Vital work needs to be carried out on trees overhanging the railway line at Flowerpot Fields, the City Council has been told.
Network Rail approached the City Council, as trains were clipping the ends of some overhanging branches and the foliage was also causing sight problems for the drivers.
Work, involving the pollarding, crown removal and some felling of the trees to the rear of the car park off Flowerpot Lane will be carried out over a two-week period in September. The car park will need to be partially closed while the work is carried out.
Work starts on the Exmouth Beach sink hole tomorrow (Friday 28 August) as contractors working on behalf of South West Water start digging down under the sand to a pipe which has possibly been blocked.
Over the last two months, the hole which measured around two metres, has opened up on a number of occasions on the beach near Orcombe Point. It usually happened after heavy rain.
Following a tip off from a member of the public, East Devon District Council engineers discovered a South West Water pipe deep under the sand and the contractors hope to be able to reach the pipe...
Responding to the publication today of the government's Feed-in Tariff Review Merlin Hyman, chief executive of Regen SW said: "Today's announcement puts at risk thousands of jobs and will undermine the opportunity for local people, businesses and communities to take control of the way we generate, use and supply energy”.
“Because of the Feed-in Tariff communities and businesses up and down the country have had the opportunity to harness their own natural energy resources, helping to reduce and localise energy spend, tackle fuel poverty and generate an income to re-invest in the...
The Chilcotts saleroom in Honiton turned into a temporary garage recently to take delivery of an instantly recognisable Morris Minor, which will bring back happy memories for the post war generation.
Although unkindly nicknamed a ‘poached egg’ by the founder of Morris Motors, William Morris, this classic car symbolises the emergence from post-war austerity and the rise of the car as a mode of transport that everyone could aspire to.
This 1955 split screen model, which is in running order and in original, unrestored condition with grey bodywork and a red rexine interior,...
Exeter really does have a monopoly on the world’s favourite family board game, Monopoly.
That’s because the city dubbed too posh to have an Old Kent Road on its board has seen its Devon rival ban the forthcoming official edition, it is announced today (Thursday 27th August 2015).
The much-loved and visited Cathedral city recently hit the national headlines, as social media went into meltdown, after it was claimed Devon’s ancient capital was just too well-heeled to have its’ own equivalent of Old Kent Road, the board’s most moderately priced location.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was found with serious head injuries on Dartmoor on Wednesday 26 August.
The 68-year-old cyclist was found at 4.50pm lying unconscious on the B3212 between Postbridge and Moretonhampstead.
He had sustained a serious head injury, considered life-changing, and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital by air ambulance. He remains in hospital in a serious condition.
The man, from Essex, appears to have been cycling alone between Postbridge and Moretonhampstead.
The road was closed for three-and-a-half hours for...
SFEDI, the IOEE and Lloyds Banking Group are pleased to announce a free Meet A Mentor event at Exeter Castle, Exeter on Thursday 10th September 2015.
SFEDI, the IOEE and Lloyds Banking Group are working together to a run a series of Meet A Mentor events in venues throughout the UK. We would be delighted if you could join us to help in celebrating, engaging and empowering entrepreneurs in the UK.
Are you a volunteer enterprise mentor looking for a business to help? or Are you a business owner looking for mentoring support?
Scores of people came along to East Devon District Council’s Feniton recycling road show on Saturday to pick up top tips on how to recycle more and throw away less.
The event was held in the village to help householders prepare for the new improved recycling collection service which is being trialled in the area, and in Exmouth (The Colony), from mid-September.
Next Saturday (August 29) the road show rolls in to the Imperial Recreation Ground in Exmouth from 11am to 2pm and everyone is invited to come along and have a chat with the council’s recycling and waste team....
SFEDI, the IOEE and Lloyds Banking Group are working together to a run a series of Meet A Mentor events in venues throughout the UK. The IOEE are delighted to announce a Meet A Mentor event in Exeter on Thursday 10th September at Exeter Castle.
Are you a volunteer enterprise mentor looking for a business to help? or Are you a business woman looking for mentoring support?
Then Meet A Mentor is for you!
The events are funded by Lloyds Banking Group and the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) and are therefore FREE for both mentors and mentees, however...
Prof Janice Kay, Provost of the University of Exeter, has accepted an invitation to join Pearson’s Expert Panel for its new WCQ (World Class Qualifications) group. Prof Kay is the only panel member to come from a UK university.
Pearson's World Class Qualifications programme is bringing together international assessment and education experts to develop qualifications that will support young people globally to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow; qualifications which are a recognised and respected passport to progression in today’s fast changing world, as well being engaging,...
