Batten down - gales are on the way

After many parts of Devon saw a sprinkling of snow overnight, forecasters are now warning strong winds and heavy rain are heading our way.

Gusts of up to 50-65mph are predicted across Devon reaching 75mph on the coasts.

A Met Office spokesman said: "Another Atlantic low pressure system is expected to deepen significantly as it tracks towards the UK. The strongest winds will initially be across England and Wales during the second half of Wednesday into early Thursday before moderating. This may also lead to large waves on some coasts of Wales and southern England."

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Serious crash closes A39 in Devon

Police and other emergency services are at the scene of a serious collision involving a car and a lorry on the A39 near Bideford.

The lorry has overturned, shedding its load of logs across the carriageway two miles out of Bideford, towards Barnstaple.

Paramedics treated the car driver at the scene and he has been taken to North Devon District Hospital with potentially life threatening injuries.

Serious collision investigators are carrying out an investigation into the cause of the collision that happened shortly before 6.53am on Wednesday 14 January.

The...

Artist's work on show at city law firm

Authored by Metis Media
Posted: Tue, 01/13/2015 - 9:18pm

The Exeter office of leading South West law firm WBW Solicitors, is showcasing the work of a talented Devon artist. Sarah Pressland, from Crediton, is exhibiting a large body of work within the Southernhay office of WBW, which has a commitment to promoting the visual arts in their prestigious Georgian building. “It’s fantastic to see my work being enjoyed by people, I am trying to bring the outside world in,” said Sarah whose work features the inland waterways of Great Britain. Sarah paints in a variety of different media but mainly uses oil paints and often uses photography as her source...

Exam Week DJ Showcase

Event Date: 
17/01/2015 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Exeter’s most popular student music collective returns for another eclectic night of electronic music across 4 rooms at Exeter Phoenix.

The Christmas DJ Showcase was quite the climax to a memorable term for underground nightlife in Exeter. Some of the hottest names in dance music performed at the Cavern, the Lemon Grove and Exeter Phoenix including Waze & Odyssey, Sigma, Star Slinger and DJ Zinc. These artists represented different genres in the dance music spectrum and the DJ Showcase aims to represent this diversity across the multiple rooms at Exeter Phoenix.

Hold It...

New Bands Showcase

Event Date: 
16/01/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Exeter Phoenix is a proud supporter of the best new music talent. New Sounds Showcase brings you a free event of the most exciting new artists and bands from the South West.

Auditorium:

Peacock Affect Stella Martyr Rapha Ghetti Trio The Sherpas

Bar:

Sam Piper Mick Mudd Man Kev Winser

Free entry.

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Score

Event Date: 
16/01/2015 - 8:15pm to 17/01/2015 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Score is a musical play from Documental Theatre about friendship, dognapping and two-part harmonies. It’s inspired by the frank and funny accounts of parents using Bournemouth drug treatment services.

Hannah is an X Factor aficionado with a mile-a-minute mouth, a ten year-old daughter and a low-level Heroin habit.

Her childhood friend, Kirsty, who has never “picked up”, is pulled along in her slipstream days before giving birth.

Two years later they meet at a child contact centre. Hannah’s joined a choir to replace one kind of score with another, but she’s the last...

Parking permits for Exmouth residents affected by sewerage work

East Devon District Council is offering a temporary parking solution to Exmouth residents in Camperdown Terrace, Trinity Road and Point Terrace, who are potentially facing a shortage of on-street parking spaces over the next three months.

From January to March, while South West Water is undertaking a programme of sewerage works, residents in those roads can buy - for just £10 - a monthly temporary parking permit for either Imperial Road Recreational Ground Long Stay or Estuary Long Stay car parks.

Dates for the works being carried out are:

• Camperdown Terrace - 5...

‘Become a councillor’ roadshows in East Devon

With local elections in East Devon taking place on 7 May (coinciding with the date for the General Election), Returning Officer Mark Williams will shortly be embarking on a mini tour of the district to explain the procedures for standing as candidates for towns, parishes or the district council.

The events will be in Axminster, Cranbrook, Exmouth and Honiton.

The roadshows are a repeat of an initiative Mark has undertaken every four years in the run-up to local elections to make people aware that they could play an active part in local democracy either representing their...

280 bags of goods donated at BHF event

British Heart Foundation (BHF) shops are delighted to announce that 280 bags were donated to their Bag It. Beat It. event held at Princesshay. The donated items will now go on to be sold in local BHF shops and could generate up to £5,000to help fund life-saving research.

BHF shop’s Bag it. Beat it. campaign urged the public to donate bags of unwanted items. Every bag donated funds life-saving heart research, helping over 40,000 little heroes continue to fight congenital heart disease.

Before the BHF was founded, only one in five babies born with congenital heart disease saw...

Warning of risk of snow and ice on Devon's roads

People in Devon are being urged to take extra care when travelling later today and overnight, with widespread snow forecast.

Localised showers are expected to turn wintry from around 6pm tonight onwards, with The Met Office issuing a yellow alert for the risk of snow, particularly on higher ground and in the north of the county. However, snow may fall across any part of Devon.

Devon County Council, the Highways Agency, and Devon and Cornwall Police are advising motorists to check the weather forecast and road conditions before setting out.

The authorities have...

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