Plans to demolish and redevelop the Topsham library building are due to be discussed by Exeter City Coucnil’s planning committee next week. The proposals submitted by the Estuary League of Friends (ELoF) seek full planning permission to demolish the existing building and replace it with a 2-storey contemporary building to act as a community hub facility. The discussion of the plans come as Devon County Council begin consultation on the future of its library services. This consultation could see over half of its smaller libraries, including Topsham library, closed unless community...
On 3 April, over 50 people from the local business community joined Exeter-based FORCE cancer charity and corporate sponsor, Gilbert Stephens LLP, for a ‘Great Devon Breakfast’ at St Olaves Hotel in Exeter.
The event raised £385 for the charity, which has been raising vital funds to support its outreach programme, offering essential support to cancer patients around Devon.
Naomi Cole, Fundraising Manager for FORCE, comments: “We were delighted to see so many people from the local business community come out on such a rainy day to support the event and people were not only...
The body of a missing 59-year-old man was found near Lyme Regis this afternoon following a search by East Devon coastguards.
The man is thought to have fallen overboard while on the water sometime today
The search launched around 1pm today saw all Lyme Bay coastguard teams including Exmouth Coast Guard and Sidmouth Lifeboat attempt a search for missing man.
As of 2:30 pm the search was stood down following the discovery of the body on a beach near Lyme Regis.
A spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said:
Young people from Honiton have now chosen a second £90,000 design for their skate park at voting events held by East Devon District Council. A second round of voting was called by the council after the 1st choice company, voted for in December last year, was unable to fulfil their contract. A significant number of Young people took part in the three voting events to pick another design with 58% picking the new design by skate park design company Maverick. EDDC will now work with Maverick to get this design installed and opened as early as possible using £90,000 from EDDC’s main budget. The...
Cybercriminals have come up with a new scheme to trick Facebook users into handing over their credentials. They’ve launched a bogus voting campaign to lure potential victims to a phishing site.
According to experts from Symantec, the phishers have set up a bogus voting website where they ask users the question “Who is greater boys or girls?” Once they cast their vote, internauts are asked to log in to their Facebook accounts and say if they’re male or female.
In the final phase of the scheme, victims are told that their vote has been successfully submitted. The voting site...
New Look in Princesshay will re-launch on Friday 11 April following a refurbishment giving it a brand new layout.
The popular fashion retail store will be the first store in the chain’s new pilot scheme to reveal an exciting new look.
A large footwear and accessories department will occupy the entire ground floor providing even more choice to shoe fans. Women’s and Menswear ranges together with the 915 range will occupy the first floor with new and improved fitting rooms.
To celebrate the launch of the new store, New Look will be giving away goody bags to the first...
Exeter YMCA is proud to receive the High Sheriff Award for Services to the Community
John Lee, the High Sheriff for Devon, first visited Exeter YMCA earlier this year. He had a tour of their projects, met with many of the clients to hear how Exeter YMCA had helped transform their lives and heard presentations on their work in prisons, through Job Clubs and in schools.
John Lee said: "I was clearly very impressed with what I saw and also with the very dedicated team [at Exeter YMCA]."
Following his visit, John agreed to take part in Sleep Easy, Exeter YMCA...
Police are becoming increasingly concerned as to the welfare and whereabouts of a man who has been missing from the Honiton area since April 4. Damian Hart, aged 38, is from the Feniton area of Honiton and is described as being 6' 2" tall, of medium to large build with short, dark brown hair and tatoos on both arms. He normally has stubble growth. He was reported missing by a family member on Saturday afternoon after going out to a local pub in Feniton at around 8pm on the Friday night. Police are becoming increasingly concerned for Damian all efforts to trace him have been unsucessful....
A former head teacher of an Exeter Technology College, who was paid a salary three times more than the average head, will appear in front of a professional conduct hearing today.
The hearing by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) will consider if Steve Maddern, the former head of West Exe Technolgy College, is responsible for bringing the profession into disrepute.
Steve Maddern, who resigned as head teacher of West Exe Technology College in May 2012 received national attention after it emerged that he was being paid £152,000 per year, around £10,000...
Exeter’s only working mill has been undergoing a recent renovation. A team of volunteer millers have used traditional techniques to make the waterwheel run more efficiently.
Cricklepit Mill stands close to Exeter’s historic Quayside and dates back to the 19th Century with some parts of the building dating from the 1600s. It was once a mill containing several waterwheels producing flour, animal feeds and woollen cloth. Today the Mill represents one of the most important remaining chapters in the story of Exeter’s industrial estate.
