Officers investigating a high-value burglary at a residential caravan in the Kennford area of Exeter are appealing for information.
The caravan, at Kennford Caravan Park, was broken into at around 9.50pm on Sunday 14 February when the offenders smashed a window to gain entry.
Several expensive items of jewellery were taken including a silver flat curb chain-linked necklace and bracelet valued at £8,500; an Oyster Perpetual Rolex watch worth £5,000; an Armani watch; a brown leather strap watch (with gold mechanisms visible through the watch face); and a yellow gold diamond...
As 2016 gets underway, a local fundraiser is sending out a message of thanks to all who raised funds for Macmillan Cancer Support last year.
Bridget Hill, Macmillan Fundraising Manager for South, Mid and East Devon said: "Because of all your support, in 2015 Macmillan was able to commit £310,686 in Devon, helping to support over 35,000 people living with or beyond cancer locally. That means there are now over 50 Macmillan professionals working in the county.
"I want to say a personal thank you to everyone who hosted or attended coffee mornings, volunteered their time, took...
The University of Exeter will be better able to support business growth thanks to a new partnership with the UK Space Agency.
Experts at the University will help run a new Centre of Excellence using satellite data. This will allow academics to work with industry, particularly small businesses, to ensure new products and services become commercially available.
The Satellite Applications Catapult’s South West Centre of Excellence, which is co-funded by the UK Space Agency, will use data obtained through satellites to generate global trade opportunities for the South West. It...
Come along to explore the fascinating and gruesome parts of history Travel back in time to a different period of history every week with themed crafts, costumes, and horrible history facts!
Each session takes place in the Pearson Education Centre between 10am and noon and children can be dropped off and left for the entire session.
STUPID STUARTS - 27th February: Try to survive the perilous times of the Stuart. Will you survive the Gunpowder Plot, the Plague and the Great Fire of London?? Create a collage to remember some of these scary events.
Come and join us for a day of Spring time shopping set within the beautiful medieval Nave of the Cathedral.
A great array of stalls selling a broad range of gifts and goodies will be there for your browsing and enjoyment. Get some friends together and make a day of it! Specialists from Bonhams (who are kindly sponsoring the event) will be on hand throughout the day offering a free valuation service, so bring along your pictures and other objects.
Bonhams Ticket information Tickets, which include entry to the Cathedral for the day, are priced at £7.50 per person or £10 to...
With the multi-million pound regeneration of Exeter city centre in full swing and increased construction a priority nationally, leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP has recruited a partner specialising in construction disputes to its growing disputes resolution team.
Jim Gorrod joins the firm’s Exeter office from Foot Anstey LLP. Jim specialises in construction law and in particular resolving disputes relating to building projects. His considerable expertise in this area has led to him being recognised as a leader in his field in Chambers and Partners – an independent...
VULGAR VICTORIANS Find out what Victorian children did for fun! Have a go at creating an optical illusion and then make your own Victorian toy to take home.
Come along to explore the fascinating and gruesome parts of history Travel back in time to a different period of history every week with themed crafts, costumes, and horrible history facts!
Each session takes place in the Pearson Education Centre between 10.00 and 12.00, and children can be dropped off and left for the entire session.
Calling the tour 'out of the whirlwind' is as an apt description of an evening with 'Ireland's number one comedian', Tommy Tiernan, as you could possibly get.
The experience leaves you ruffled, refreshed and somehow cleansed but ultimately rewarded in the humour stakes for hearing him out and following his acerbic outpouring that resonates strongly with the Devon crowd.
Tommy Tiernan's appearance at Exeter's Corn Exchange, as part of the mostly excellent LOL Festival which is now it it's 7th year, transported the audience...
Local businesses are being invited to play a part in a groundbreaking Exeter motoring trial that could make driving in the city, the South West and, eventually the globe, cheaper, greener and safer.
The citywide trial of Lightfoot®, which helps drivers save fuel, cut emissions and reduce accidents by driving more efficiently, is due to start in March having received hundreds of applications for the 100 trial places.
Now Exeter-based Lightfoot®, which originally developed the driver behaviour technology for the commercial sector and is using the trial to see if similarly...
Bridge Road in Exeter will remain open this evening (Tuesday 23 February) as a scheduled closure is no longer needed.
A full road closure was originally planned tonight as part of the widening scheme.
However, the traffic management work to establish one lane in each direction was completed last night and therefore the additional closure is not required.
The Glasshouse Lane/Bridge Road junction will be closed from 9am on Wednesday 24 February until 6pm on Saturday 27 February.
The closure will enable utilities diversion work to be carried out, with trenches...
