Members of the public will be able to see at first hand Aviva Investors’ £7 million plans for the remodelling of the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Exeter at an event to be held on Tuesday 21 January.
The event will take place between 11am and 4pm at Unit 13 in the Centre’s Market Arcade and will feature a display showing architect’s drawings, CGIs and artist’s impressions. It will also include details about the thought processes behind the designs, the materials to be used and the timescales involved in the project.
Members of Aviva Investors’; team will be on hand to answer...
Police in Ilfracombe are investigating a series of burglaries where credit cards, TVs, laptops and even a car have been taken from homes in the area.
The burglaries which began in the New Year have targeted insecure homes usually during the night.
A police spokesperson said: “We are advising residents to be extra vigilant and ensure all doors and ground floor windows are secured at night, including sheds and garages.
“If anyone who has seen anyone acting suspiciously or has any information about this recent spate please let us know.”
Results from the first ever community survey show that Cranbrook residents are happy overall with the emerging community and are looking forward to future facilities and developments.
Residents responded to questions across five sections entitled ‘Your Community’; ‘Services’; ‘Healthcare’; ‘About your Home’; and ‘About You’ in the first ever ‘Community Needs Questionnaire for Cranbrook.
The headline results reflect that 94% of respondents feel Cranbrook is a good place to live, 90% get on well with the people they meet and that residents like the community spirit and the...
The body recovered from the sea last Saturday (11 January) has been formally identified as the missing teenager Harry Martin today (16 January).
A formal inquest into the death of Mr Martin, who went missing from his home in Newton Ferrers during the height of the recent storms, is due to begin next Monday (20 January).
The 18-year-old’s body was found in Carswell Bay in the Noss Mayo area by friends who were aiding in the search effort using sea kayaks.
Police, the Dartmoor Rescue group, Coastguard, specialist search dogs and over 100 members of the public took...
A full house of all your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers Rusty the Record from Swindon, along with a couple of returning dealers that can only attend once in a while.
Doors open 9.30am, £1 entry, early entry from 8am £3.
Devon County Council has invited the Prime Minister to personally see the state of the county’s roads after the recent storms.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, the County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention, has written to David Cameron to ask him to discuss concerns over road maintenance with Ministers and Government officials.
The authority is currently facing an estimated £750 million backlog of repairs to bring the county’s road network up to standard.
Despite this backlog the Department of Transport has only made £136 million available...
Exeter City Council has proposed raising its charges for city council services by nearly 2% costing some residents over £260 a year.
The council has said the decision to raise their council tax charges by 1.99% is subject to the Government’s decision on how much councils can raise their tax by.
The average tax charge is set to rise to over £132 a year on properties in the band D property but can rise as high as £260 a year for those on the H council tax band.
Council Leader Pete Edwards said the rise was as a result of the government cutting Exeter's funding by 13.6...
Devon and Cornwall Police are urging motorists and garage owners to be vigilant following a spate of catalytic converter thefts. Catalytic converters are used to decrease air pollution by converting toxic exhaust emissions into non-toxic substances. The average converter contains one to two grams of platinum, palladium and rhodium, making them a target for thieves who can then attempt to sell these high value materials to scrap metal merchants. A steep rise in metal costs over recent years has led to significant increases in thefts of catalytic converters across the UK. In Devon and...
Officers from the regional organised crime unit Zephyr seized drugs and a large quantity of cash and three vehicles after raiding a property in Exmouth yesterday.
Supported by officers from Devon and Cornwall Police support group and neighbourhood officers, they executed a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in Bankside at about 12.15pm.
Officers arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of the possession of drugs with intention to supply and also money-laundering.
Officers seized a large quantity of what is believed to be heroin with a street...
Dramatic footage showing the moment a prolific offender was captured by police has been released to the public. Filmed by the police helicopter, the video shows officers and a police dog track 29-year-old man, Dylan Taylor, who was later convicted of a series of offences across the Force area. The incident took place in Exeter in the early hours of 29 April 2013 after officers in the police helicopter spotted a vehicle acting suspiciously. After the offenders failed to stop for police, officers followed their vehicle to Haldon Woods where the offenders set off on foot through the woods...
