Fore street in Exeter was closed on Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in a top floor flat. Three appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue were at the scene at around 14:08 yesterday (April 17) after being called to the fire involving the window sill and walls of the residence Police closed the road between Market Street and Bartholomew Street while fire crews made the building safe.
The Exeter office of Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client wealth managers, arranged a very special day out on behalf of their charity of the year, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) to visit Exeter City Football Club.
Children and families supported by Children’s Hospice South West were invited to watch Exeter City FC’s first team put through their paces at club’s training ground at the Cat & Fiddle and to meet the players.
Tim Walker, Head of Brewin Dolphin’s Exeter office, said: “We’re delighted to be able to arrange this day as...
Large traffic jams have formed on the M5 Southbound following a car fire near Exeter this morning.
6 Fire engines in attended the scene on M5 junctions 24 Bridgwater to 25 Taunton when a car and caravan became engulfed in flames.
The smoke from the blaze was reported to have made driving difficult due to reduced visibility.
Police initally closed M5 north and southbound J24-25 because of the fire and asked that Motorists find alternative routes due to heavy traffic building in the area.
The northbound road is now re-opened and only a single of the...
Active Devon has been awarded a grant of £207,220 from Sport England to develop inclusive sporting opportunities for disabled people.
The Inclusive Sport programme is designed to increase the number of young people (aged 14 plus) and adults regularly playing sport as part of Sport England’s wider commitment to increasing regular sport participation by disabled people.
Active Devon will aim to establish over 30 Opportunity Clubs across Devon providing sport and physical activity for young people and adults with disabilities. The programme will also support and develop local...
Severe flaws in child safeguarding allowed a convicted paedophile to continue abusing two young victims, according to a report released today. The independent report, commissioned by the Devon Children Safeguarding Board covers the services repeated oversight during a five-year period of abuse and the circumstances leading up to the abuser coming into contact with his victims. The abuser, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a known child sex offender prior to coming into contact with the family. He was jailed last year for a series of offences against his victims, including rape and...
This year marks Westpoint Exeter’s 25th birthday! And to kick off the celebrations Westpoint has announced it is offering four charities the chance to stage their own event at the venue for free.
Charities large and small are invited to apply for this unique opportunity with one of the south-west’s largest exhibition and entertainment venues. With free access to the Function Room, Wadsworth Pavilion log cabin and Showground, the charities can let their imaginations run wild.
The whole site lends itself to a variety of both indoor and outdoor events. Westpoint’s log cabin...
Scrumpstock, a cider, scrumpy, ale and music festival, is coming to Devon.
The festival, previously entertaining cider drinkers in Somerset, will be held at Bicton College over the weekend of 24-25 May.
Scrumpstock representative Jim Fry explained why the decision was made to bring this fantastic festival to Devon. He said: "Whilst looking for a more rural, pleasing environment to hold our festivities we came across the splendid grounds of Bicton College who were only too happy to have us.
"Not only because we bring extra income to the college but also because of...
Hundreds of churches and Church of England schools across Devon are planting poppies as part of First World War commemorations organised by the Diocese of Exeter.
With the support of Paignton based Sutton Seeds, the Diocese has sent out 500 packets of the Northlew poppy seeds. Northlew, a small village near Okehampton, lost proportionally more of its enlisted men than anywhere else in the UK, when 24 died out of the 100 strong adult male population.
The Bishop of Crediton, Nick McKinnel said many churches were taking part in commemorations in their villages or towns, but...
Councillor John Humphreys; Mayor of Exmouth carried out an official ribbon cutting ceremony to open the new show home, a four-bedroom Town House, at a development in Exmouth. Built by independent builders C G Fry & Son, ‘Hillcrest’ is located in the desirable St. John’s Road on the site of a former school.
C G Fry & Son an independent family-run business is renowned for its excellent reputation and extensive portfolio of high-quality projects ranging from private individual houses to major developments.
The company has received numerous regional design and quality...
Mike Feneley, Partner with Haines Watts Rural Business talks about the upsurge in profits for Dairy farming businesses and offers sound advice on how farmers can use these effectively over the coming year…
Dairy farming profitability is on an upward path due to better milk prices, better climatic conditions and more attractive costs of production giving great opportunities to the dairy farming community. It is a time where businesses need to plan carefully to ensure they utilise any extra profits effectively for the future. There is no doubt that there will be many suppliers to the...
