Staff and pupils at All Saints Primary School in Axminster are celebrating another outstanding inspection report just days after they had been named one of the top 200 primary schools in the country.
A new inspection of the Church of England school by diocesan inspectors has pronounced it outstanding.
And to celebrate, the Bishop of Crediton, the Right Revd Nick McKinnel, will visit the school on Wednesday 3 December.
The new inspection follows All Saints being identified in the Sunday Times’ influential Parent Power annual survey as one of the top 200 state primary...
East Devon District Council has listened to traders in Axminster and is proposing to launch a special car parking rate in all its pay and display car parks in the town – starting this month.
The move follows the success of an experimental Christmas parking promotion in December 2013, which proved successful in a number of East Devon towns.
Councillor Iain Chubb, EDDC’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “This scheme is an example of EDDC working smarter and engaging with communities. We have been working with town representatives to find a mutually acceptable way of...
A gas detection alarm, which began sounding at 9.47pm last night, resulted in an Axminster property being evacuated and fire crews being called to the incident.
Firefighters immediately advised an evacuation when they recieved the report of the sounding alarm.
Two local appliances were mobilised to the incident with a gas detection monitor. Once in attendance crews had low level readings on the gas detector, and efforts were made to ventilate the property and to locate the source.
A positive pressure ventilation fan was used and the property made safe
Update: A 45-year-old woman from Axminister has died after being involved in a serious road traffic collision at 7:45 am this morning.
A second woman aged, 56, is in 'critical condition' after their two cars crashed on the B3261 between the A35 and Axminster
The 45-year-old woman from Axminster who died was the driver and sole occupant of the silver Ford Focus. Her next of kin has been informed and formal identification will take place in due course. The 56-year-old woman from Axminster was taken by air ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where she remains in a...
Young Farmers from across Devon and the rest of the country, have been working together to raise money and collect forage for farmers affected by the recent floods in the Somerset levels.
Culm Valley YFC raised over £200 from members' donations at their recent Tight and Bright disco, which is being sent to the affected Somerset farmers. Meanwhile, Honiton YFC raised £4,500 at the performance of their production Gogglebox and through an Auction of Promises, with half the money raised being donated to Somerset farmers and the other half to Diabetes UK.
Police in Devon are appealing for information following a spate of burglaries targeting commercial properties. The burglaries occurred at commercial premises in both Mid and East Devon between Thursday 16th January and Friday 31st January and it is suspected that a stolen vehicle on false number plates was used during the raids. The vehicle, a Toyota 4x4 Hilux was stolen from a driveway of a property in Chevithorne near Tiverton on Monday 13th January.
This vehicle was recovered by Police in Avon & Somerset on.13th February having been abandoned in the Yeovil area. The first...
Police investigating a spate of robberies in Axminster have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with one of them.
Three robberies have taken place at commercial business premises over the last two weeks.
The CCTV relates to a robbery which occurred at around 6pm on Christmas Eve at the Prospect Garage filling station, Lyme Road, Axminster.
A man described as white, around 6ft, slim build with brown eyes. He was wearing a distinctive horizontally-striped jumper, horizontally-striped woollen hat and light-coloured scarf across his...
Bringing care closer – East Devon Day Hospice Appeal: Help Hospiscare build a much-needed day hospice in the heart of East Devon
Are you a master baker, a champion knitter or a green-fingered gardener? Join us at one of our open events to find out how your hobbies and talents could fund a moment of care for patients with a terminal illness in the East Devon area.
Hospiscare is launching an appeal to raise £250,000 to complete and run a state-of-the-art day hospice in Honiton. Visiting a day hospice helps patients by providing advice, complementary therapies, activities and...
