Police have issued a warning to drivers in East Devon not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
Snow is still falling in the area, making driving conditions extremely hazardous and motorists have been advised only to make essential journeys.
Road conditions are said to be difficult anywhere east of Honiton – particularly on the A375 Honiton to Sidmouth Road and the A3052 in the Seaton area.
Officers have dealt with a number of minor collisions.
Updates will be added to Twitter by @DC_Police to the hashtag#winterready.
Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Housing visited the new community of Cranbrook in East Devon on Thursday 13 December 2012 to see first-hand how a partnership approach to development is reaping impressive results and announced £20 million of investment from Government.
During his visit the Minister announced a package of support to further accelerate the building of new homes in Cranbrook. This will take the form of a £20 million investment from Government, £6m of which will be used to deliver the roads and infrastructure needed to develop a new town centre, with the remaining...
An East Devon sixth former is being honoured this week for what is thought to be a unique attendance record.
Mel Ayres did not miss a single day of lessons in the five years she spent in the main school at Axe Valley Community College.
Mel is now in the first year of the college’s sixth form studying for ‘A’ levels.
Attendance officers at Devon County Council cannot find another single instance of 100 per cent attendance over five years at a secondary school and so Melissa’s achievement may be unique in the county.
An East Devon coastal road closed by a cliff fall during heavy rainfall in the Summer will not re-open, Devon County Council has confirmed.
Old Beer Road in Seaton has been closed since 12 July after a 25 metre section of the road fell away by around three metres.
A geotechnical report was carried out earlier this year by Devon based experts Frederick Sherrell Ltd. Its findings suggest that the collapse was triggered by the prolonged rainfall, saturating the weathered mudstone and leading to a “block” failure. It also advises that further slippage is...
District Councillors will this week (2 July) be asked to recognise the many achievements of EDDC’s in-house Environmental Health team, who work constantly behind the scenes to protect the health and wellbeing of residents and visitors to East Devon.
Recognition of the team's work comes in a report that will be presented to Cabinet on Wednesday evening.
Their duties include: • inspecting food businesses and investigating complaints about the safety of food; • resolving complaints about workplace health and safety and promoting good practice; • investigating infectious...
Kids bored of their presents already? Moaning there’s nothing to do? Why not get them out of the house and on to the football pitch to kick off 2013 with a football roadshow run by Exeter City’s Football in the Community Trust.
The Trust is running several events before the school holidays end: three two-day courses and five one-day courses all for boys and girls aged from five to 14. The main football focus is fun and participation through team and individual games and all courses are delivered by Exeter City’s FA-qualified coaching staff.
The Manufacturers' Assocation of east Devon & Exeter (MADE) held an event at Michelmores last night. 50 key businesses attended to hear presentations on Grant Funding for Growth from Jane Pankhurst (Business Development Manager at University of Exeter Research & Knowledge Transfer), Clive Mitchell (Finance Director at Tradewind Turbines) and Dr Martin Hancock (Group Engineering Director at IMC Group Ltd), pictured with Gerry Shattock (MADE Chair and Business Development Manager of Exeter Science Park). MADE is a sub-group of Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Exeter...
2012 saw the launch of an unprecedented countywide project aimed at tackling one of Devon’s most prevalent social issues. But how has dance been a powerful weapon in the fight against rural isolation?
In 2004 the Countryside Agency (which has now become Nature England since 2006) published a report entitled 'Breaking Down Barriers' which investigated the effects of rural isolation on many rural communities in Devon. Rural isolation is widely defined as the lack of access to vital public services, transport, jobs, training opportunities, education or leisure activities due...
