The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of rain for Devon today.
Forecasters say rain will occur across parts of the South West this afternoon, easing later, whilst further spells of heavy rain will affect eastern parts of England into tonight.
Motorists are urged to take care on the region’s roads with the risk of localised surface water flooding.
The Exeter-based agency's Chief Forecaster said: “An area of low pressure now across southeast England is bringing a combination of rather persistent and sometimes heavy rainfall, as well as strong winds blowing from...
Groups of lads, couples, and families packed in to Exeter’s Corn Exchange over the weekend to watch the Vienna Festival Ballet’s adaption of The Nutcracker. The dance troupe, made up of male and female dancers from across the globe, gave me my first taste of a ballet show.
Props are minimal if not void for ballet shows, so it was the shadow of ballet shoes from beneath the curtains and music from Tchaikovsky that got the crowds buzzing with anticipation ahead of the performance.
The curtains drew up revealing a Christmas scenery flat, complete with a giant Christmas tree...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has invited all those planning to stand in next year’s general election to a briefing where he will outline strategic policing matters across the peninsula.
The sessions, held in Bodmin and Launceston, will give Parliamentary candidates and existing MPs the opportunity to meet Mr Hogg to hear about the current and future challenges faced by the police service and the actions being taken to deliver his Police and Crime Plan.
Mr Hogg will also be discussing the roles and responsibilities he holds as Police and Crime Commissioner and...
A scheme offering ‘books on prescription' to people with mental health problems has been hailed as a major success.
Last year Devon County Council teamed up with leading independent charity The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians to help launch the national ‘Reading Well Books on Prescription’ scheme, which aims to use reading as a tool to help those who suffer from conditions such as depression, anxiety, stress, phobias and some eating disorders.
Since then loans of self-help books in the ground breaking scheme have more than doubled, reaching around 275,000...
Work to reinstate the depleted shingle beaches in front of the town and below the cliffs at East Beach in Sidmouth could start within a month - if East Devon District Council can obtain approval for the job and funding to pay for it.
This is an opportunity to access Government funding to reinstate the Main Beach and East Beach to the levels they were at before last winter’s storms.
Councillor Andrew Moulding, the council’s deputy leader and chairman of a group looking at longer term coastal defence issues for Sidmouth, said: “This is a window of opportunity to provide the...
An innovative community art installation goes on show next week to bring alive the impacts of Exeter’s new ‘Energy from Waste’ incineration facility.
Members of the community have been knitting larger than life versions of the particles that will be emitted from the new facility.
The exhibition which will be on display at the Real Food Café in Paris Street, is designed to tell people about the incinerator, encourage Devon County Council to ensure it is operated properly over its 25 years contract and think harder about their future waste management strategy.
Virtual worlds similar to those experienced by game-players of the global phenomena Minecraft and SimCity could be used to help test potential new water infrastructure development in the UK.
Experts from the University of Exeter are pioneering a new computer platform in which water engineers can simulate how existing and prospective new water systems will cope with issues, threats and risk such as land management and flooding.
They believe that the innovative new approach to water infrastructure and security could help alleviate serious environmental impacts, such as the...
The search is on for Britain’s National Bird – it’s a chance for people in Devon to vote for their favourite bird.
David Lindo, also known as The Urban Birder, is a TV presenter, broadcaster, writer and naturalist. David recently launched the search for the nation’s favourite bird.
The last time the country chose its national bird was back in the 1960s when the robin won the vote. But now it’s a chance for some of our other wonderful birds, from the Mute Swan to the Mallard, from the Gannet to the Golden Eagle, from the Waxwing to the Wren to fight it out for the title of...
Clyst St Mary Primary School children made a very special visit to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park’s pumpkin field on Friday last week (3 October).
Mrs Herbert and her Year 2 class were transported by tractor and trailer to a secret location where 22,000 pumpkins scatter the East Devon countryside.
Chris Down, Managing Director of Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park held the pupils’ morning lesson in one of his farm’s working fields. He described the pumpkin growing process to the children in detail, from planting the pumpkins seeds through to harvesting the crop, for...
