A planning application for a new water sports centre on Exmouth seafront will be considered by East Devon District Council’s Development Management Committee next month.
The application from Grenadier Exmouth Ltd to build the centre and associated facilities off Queen’s Drive, will go before the committee on Tuesday 5 June.
Grenadier proposes a new two-storey water sports centre, café, restaurant and retail units plus car parking, open space and a ramped access to the beach. The application has the support of Exmouth Town Council and there are 37 letters of objection....
Lead vocalist on BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing, Lance Ellington, is coming to town to present an evening of classic hits from musical theatre.
Lance Ellington Sings Broadway sees the platinum award-winning singer and his all-star band revive show stoppers from Guys and Dolls, Aspects of Love, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, South Pacific, Anything Goes and many more hit musicals.
All the glitz and glamour of Strictly Come Dancing is promised – with Lance set to share some behind-the-scenes exclusives during the evening – as the TV star presents the very best of Broadway live...
Summer is beckoning and so are those jobs in your garden - so why not sign up to East Devon’s fortnightly green waste collection service and save yourself the journey to your local recycling centre.
More than 6,000 district council households have already subscribed to the new kerbside collections which will make life so much easier for our green fingered residents to dispose of their green waste.
The new service starts next week (May 14), but residents can sign up at any time of the year for a full annual collection. The service costs £48 a year – each fortnightly...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a mother and young girl were approached by a suspicious man on Exeter Road this morning, Wednesday 2 May 2018.
The incident took place at around 9am when a mother was walking to school with her daughter. The girl had walked a short distance ahead of her mother and was then approached by the unknown man who tried to pull her towards a vehicle. The mother was alerted and confronted the man who advised he was trying to take the child back to her mother.
The man left the scene in a dark blue vehicle. The girl was unhurt but was left...
When you’ve only cycled a total of 60 miles before, taking on Children’s Hospice South West’s epic 205-mile Ride for Precious Lives event could be a massive challenge, but nurse Jo Bingham, from Exeter, is determined to give something back to the charity.
In 2016, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) launched an initiative to encourage nurses to return to practice and retrain as a children’s palliative care nurse. Jo was selected for the programme and joined the care team at the charity’s Little Bridge House hospice near Barnstaple in January 2017 and completed her training at...
Shopping for a friend’s birthday present at Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter generated a lovely surprise for the giver – a new vehicle worth nearly £24,000.
Gina, 45, a customer service advisor from Exmouth, paid £2 for the Children’s Hospice South West’s charity draw, with the Toyota C-HR donated by Snows Toyota in Exeter.
The mother-of-two said: “I saw the model on display at Princesshay and bought the draw ticket on a whim after shopping for a friend’s birthday present.
“I don’t do the lottery or anything like that – and I didn’t tell my husband as he would...
Visit South Devon has unveiled a new-look website for 2018 packed with images, film and interactive footage. Designed to show off the astounding range of breath-taking countryside and seaside destinations throughout East Devon, Mid Devon, Teignbridge and South Hams, the new site guides visitors on a rich journey of discovery.
Spanning three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, over 120 miles of coastline, Dartmoor National Park, the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, the South West Coast Path and a host of nature reserves, the site is a rich resource for anyone looking to discover...
Bring all the girls together, dig out your pink tutus and bunny ears and join hundreds of women walking or running for Hospiscare.
The Twilight Walk is a 5 mile or 10 mile ‘PINK FIZZ’ themed sponsored walk along Exmouth Seafront with entertainment around the route, starting from The Maer, Exmouth.
We are also incoporating a new 5K Fizz Run which takes place before the walk.
Join Ella the Owl for a fantastic bubbly evening where you raise money to support local people and have a great night out with your mates. Come on ladies do it for Hospiscare!
