Devon’s primary schools have achieved a significant improvement in this year’s Key Stage 2 SATs tests for 11-year-olds.
The county’s combined figure for English and maths was up six per cent on last year and Devon schools continue to out-perform results nationally and regionally.
The percentage of pupils achieving the benchmark Level 4 or above in English and maths in Devon was 82 per cent in 2012 – up six points on last year’s county results.
And the Devon figure was three points ahead of the national figure for the two subjects combined at 79 per cent and ahead of...
Update: It has been reported that the A380 has now reopened on Telegraph Hill in Kennford after the earlier accident due to bad weather earlier involving a school bus and a Ford Ka. More details below...
Earlier: The A380 at Telegraph Hill in Kennford is closed and with queueing traffic northbound at the A38 junction, because of an accident involving multiple vehicles, including a Ka, with a female driver trapped inside, and a school bus. Reports are stating that no children have been hurt. The driver of the bus is thought to have been knocked unconscious and the bus continued to...
The Environment Agency has placed a Flood Alert on the following areas: Hemyock, Cullompton, Stoke Canon, Broadclyst and Clyst St Mary, meaning that flooding is possible tomorrow morning following rainfall overnight and into Friday.
14 to 35 millimeters of rain is forecast for the early hours of Friday 14th December and heavy showers are indicated to persist into late afternoon. This could result in river levels rising and an increase in surface water.
Overtopping and onshore flooding may occur on the South Devon Coast between Plymouth and Lyme Regis as a result of strong...
What do you think of plans for the new ‘Exmouth Splash?’ That’s the question East Devon District Council has been asking all Exmouth residents and visitors about plans for a new, vibrant and colourful leisure and recreation area on Exmouth seafront.
Go to www.eastdevon.gov.uk/exmouthsplash to see the plans in full and for details of how to give EDDC your views.
‘Exmouth Splash’ covers the area between the old Lifeboat Station and the Maer on Queen’s Drive. There will be two large play and recreation areas, a public square, shops, amenities and a new ‘watersports hub’...
Following the launch of a new payday lending customer charter , local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is releasing new figures demonstrating a worrying increase in the number of serious debt cases relating to payday loans.
The Citizens Advice service has seen a ten-fold increase in the proportion of clients receiving help with multiple debts which included a payday loan debt in the last four years. In the first quarter of 2009/10 only 1 per cent of CAB debt casework clients had at least one payday loan; in the same quarter last year this had risen to 4%. This year's figure...
Exeter International Airport has reminded passengers travelling to friends and relatives for the festive period that Christmas crackers are not permitted in hand/cabin baggage.
If the crackers are in a sealed box (original packaging, cellophane not broken) they may travel in hold (checked-in) baggage. However, party poppers are not permitted in hand or hold baggage.
There are no hand (cabin) baggage restrictions on Christmas cakes but passengers should be aware of the DfT 'Liquids' regulations and airline hand (cabin) baggage limits.
Exeter's Northcott Theatre has revealed to The Exeter Daily that it has a very exciting opportunity coming up for a small but dedicated group of volunteers in the New Year.
Beth de Tisi, Wardrobe Manager at the Northcott, says: "We have this amazing resource that we are no longer able to utilise to full advantage since we are currently not putting on our own productions at The Northcott."
Beth, who worked at The Northcott for 10 years, has a terrific sense of what costumes are in the department already. However, in order to make the stock available to a host of outside...
Customers waiting for the 57 service at Exeter Bus station were delighted to see they had a very special seasonal bus driver – Santa Claus!
Between now and Christmas, Santa (also known as Clint Woodman from Stagecoach South West's Exmouth depot) is busy raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and certainly put a smile on everyone’s faces.
In fact, Stagecoach are already getting letters and Facebook comments from happy customers who are saying how much he's cheered their day up with one mum commenting "It made my children's day and they haven’t stopped talking about...
Devon County Council leader John Hart will switch on the lights on a special Christmas tree to mark the topping out of a world class outdoor education and training centre in Exeter.
The £5.6 million centre on Haven Banks has now reached its highest point with the completion of the 25-metre climbing tower.
The centre itself will be completed in June. It will replace the existing, outdated activity centre on the canal basin.
The switch on of the Christmas tree – on top of the climbing tower – will be at 12 noon on Monday, 17th December.
An Exeter primary school is preparing for pantomime season after receiving an early Christmas present from a leading South West housebuilder.
Thanks to a £250 donation from Persimmon Homes South West, Rockbeare Church of England Primary School is set to receive a special visit from Dick Whittington and the West End Production's travelling theatre group.
The school’s fundraising body, Friends of Rockbeare School Association (FRSA), appealed to over 20 successful businesses for funds to give the school’s 67 pupils a Christmas treat to remember, with Persimmon being only one...
