A Mid Devon District Councillor has stepped down from his party after allegations of assualt have emerged.
Cllr John Squire, who serves the Yeo Ward near Crediton is alleged to have committed the offenses at a Crediton Address in July earlier this year. He has yet to be arrested or be formally charged but it has been confirmed that Squire has stepped down from the Conservative group.
A council spokesman said “Councillor John Squire has received a summons in relation to an alleged assault. This is being dealt with by the courts. He has tendered his resignation from the...
Bathing water quality across the South West is at its best for seven years.
Out of 145 designated bathing waters sampled in the South West Water region, covering Devon, Cornwall and Lyme Regis in Dorset, 144 or 99.3% met or exceeded the minimum European water quality standard and 132 or 91% met the tighter guideline standard.
This is a significant improvement on last year’s results, when 133 or 91% met the minimum standard and 91 or 62% met guideline.
Before South West Water’s Clean Sweep programme closed 250 crude sewage outfalls across the region, at a cost of...
Last night, Neil Parish MP, presented the Rural Fair Share Petition signed by the residents of Tiverton and Honiton. The Rural Fair Share campaign is calling on the Government to address the ongoing disparity in funding between rural and urban areas.
The campaign is set up to counter policies such as the rural penalty which sees urban areas receive 50% more support per head than rural areas. The Campaign is set up by a group of MPs which regularly argue for a fairer funding balance between urban and rural areas. The group’s Secretary Graham Stuart MP, said: "The Rural Fair Share...
Devon law firm Kitsons has enhanced its private client offering in the city with the addition of two experienced lawyers to its private client team and the launch of a weekly drop-in legal surgery. These steps reinforce Kitsons’ strong commitment to Exeter and its desire to offer clients in the area a complete service.
Headed up by private client specialist and partner Simon Armitage, Associates Charlie Siegle and Stephen Craig have joined Simon in Kitsons’ Exeter office to further develop the department in the city.
To celebrate the expansion, Kitsons’ private client...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says he is ready to unleash a group of players this weekend who are "chomping at the bit" to get some competitive rugby under their belts.
After a testing nine-week block of action in both the Aviva Premiership and Heineken Cup, the Chiefs are now focusing their thoughts on this Saturday's opening LV= Cup encounter at home to holders Harlequins (3pm).
For those stars who have helped to propel the Devon outfit into the top four of the Premiership and also the summit of Pool Two in Europe, it's likely they will be given a well-earned break...
'Classics Galore' is held every two years, and has now established itself as one of Exeter’s largest indoor concerts, attracting over 1000 people.
The concerts are specially arranged for those with an interest in the lighter side of classical music, and contain nothing that is heavy, or obscure. Items are specially chosen to be of no more than seven or eight minute’s duration, and usually immediately recognisable – although one or two work are included that are perhaps not so well known, but nevertheless enjoyable. Film and other music is not forgotten, and in past years...
Following the long-running success of BBC Two’s living history series, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm, a new series will be exploring life at the end of the Middle Ages in Tudor Monastery Farm. University of Exeter historian Professor James Clark was the programme consultant for the six part series in which he features onscreen as the team’s guide and mentor from the monastery, dressed in an authentic medieval habit. The first episode of the new TV series will be broadcast on Wednesday 13 November at 9pm.
The programme will turn the clock back to the year 1500, as a team of...
Devon County Council has for the first time been ranked the country’s top performing local authorities for highways and transport services, according to a national survey.
Devon was among 70 highway authorities, including 25 county councils, which took part in the 2013 National Highways and Transport Public Satisfaction Survey (NHT Survey).
It is the sixth year of the random postal survey, conducted by Ipsos MORI, which is the most comprehensive public satisfaction survey for highways and transport. The survey questions are based on highway maintenance, road safety, public...
Exeter City Council and Exeter College are joining forces in an effort to combat the problem of littering in Northernhay Gardens and Bury Meadows Park.
The council and the college have been tackling the issue which they believe is caused by a small minority of young people who fail to behave responsibly.
Council staff regularly engage with people using the parks, asking them to put their rubbish in the bins provided.
The college already stresses in its induction programme the responsibility its students have to the wider community, and follows this message up at...
