A major public inquiry into the East Devon’s new Local Plan will begin in February.
The Draft Local Plan submitted by East Devon District Council (EDDC) includes detailed expectations for the future of the districts seven towns.
It also covers many issues in the area including Housing and Affordable Housing, Employment, Tourism and Retail, Climate Change, Gypsies & Travellers and the Natural Environment. A 19-day examination of the plan by Government Inspector Anthony Thickett will air the details of the plan to the public.
From the bright lights of Hollywood, with a role in the film 'How To Lose Friends & Alienate People', and a good mentor in her boyfriend former Radio 1 DJ Fabio, to spinning tunes at some of the world's most prestigious clubs, and huge success on the Ibiza club scene with her own original remixes featuring Taylor Swift, Jay Sean, & Nicole Scherzinger. Charlotte Devaney, DJ / Artist, took her passion for music & unique sense of humour back into the studio to produce club banger ‘Flip It’, and has now announced her UK Tour in support of the track.
It’s been another eventful year for the city, with the announcement that the Rugby World Cup is coming to Exeter in 2015, putting the city on the world map and giving thousands of fans the chance to see what Exeter has to offer.
Our visitors this year included their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex, to open the new sport facilities on the Quay and to attend the Two Moors Musical festival concert in the Cathedral. The Cycling Tour of Britain brought Sir Bradley Wiggins speeding through the city on the way to Dartmoor.
Young environmentalists from Alphington Primary School are among the first children to visit the WWF Experience in the charity’s new headquarters in Woking.
Along with seven other schools from around the country, Exeter’s Alphington Primary School was invited to attend a special event as part of the charity’s Green Ambassador scheme.
The Green Ambassador scheme aims to encourage a new generation of sustainability champions within schools.
The scheme is designed to help pupils take ownership of sustainability in their own school and help ensure that people and nature...
Book onto one of our Children’s or Adult’s Spring Tennis Courses by 22 December 2013 and receive a 10% discount.
Exeter Tennis Centre is renowned for provided top quality tennis coaching to the whole community. Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned pro, our new and improved Spring Term coaching programme offers a huge variety of ways for players at every level to get involved in this hugely exciting sport.
Our top quality coaching team are experienced at delivering fun and sociable sessions for both children and adults. Whether you want to learn tennis quickly...
Children in Exeter and Exmouth will have the opportunity to tell Santa what is on their Christmas wish list this year as he visits the area on-board First Great Western (FGW) trains.
Santa and his helpers will use a specially decorated part of the train which will operate on normal train services running between Exeter Central and Exmouth through the scenic Avocet line.
First Great Western General Manager, West, David Crome said: “First Great Western is committed to supporting the communities we serve and when Santa came to us looking to rest his reindeer before the big day...
The government has capped all parking penalty charges and launched a consultation into aggressive parking policy as part of support package to help boost high streets and city centres.
The cap will come into immediate effect in all government parking enforcement ahead of further consultation into local authority parking policies.
The consultation announced by Communities Sectary Eric Pickles could see local businesses get the right to challenge councils over the number and locations of Double-Yellow lines in towns and cities.
Devon Freewheelers has unveiled its latest fundraising scheme – a competition to win a trolley dash at the Tesco store in Honiton!
The prizewinner will have 60 seconds to sprint along the aisles and fill their trolley with food produce only, up to the value of £200.
Raffle tickets, costing £1, are available from the Honiton Tesco Customer Service Desk, Wendy’s Cookshop in Honiton High Street and Otter Windows and A1 Print & Stitch on the Heathpark Industrial Estate.
Devon Freewheelers CEO Daniel Lavery said: “We’re really excited about this competition – it’s...
The Chancellor has announced that all limits on university recruitment will be lifted in 2015. This unexpected decision means that universities will be allowed to recruit as many students as they want to.
Describing it as an “arbitrary cap on aspiration”, George Osborne announced that an extra 30,000 places at English universities will be created in 2014-15. The following year, the current cap on student numbers will be abolished entirely. He told the Commons that: “it makes no sense that we have a lower proportion of people going to university than the United States, let alone...
