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£9 off discount extended by grocery delivery app

Convenience stores in Exeter are supporting their community and offering £9 off their first app order over £10* using code EXETER , and 20% off their following order with code EX20 . The code originally expired at the end of January, but Snappy Shopper have made the decision to extend the code to ensure that as many customers can take advatange of this deal during hard times.

Snappy Shopper are extending their £9 off promotion until end of February for customers in Exeter, Cullompton and Exmouth, due to increasing cost-of-living crisis. Using the Snappy Shopper app, customers can...

Cullompton 'pod' homes approved

By Ollie Heptinstall, local democracy reporter

The three-storey building, with six homes, will replace a former council-owned garage block at St Andrews Estate after Mid Devon councillors gave the go-ahead.

Built in collaboration with Zed Pods Ltd, a producer of the modular homes, the council project includes an equal mix of one and two-bedroom flats. They are for social rent and will be allocated through the Devon Home Choice system through which people with housing needs bid for rental properties.

The modular units are factory-made before being transported to...

Work begins on new homes and nature trail in Cullompton

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/13/2022 - 2:44pm

Taylor Wimpey has started work on a community of new homes and green spaces in Cullompton.

Culm Valley Park , off Siskin Chase, will comprise of 105 homes, 30 of which will be provided for rent through the local authority. The development will include a new nature trail park, with around 40% of the total site set aside as green space for the residents of Cullompton to enjoy. The existing Siskin Chase play area will be extended within the site to create more space for new and existing residents to enjoy.

Culm Valley Park will reflect Taylor Wimpey’s commitment to...

After three generations farming, Fordmore moves into the 21st century

After three generations farming, Fordmore moves into the 21st century

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 03/23/2021 - 5:56pm

After three generations farming at Fordmore, near Cullompton, Devon, an award-winning farm shop has now moved into the twenty first century by introducing an online shop.

The farm, purchased during the perils of WW2, was originally called Plymtree but now trading as Fordmore Farm Shop has faced the present challenges of the pandemic by embracing on-line meat sales to support the business.

The farm specialises in organic dairy and poultry products and boasts a herd of Longhorn cattle, bread for the table.

With the extended lockdown continuing since Christmas the...

Millie, 19, signs up to help vulnerable

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2020 - 12:16pm

Nineteen-year old student Millie Doodson is one of more than 1,300 people who have answered the call to help support Devon’s most vulnerable.

Since an urgent appeal was launched earlier this month people of all ages and backgrounds including lawyers, students, hairdressers, engineers and retired soldiers have registered to become Healthcare Assistants.

At a time when existing social care and health staff are under huge pressure hundreds of people have stepped up and said, ‘I want to help.’

And one of those is Cardiff University law student Millie Doodson, from...

Cullompton Scout Group celebrates move to new home

Scouts in the Cullompton area have a new long term home thanks to the work of five star housebuilder Barratt Homes.

Apprentices from the housebuilder, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary, have built a brand new community hub for the scouts with the Cullompton Scout Centre officially handed over to the group at a recent opening ceremony.

And the new residents were full of praise for the new facility which can accommodate all 60 members of the group and has room for them to expand in the future.

Scout leaders James Buczkowski and Sarah Wyatt said they were...

Body found in search for missing Devon teenager

Police have found the body of a deceased boy in Cullompton this morning, Thursday 1 February.

The family of Patrick Henwood, a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing from the Cullompton area last night (Wednesday 31 January) and was part of an earlier missing person appeal, have been informed of this development.

Formal identification has yet to have taken place and police are not currently treating this death as suspicious.

Thieves steal Devon woman's home

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/30/2017 - 10:13am

Police are urgently seeking information following the theft of a home in Willand, near Cullompton.

The incident happened between 6pm on Wednesday 22 November and 6am on Thursday 23 November 2017 at The Yard on Willand Road, Cullompton.

Thieves entered a yard and loaded the 40ft static caravan on to a flat trailer and removed it from the yard.

The victim, a local woman, was not present at the time of the offence and is now without a home. Pictures of the park home are attached. The serial number is SA11.049221E.

PC Marie Gorfin said: “The home would have to...

10-year mission to honour soldiers who gave their lives realised

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/20/2017 - 11:26am

A 10-year mission to honour those who have given their lives fighting for their country has finally been realised by Cullompton resident David Godfrey, after adding the final touches this week to the memorial garden he masterminded.

A woodfuel arrived today at the memorial gardens – next to the Hayridge Centre in Cullompton – to deliver three tonnes of woodchip, which is the last detail before the garden has its official launch next week.

The woodchip was donated and delivered free-of-charge by local woodfuel distributor Forest Fuels, which has its HQ in Okehampton....

Colourful celebrations for Devon attraction

A SPECTACULAR riot of colour will transform Devon’s Bear Trail when it holds a fantastic family fundraising event next month to celebrate its first birthday. The muddy obstacle course, which is based between Exeter and Cullompton, is holding the ‘Colour Bomb’ event on Sunday, July 23 - and it promises to be a party atmosphere, with music, a mini food market and, of course, the Colour Bomb itself. And those who prefer to watch the fun are welcome for a donation to the trail’s charity of the year, Chicks children’s charity. Participants can sign up for two hour slots when they can tackle the...

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