Essential work to address persistent drainage and subsidence problems in Exeter’s High Street is scheduled to start next week, Wednesday 16th January until Thursday 28 March.
New work, to be completed before Easter, will see new gullies and pipework installed along the length of the road from Queen Street to Broadgate.
Previous work to resolve 'settling' of the road and drainage problems have proven short-lived and the existing gully system is failing to adequately handle surface water, causing further damage to the road's substructure. The City Centre will remain open for...
The Exeter Daily is very pleased to announce that the winner in our £250 prize giveaway is Rev Mike Partridge from Pinhoe. Mike is Team Rector for Pinhoe, Broadclyst, Clyst Honiton, Rockbeare and Sowton Churches.
When asked what he will do with the money he said that he had not yet decided, but it would be something special, as his wife Rachel had been under going treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He also told us that his favourite place in Exeter is Cathedral Green "It's so peaceful there but at the same time you are surrounded by other people. There's nothing quite...
An urgent report into the economic effects of last year’s severe storms on Devon’s transport network has been ordered by county council leader John Hart.
Exeter-based music aficionado Matthew Vizard reports on the re-emergence of the legend that is David Bowie, with his first album release in 10 years.
Yesterday, among the BBC 6 Music presenters anticipating the records that would rule their worlds in 2013, was DJ, writer and avowed Bowie fan, Mark Radcliffe. 'He's been so mysterious and so uncharacteristically quiet, I would love just to hear a little murmur from David Bowie'. He didn't have to wait long, because at 5am this very morning, January 8th 2013 - David Bowie's 66th birthday - pop's most celebrated chameleon released his...
Officers are investigating an attempted robbery on a 14-year-old boy in Seaton.
The Seaton schoolboy was walking along Valley View on 3 January when he was approached from behind by a man who grabbed him by the jumper and tried to snatch his iPhone.
The phone fell to the ground and the offender made off empty-handed towards the fire station.
The boy was left very shaken by the incident which happened around 5.35pm and the phone was damaged.
Police are appealing for witnesses and are asking for anyone who saw the incident to contact them on 101, quoting...
The mystery - how can Labour-controlled Exeter City Council claim to keep on "investing" in Exeter when they are always saying that funding is being cut?
Firstly, the funding isn't being cut. Although all Councils are enduring cuts in their base budget, Exeter is enjoying a government incentive scheme called the "New Homes Bonus". This is a fund which is generous and gives the Council cash in return for building houses. Exeter is doing this in abundance, and these funds are greater than the cuts Labour keep talking about. According to the Council's own...
Exeter law firm WBW Solicitors teamed up with Lush cosmetics last week to stage a special ‘make your own’ scent workshop at Exeter’s Phoenix Centre.
Youngsters of all ages were invited along last Friday and got the chance to make their own bath-bombs before being treated to a performance of The Emperor’s New Perfume .
Kelly Lynch, Marketing Co-ordinator at WBW said: “WBW Solicitors was absolutely delighted to sponsor the The Emperor’s New Perfume, enabling children and families to get creative and make things together whilst being immersed in a truly theatrical experience...
New ways of making and using the wonder material graphene will be identified through pioneering work by engineers and scientists at the University of Exeter and Bath at the Centre for Graphene Science.
Researchers have received a grant of more than £1.1 million from a total £21 million cash pot awarded by the Government to the most promising UK projects to accelerate the path to market for products which use the material.
The funding has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and was recently announced by Chancellor George Osborne. A team...
A man from Exeter is hoping to organise a jazz concert in aid of Hospiscare but is in need of funding from local businesses.
Wayne Hill has been inspired to organise this charity event after losing family and friends to cancer. He needs local businesses in Exeter to help support this event by funding for jazz bands and singers, technicians and tickets.
He is hoping to run the event in the Voodoo Lounge at the Phoenix Art Centre, on 10th August 2013.
Hospiscare is a charity situated in Devon, which support and care for patients with terminal illnesses.
