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History of much loved East Devon parks and gardens will be captured for posterity thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund award of £9,500

Interpretation panels for each of East Devon District Council’s eight parks and gardens are currently being developed by the council using information provided by local museums and local community members/groups. East Devon’s in-house design team are currently producing these ready for installation this spring.

The panels and a trail leaflet for this project have been made possible thanks to a £9,500 grant, which East Devon District Council...

Detailed designs of Exeter's new bus station will go on display to the public next week.

People will be able to see the latest designs at an exhibition at Exeter Guildhall on Tuesday 14 June, from 8am until 8pm.

Around 650 attended the last exhibition to have their say on plans for a brand new bus station.

"We've sifted through all the feedback and listened to everyone's comments," said Cllr Phil Bialyk, Lead Councillor for Sport and Health & Wellbeing.

"A lot of the feedback has been incorporated into these latest designs and we're having discussions...

Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medallist Rebecca Adlington OBE is backing St Sidwell’s Point in Exeter.

Rebecca, who swam in four Olympic finals winning two gold and two bronze medals in Beijing and London, said she is ‘delighted’ to hear of the project.

St Sidwell’s Point will feature three swimming pools, including a confidence pool to help encourage youngsters to learn to swim at a young age.

“Swimming has obviously been a major part of my life” she said.

“My love of swimming started on family holidays with my parents and two sisters, we’d...

There’s something to put a spring in your step this summer as the largest trampoline park in Devon and Cornwall is due to open in Plymouth in June.

A relatively new concept in the UK, the trampoline park concept originated from the USA and Australia before hitting Europe around 5 years ago. The popularity of the sporting activity has increased hugely over the last year with 30 UK parks opening in the last 12 months alone.

The Super Tramp Park, located in a huge 10,000ft warehouse on Breakwater Road, Plymstock, will feature over 50 trampolines, a dodgeball court, wall...

An official opening date for the £5million new Pavilions Teignmouth has been announced for Monday 4 April.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 3pm and will be carried out by Teignbridge District Council’s Leader Cllr Jeremy Christophers and Margaret Davidson, Chair of the Pavilions Board of Trustees. This will launch a month of diverse arts activities showcasing all the centre can deliver and the best of local talent.

Cllr Jeremy Christophers, Leader of Teignbridge District Council, said: “Teignbridge is delighted to officially open Pavilions Teignmouth....

Teignbridge District Council has launched a new-look leisure website, making it even easier for residents to sign-up, book classes or look for swimming timetables.

Focusing on the council’s three leisure centres Newton Abbot Leisure Centre, Broadmeadow Sports Centre and Dawlish Leisure Centre, the website has been created to be more accessible and easy to use through desktop computers, mobile phones or tablets.

Cllr George Gribble, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive spokesman for Recreation and Leisure, said: “The redesign is aimed to make sure the site is much more...

Outline planning permission was granted last night (Wednesday 20 January) for the redevelopment of Exeter Bus & Coach Station.

The site in Paris Street is to be demolished to provide a new bus station, retail/leisure mixed use development and Leisure Centre.

The Princesshay Partnership - a collaboration of The Crown Estate and TH Real Estate - is delivering the retail/leisure development, while the City Council is providing the new bus station and Leisure Centre.

Council Leader Pete Edwards said that granting the outline planning permission was a “significant...

Over 400 people attended an exhibition to consider plans for Exeter’s proposed new Leisure Complex.

“We’re delighted with the response from the public,” said Council Leader Pete Edwards.

“The vast majority of those that attended the two-day exhibition at the Guildhall – 81.5% - said they support the principle of this project, and that’s good to hear.

"Of those who support it, nearly 90% said that plans to site the complex in the heart of the city was the right decision.”

People can still see the plans and complete an online form at www.exeteractive.com The...

With plans for a new swimming pool development on the current bus station site successfully being cleared through the second stage of council planning, you would think that Exeter City Swimming Club (ECSC) would be getting excited at the prospect of a new multi-million pound facility in the heart of Exeter getting one step closer to realisation, however, nothing could be further from the truth.

The club that trained and developed Olympic star and world champion Liam Tancock have highlighted multiple problems with the current plans and has repeatedly called for the development to be...