of thousands of people have passed through its doors and used its services.

And now, to mark the birthday celebrations, the public is being urged to share their memories and experiences.

Library staff...

Shaping the future of Cowick Barton fields

Following an ongoing community consultation exercise, last Saturday 10th October marked the start of an exciting new phase in the planned activity trail at Cowick Barton fields.

The Steering Group for the Cowick Barton Alcoa Activity Trail which includes councillors, residents, activity providers, Active Devon and Exeter City Council, met in the park to do a walk around and hands on mapping exercise.

Local residents have begun to think in very innovative ways about what they would like to see in the space. Phase one will include the planting of fruit and other trees in a...

Have your say on polling districts

With new ward boundaries now in place in Exeter, people are being asked for their thoughts on proposed new polling districts and stations within those wards.

The Local Boundary Commission for England recently published its recommendations on electoral arrangements for Exeter.

Now Exeter City Council must conduct a Review of Polling Districts and Polling Stations within the new wards.

The results of this Review will form the basis for the publication of a revised register of electors on 1 February 2016; which will in turn form the basis of the arrangements for the...

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