We want to develop stroke services for people in Exeter, East and Mid Devon and would like to hear your thoughts on how we could do this.

Your stroke services are currently provided by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (for the hospital part of stroke care) and Northern Devon NHS Healthcare Trust (for the rehabilitation part of stroke care).

The local healthcare clinical commissioning group has been working closely with stroke specialists in both NHS providers, as well as with advisers from the Stroke Association, on proposals to improve the service for stroke...

Grecians into the quarter-final with win over Rovers

It was another famous night for the youngsters of Exeter City as they secured a place in the quarter-final of the Under-21 Premier League Cup.

City claimed another scalp and dominated the fixture throughout and were desperately unlucky to be the team trailing as Jordan Preston headed Rovers into the lead late in the first-half.

But quick-fire goals after the interval by Scot Bennett and Jimmy Keohane gave the Grecians the lead they deserved and a place in the last eight of the nationwide competition – and...

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...

The future of three of Devon’s Children’s homes- including one at the centre of a sexual abuse investigation- are in doubt as the council reviews its care of vulnerable children.

The Birchen Road home in Tiverton currently closed after concerns were raised about the potential sexual exploitation of residents outside the home and the placements to the Rifford Road home in Exeter suspended due to a critical Ofsted report.

Blossom Corner in Exeter, the councils third children’s home has been rated good by Ofsted but it currently has only three young people living there despite...

More miserable weather to come as the Met office issues a further weather warning for Wednesday.

The Met Office has issued two further yellow weather warnings for rain in Devon but it is expected to clear quickly early Thursday morning.

The Met Office’s Chief Forecaster writes: “A depression will pass northeastwards across the UK on Wednesday and early on Thursday, its associated bands of rain bringing further wet conditions to many areas.

“In particular, 10 to 20 mm of rainfall will fall quite widely in parts of Wales and south west England, with perhaps 30 to 40...

Forget the fad diets and unrealistic New Year’s resolutions in 2014, and instead try something that’s not only rewarding but life changing too. National charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People are desperately seeking kind-hearted volunteers in Exeter and surrounding areas to look after an adorable puppy in the home for a year.

The Charity currently has over 800 working partnerships between deaf people and hearing dogs across the UK – and is hoping that the New Year will encourage new and enthusiastic volunteers to get involved by caring for a cute and cuddly puppy.

Volunteer...

Residents of Feniton have flocked to the Flybe training academy for the first day of a planning ‘super inquiry’ which could see the village almost double in size.

The Feniton ‘super inquiry’ was called as three developers are simultaneously appealing their previously rejected planning applications.

The Planning Inspectorate made the decision to combine the hearings due to similarities of the appeals.

The developers Wainhomes, Strategic Land Partnership and Feniton Park Ltd are appealing decisions on a total of 235 new houses which would see the village size grow by...