A programme of works to repair the B3193 in the Teign Valley near Chudleigh will begin early 2014 with the first road closure planned for Monday 13th January.
The closure will be for 5 days until Friday 17th January from 9:00am to 3:30pm.
The B3193 at Whetcombe Barton sustained major damage during last year’s flooding events as the county was left with an £18 million repair bill to its highway network.
Since August 2012, temporary traffic lights have been in place on the road, reducing it to one lane in order to protect the edge of this section of road, which has...
Creative school children have helped make award-winning Decoy Country Park an even better place to be.
Pupils from Decoy Primary School joined up Teignbridge District Council's Countryside Ranger Simon Cunningham and Devon Wildlife Trust to create illustrations and poetry for the handrails of a new boardwalk at Magazine Pond. It has new ramped access for pushchairs and wheelchairs so people have easy and safe access to the water’s edge.
The boardwalk is made from English oak and replaces a previous one in softwood which had come to the end of its life.
It was a great start to 2014 for emergency couriers Devon Freewheelers when they were named Charity of the Year by Otter Nurseries.
The popular garden centre near Ottery St Mary has pledged to help the charity raise enough money for a brand new bike, enabling it to provide an even more efficient voluntary service to the NHS, transporting blood and other medical supplies across Devon.
The force behind Otter Nurseries, owner Marilyn White, said: “When the team heard the story of how Devon Freewheelers was launched by Daniel Lavery after his wife and baby nearly died, it wasn’...
The Creation Station Exeter & Mid Devon currently provides creative children's art and craft classes at various venues in and around Exeter. Their Little Explorer sessions for 1 – 5 year olds focus not on the end product, but on the journey of discovery the children experience whilst making their creations.
With the help of RAMM their journey of discovery is about to be expanded to a whole new level. Over six weeks The Creation Station will be looking at several of the collections held at RAMM, alongside Exeter’s youngest museum visitors. Together they will be exploring...
Calling all little linguists! A local language company are offering young babies and toddlers the chance to start learning Spanish with the help of Caramelo a cute little bear or "osito" in Spanish.
Kieron and Jeanna Skinner from Lingo Stars are offering their new Hola Caramelo Spanish activity sessions for babies and toddlers from 10th January at the Hub On The Green, in Exeter. The sessions are run in association with La Jolie Ronde, the leading provider of early language education in the U.K. with 30 years experience in providing language programmes for young children...
A road traffic collision on the A38 at Wrangaton, near Ivybridge, Devon resulted in a non fatal casualty.
The incident, involving a single vehicle, occured at 1.15pm on Saturday 4th January.
Appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to the incident by the police.
1 fire appliance from Buckfastleigh, 1 from Ivybridge and 1 from Ashburton were mobilised to the incident.
On arrival, crews found this to be a road traffic collision involving a single vehicle, which had left the highway and gone through a hedge. All persons were free...
Exeter City lost a pulsating clash 1-0 to Mansfield Town, as the wait for a win at St James Park continues.
But the scoreline does little to depict the true story of the game as City threw everything at their opponents and will feel aggrieved not to have taken anything from a game in which they greatly dominated in great swathes and hit the post three times.
After taking the lead on the stroke of half-time, through Lee Stevenson, Mansfield were subject to a second half onslaught of pressure as Exeter pressed and pressed to score. It...
Appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue service were called to a fire at a flat in Exeter on Saturday 4th January.
The fire resulted in two casulties, with an ambulance being called for an adult female casualty.
Fire Engines from Middlemoor and Danes Castle along with the Aerial Ladder Platform from Danes Castle attended the incident involving a fire within a first floor flat at Musgrave House, Musgrave Row.
On arrival the crews stated that this was a confirmed fire in the living room within the first floor flat and got to work using 2 sets of breathing...
A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Plymouth on Friday 3rd January 2014.
Samuel Watts of King Street, Plymouth, will appear at Plymouth Magistrates Court on Monday 6th January after being charged with the offence on Saturday 4th January.
Police and ambulance were called to a property in King Street, Stonehouse, after concerns for welfare for a man inside. On entering the property they found a 38-year-old man who had sustained a serious stab wound. He was treated by ambulance staff but was pronounced deceased at the scene.
