New images reveal Exeter’s iconic new leisure centre St Sidwell’s Point as the finishing touches are put in place ahead of opening in the spring.
St Sidwell’s Point is the UK’s first leisure centre built to the super energy efficient Passivhaus standard.
The unique facility in the heart of the city centre has been funded by the City Council and constructed by Kier.
It features an eight-lane, 25m main pool and four-lane, 20m learner pool, both with moveable floors making learning to swim accessible to all who visit.
The long-awaited roll-out of food waste collections in Exeter is about to begin, the City Council has announced.
The roll-out will begin with 1,300 households in Alphington having the weekly service added to their waste and recycling collections – starting on 4 November - before the initiative is introduced gradually across the whole of the city. Other areas will be added to the roll-out as and when vehicles, drivers and containers are available and this will be dependent on the supply chain which is currently an issue across the UK.
Former Exeter City Council Leader Pete Edwards has died in hospital following a short illness, the City Council has announced.
He served the city of Exeter as a councillor for 30 years, from 1984 to 1988 in the then Barton ward and then from 1995 to 2019 in the Mincinglake and Whipton ward.
He was Leader of the Council from 2011 until his retirement in 2019. Previously he had served as Lead Councillor for Housing under the leadership of Cllr Roy Slack. He was also Lead Councillor for Environmental Health and Leisure for a short period.
Exeter City Council is backing a scheme which gives members of the public an alternative way of making a donation to help homeless people in the city.
The Council will be placing QR codes in all of its buildings - including leisure centres and the Civic Centre – allowing the public to donate money towards supporting homeless people in Exeter.
The scheme is being run by the Exeter Homeless Partnership (EHP), of which the City Council is a partner. A new campaign is being launched to make people aware of how they can get involved in the initiative.
For the second year running, people are being asked to take a picture of their favourite tree in Exeter as part of a photographic competition.
The person who takes the best image will win a Haynes tree manual, a tree trail field guide and a framed photograph of the picture, with the runner-up receiving a field guide. There is also an under-16 category for budding junior photographers, with the same prizes for the winner and runner-up.
The competition is being run by Exeter City Council in the run up to National Tree Week – 27 November to 5 December, with the prizes...
The rise of the teenage tennis sensation Emma Raducanu may inspire youngsters in Exeter to pick up a racket and take advantage of the city’s free tennis facilities.
That’s the hope of Exeter City Council’s Lead Councillor for Leisure & Physical Activity, Cllr Duncan Wood, who believes the new British Number One’s incredible run in the US Open will serve as an inspiration to those starting out or considering taking up tennis.
“We have great tennis facilities in Exeter, in our parks, where people of all ages and abilities can play for free,” said Cllr Wood.
Garden waste collections in Exeter have been temporarily suspended as a result of the current HGV driver shortage caused by Covid-19 and self-isolation rules. Customers will have their hire period extended to make up for the suspension.
Collections of brown bins will stop from tomorrow (Wednesday 4 August) and last eight working days. At the moment the plan is to resume collections again on Monday 16 August.
The Council is currently experiencing staffing issues within its garden waste teams as a result of the issue affecting councils and services up and down the country...
The pool and health suite at Exeter’s Riverside Leisure Centre has re-opened after a four-year closure.
Millions of pounds have been spent on refurbishing the building, following a fire in February 2017 which closed the entire facility for months.
The gym and sports halls were back in operation later that year, but whilst fire damage was being repaired, unrelated structural weaknesses were revealed.
Exeter City Council leader Phil Bialyk officially re-opened the pool and health suite at a short ceremony on Saturday and said it was “absolutely” worth the wait....
