Devon and Cornwall Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety and welfare of a man who is missing from his Tiverton home.
Robin Prescott, 49, has not been seen since 6am on Thursday 13th December when he left home in Burlescombe to travel to work in Wellington, Somerset.
A man matching Robin’s description was seen getting on the 7.38am train from Taunton to Penzance on that Thursday morning. Police found his car abandoned at Taunton railway station.
Robin is close to his family and is described as being a loner, keeping himself to himself. This type...
The St Loye’s Foundation car raffle, in which Princesshay shoppers have had the chance to win a Peugeot 107 for £1, has raised in excess of £10,000 for the Exeter-based charity. The winning raffle ticket was drawn on Monday 17th December by Exeter’s very own Santa - the Deputy Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Percy Prowse.
The lucky winner, Abbey Cheung of Kingsteignton will receive her brand new car in time for Christmas. The super new car, worth over £7,000 was donated to St Loye’s Foundation by Exeter’s Truscotts Peugeot dealership.
Rail enthusiasts are celebrating the announcement that Devon County Council has secured a grant of £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve access to its Railway Studies Collection.
Housed in the newly revamped Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot, the collection is the largest in the UK outside the National Railway Museum in York and is popular with researchers and historians across the world.
Containing over 80,000 items, most of them original and unique, the collection covers all aspects of Britain’s Railways and includes information on standard gauge...
A chance for young athletes from all sports to get expert advice locally.
Excelsior will be providing four workshops in the afternoon for athletes from 13-19 years old who are interested in getting better for their sport.
It will include:
Physical competency assessment.
Eating in the real world.
Agility progressions.
How to get fit in 30 minutes.
The young athlete must be injury free and currently playing more than one sport. Parents and coaches are welcome to come along and observe and ask questions.
Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is today warning that more than 400 low-income households with legal problems will be affected by legal aid reform. The reforms, which start at the beginning of April 2013, will see changes to the types of legal advice that are available through legal aid. Debt advice will no longer be eligible and almost all welfare benefits advice will be removed from the scope of legal aid.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau said:
“These reforms will hit low-income families the hardest. They come at the same...
A team from the Environment Agency is returning to the Grand Western Canal at Halberton today in a final attempt to rescue some of the remaining fish from a temporary lake that was created following last month's torrential rain.
Thousands of fish, including pike, perch, bream, tench, roach and eels, were washed out of the canal after a section of bank near Halberton gave way following torrential rain.
Water from a two-mile section of the canal flooded surrounding fields creating a temporary lake. A team of Environment Agency officers, assisted by members of...
Tenants will be enjoying Christmas in new homes at Cornerstone’s latest development of nine flats at Vicus House, Western Way, Exeter. The one bedroom flats for single people and couples are set at affordable rents, based on 80% of market rates, on five year fixed term tenancy agreements.
The unfurnished properties each have stylish kitchens and individual balconies as well as a communal secure bike store and photovoltaic solar panels generating renewable electricity. The site is in a great location close to Exeter city centre and the Quay and has good transportation links....
Detectives in Exeter have released an image of a man they would like to find following a burglary at an address in Exeter last month.
A 34-year-old-man has been charged with the offence but police would like to speak to the person pictured, whose image has been compiled with help from a witness.
Anyone who recognises the man is asked to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 quoting crime reference DE/12/11202
First there was ‘Mirror Mirror’. Then there was ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’. Now there is ‘Snow White –the panto’, coming soon to a stage in Exeter. So if you’ve seen the films, come and watch the show!
For their next production in early January, Pinhoe Pantomime Society will be enacting ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ to be performed at the America Hall, complete with all the usual trimmings of ‘He’s behind you’, ‘Oh yes I did’, booing, hissing and much more!
This season’s cast includes Susie Wakely in the title role, pursued by Matt Milum as the Prince, and chased by...
