Stagecoach South West confirmed that from 19 January 2015 its X64 service will feature a new, direct connection between Dartmouth, Totnes, Newton Abbot and Exeter.
From the same date new timetables for Stagecoach Gold and the X46 are also being introduced. These will provide an hourly Sunday service on Stagecoach Gold and improve reliability for those travelling between Torquay and Exeter on the X46.
The X64 extension to Dartmouth will give residents direct, through connections to Totnes, Newton Abbot and Exeter up to every hour from Monday to Saturday. For commuters...
Tesla Motors, manufacturer of the award-winning Model S electric saloon, has expanded its Supercharger network with the opening of a Supercharger station in Exeter.
Conveniently located off junction 30 of the M5, the Exeter Supercharger will be an integral component of UK routes and, along with the Bristol Supercharger, allows Model S owners to travel to and around the South West for free with Supercharger-enabled Model S.
Exeter is the latest location to join the world’s largest fast-charging network.
The Supercharger is located in the car park at Darts Farm...
The next phase in a major programme of resurfacing will be carried out in the new year as part of Devon County Council’s ongoing road repairs following last winter’s storms.
More than £650,000 of work will be carried out on behalf of the County Council at 11 sites across the county in January and February using funding awarded to Devon from the Department for Transport.
A £16 million programme of improvements is underway using the Government’s Pothole Repair Funding and Severe Weather Recovery Funding, which is restoring around 120 miles of roads in Devon. The cash is not...
Earlier this year advertising and media arts guru, Ramon Marett, from Exeter, saw his latest work published in stellar company.
His science-fiction story, The Easy Way Out, appears in an anthology released by Fantastic Books Publishing as part of their Elite project. Ramon’s work is part of Elite: Tales from the Frontier, which is one of five authorized books-of-the-game produced by Fantastic Books to accompany the award winning space trading game, Elite: Dangerous.
Since its release Elite: Tales from the Frontier has been climbing the fiction charts and gathering a crop of...
Neil Parish MP has showed his support at a Westminster event on Wednesday 10th December for Care2Save.co.uk, the newly-launched shopping site that will help raise funds for charities across Devon when people shop online.
Online spending over Christmas is predicted to reach an all-time high of £13bn. If just 5 per cent of purchases are made through Care2Save.co.uk, £19.5m could be raised for good causes this festive season.
The briefing enabled MPs to learn how Care2Save.co.uk provides a new income stream for hospices and charities in the UK. Donna Air – actress, designer...
Trekkers on the first ever Hospiscare Sahara Trek Challenge are celebrating after raising £40,000 for the local Exeter charity.
Twenty two intrepid trekkers endured searing daytime temperatures, chilly nights, a sandstorm and even spent an evening teaching the hokey cokey to their local Berber guides!
Celia Wilkinson, Hospiscare running and challenge fundraiser, said: “We only walked for three days instead of the planned four because of a massive sandstorm which appeared from nowhere, it was nice and sunny and blue skies, then it went quite dark and the wind got up. As our...
Jo Pavey was born in Honiton and is a member of the Exeter Harriers.
Jo is a British long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 m gold medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich, ten months after giving birth to her second child, to become the oldest female European champion in history at the age of 40 years and 325 days.
Pavey is a four-time Olympian, having represented Great Britain in every Olympic Games from 2000 to 2012. She is also the 2012 European Championship silver medallist in the 10,000 m and a two-time 5000 m medallist at the Commonwealth Games, winning...
Comedian Jim Davidson brings his new show ‘No Further Action’ to Exeter Corn Exchange on Wednesday 28 January.
Very few comedians could turn the worst year of their life into a resounding success. Fresh from winning the most successful ever series of Celebrity Big Brother by a landslide, Jim Davidson has done exactly that.
‘No Further Action’ will see Jim tell the story of his arrest and the nightmare 12 months that followed, the clearing of his name and winning the heart of the nation all over again.
It promises to be the most outrageous, hilarious and insightful...
Comedian Jim Davidson brings his new show ‘No Further Action’ to Exeter Corn Exchange on Wednesday 28 January.
Very few comedians could turn the worst year of their life into a resounding success. Fresh from winning the most successful ever series of Celebrity Big Brother by a landslide, Jim Davidson has done exactly that.
‘No Further Action’ will see Jim tell the story of his arrest and the nightmare 12 months that followed, the clearing of his name and winning the heart of the nation all over again.
It promises to be the most outrageous, hilarious and insightful...
South Western Ambulance Service launches its ‘festive spirit’ campaign today.
The campaign will run until Monday 5 January and aims to encourage people across the South West to drive safely this Christmas.
A poignant poster refers to people ‘having too much festive spirit’ and South Western Ambulance Service is urging people to consider the consequences before getting behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.
Alcohol is not the only factor when it comes to driving responsibly during the winter. Driving at a speed appropriate to the weather conditions, ensuring that...
