The A38 is closed Exeter-bound at Chudleigh Knighton and there is queuing traffic between the B3344 junction and Kingsteignton turn off, because of accident investigation work.
It is understood a man suffered life-changing injuries in the crash at around 4am today.
The accident involved one vehicle registered to a foreign address. Two people have been taken to hospital - one to Plymouth and the other to Torquay.
A diversion is in operation - via the B3344 through Chudleigh Knighton and Finlake.
Axe Vale and District Conservation Society are holding a volunteer open day at Seaton Wetlands (between Colyford and Seaton) on Tuesday 18 August to discover all about the work of the organisation.
In partnership with East Devon District Council’s Countryside Team, they are hosting an open day to help you discover the wildlife of the valley and introduce the Axe Vale organisation and the many volunteering opportunities available.
During the day you will be able to watch wading birds from the hides, identify moths, enjoy insect and wild flower walks, along with pond dipping...
One hundred and forty years after samples from one of the world’s greatest journeys of scientific discovery were dispersed to experts across the globe, Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum is collecting records of the voyage into a single digital database.
The information is still an important source of baseline data and will soon be readily available for further research.
In 1872 chemists, physicists and biologists boarded the HMS Challenger and embarked upon a 70,000 nautical mile journey of global exploration, systematically surveying the geology, topography, biology...
Students from across the UK are being offered the chance to win up to £2,000 for getting their friends signed up to a brand new social media network. Flippie, a platform set to rival the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn will launch in fresher’s weeks across the country this September. And the graduate behind the system is giving away £1,000 to the university student who gets the most sign ups in the week. Kieran Roper will also hand out a further £1,000 to the individual who shows the most entrepreneurial spirit in attracting interest. Students from all over the country will be battling it...
An Exeter restaurant is asking holidaymakers to think of their ‘local’ as they’re sunning themselves abroad by sending a postcard back home to the family restaurant. The team at Toby Carvery on Rydon Lane will thank people who send a postcard from their travels to the restaurant with a free roast on their return to the UK, so they can indulge in a classic British dish after sampling local food abroad. Donna Hayman H, general manager at Toby Carvery Exeter, said: “Holidays are a great time to relax and enjoy the sunshine but there’s nothing like coming back to home comforts like your own...
Playing Tetris for as little as three minutes at a time can weaken cravings for drugs, food and activities such as sex and sleeping by approximately one fifth, according to new research.
In the first test of its kind to study people in natural settings outside of a laboratory, participants were monitored for levels of craving and prompted to play the block-shifting puzzle game at random intervals during the day.
Psychologists from Plymouth University and Queensland University of Technology, Australia, found that playing Tetris interfered with desires not only for food, but...
City dealt first defeat of the season at Sixfields
Report
GOALS from Jason Taylor, Ryan Cresswell and Marc Richards consigned Exeter City to a first defeat of the season at Sixfields.
Jordan Tillson retained his place in the Exeter City line-up after an impressive showing at Swindon in the Capital One Cup in midweek, with Matt Oakley replacing Danny Butterfield in the only change to Paul Tisdale's starting eleven. Lee Holmes took a place on the Grecians' bench.
After an early Cobblers penalty appeal following a challenge by Ryan Harley, the home side took a...
A brother and sister from Exeter whose dad has survived cancer are saying a supersized ‘thank you’ for every action, big or small, that’s helping Cancer Research UK fight the disease.
Keon, 8 and Erin Byrne, 6, from Bradninch posed with a giant ‘Thank You’ card alongside their dad Matt, aged 42, who has been treated successfully for cancer of the tongue.
Together, Keon and Erin are sending a very personal message to everyone in Devon who has supported Cancer Research UK in any way. They are highlighting the importance of every action, from the smallest gestures to the...
EXETER – 8.30 A.M:- An estimated 4,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses and members of the public from Somerset, and parts of Devon, Dorset and North Somerset have been seen streaming into the Westpoint Centre for the second day of their three day convention entitled: “Imitate Jesus!”
Last weekend another 4,000 visitors from Cornwall and South Devon enjoyed the same program here at Westpoint.
“This is the first time we have used the Westpoint Centre – an indoor venue – to stage any of our conventions”, states Andy Perry, a convention spokesman, “in previous years we have used outdoor...
