Lympstone

Items stolen from vehicle in Lympstone

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/11/2015 - 11:27am

Police have received reports of a theft from a vehicle parked on a drive Lympstone.

The vehicle had been left unlocked in the Underhill area of Lympstone and items stolen, including an Apple iPad, between 5.30pm on Tuesday 9th and 7.10am Wednesday the 10th June.

A police spokesman said: “We are asking for local residents to be vigilant and ensure that their vehicles are locked and items removed when left unattended.

“If anyone witnessed the crime or noticed anything suspicious in the area, please contact the police on 101 or 101@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk...

Exeter pupils to launch Avocet Line poster

School children from Newtown Primary School in Exeter will be launching a new poster they have designed to promote travel on the Avocet Line, the branch line which links Exeter and Exmouth.

Courtesy of First Great Western, the children were taken on a familiarisation trip from Polsloe Bridge station to Exmouth by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and members of the Avocet Line Rail Users Group (ALRUG) last summer.

They drew sketches of everything they saw on the trip and learnt about the history of the railway and how it shaped Exmouth. Back in class, the sketches...

Lympstone to hold planning referendum

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 01/25/2015 - 8:33pm

East Devon District Council is organising a neighbourhood planning referendum in Lympstone to invite residents to approve a draft planning blueprint for the village.

Lympstone is one of only a handful of parishes, across England, to have got this far in creating their own Neighbourhood Plan, under new national planning guidelines.

The neighbourhood plan will give the village and planning officers from the district a benchmark with which to consider any future planning applications for the area.

National interest in the proposal was underlined this week when Brandon...

What’s green and tidy?

Answer: Woodbury Common... after two troops of Royal Marine recruits scoured the area picking up litter.

Recruits based at the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre at nearby Lympstone regularly use the commons for military exercises. The land is also visited by thousands of people daily for recreational reasons, such as running or dog-walking.

And that means that over time a fair amount of rubbish is generated.

So, armed with plastic bags alongside their SA80 rifles, the recruits, working in conjunction with landowners Clinton Devon Estates, conducted a sweep of...

Stagecoach confirms Boxing Day buses

Stagecoach South West confirmed today that it will be operating Boxing Day bus services on key routes across Exeter, East Devon and Torbay.

For anyone wishing to travel into and around Exeter the following services will be running:

  • Red Park & Ride will run a Sunday timetable, with the last bus from Honiton Road at 1718 and the last bus from the city centre at 1736. Buses will show ‘M2’ on the destination blind to serve all stops along the Pinhoe Road route
  • Route ‘A’ will run a Sunday timetable. The last bus from Alphington will be at 1721, the last bus
  • ...

From gang fights via military discipline to paper lace - youth groups go on voyage of discovery

East Devon District Council's Community Development workers have taken their two youth groups on a series of horizon broadening day trips.

The first was a visit by 18 young people to a drama workshop in a studio at the University of Exeter. Six students and an experienced theatre facilitator helped the young people develop a piece of theatre that was performed to an audience at the end of the day.

The themes of the work were gang fighting and knife crime. The young people, who are from some of the most impoverished parts of East Devon, are familiar with these and that came...

City Council to bestow the Freedom of the City on RAF Brize Norton

Eyes will be turned to the skies above Exeter on Monday (21 October) when a Hercules Transporter aircraft makes a low level fly past to mark the start of the Freedom of the City ceremony for RAF Brize Norton.

Over 100 serving Airmen from RAF Brize Norton, accompanied by the Band of the RAF Regiment band, will be marching through Exeter city centre before stopping at the junction of Bedford Street and the High Street, where they will be inspected by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rachel Lyons, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Sir Eric Dancer, and the Base Commander, Group Captain Eddie...

Woman's body found at the foot of cliffs in Lympstone

Exmouth Coastguard report that a full team were called to action at 7.56pm last night following the report of a person found at the foot of cliffs, just North of Darlings Rock, Lympstone.

The Coastguard reported on Facebook: "As we arrived on the scene it was confirmed by Paramedics and Police that the person was deceased.

"After Police had concluded their on scene investigations and due to the state of the tide, Exmouth Coastguards requested Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat to assist with the Recovery of the deceased.

"Our thoughts are with her family at this time."...

Repairs to hole in the Exe Estuary Trail start today

Update: Network Rail will be closing the Exe Estuary Trail from today, Weds (30th Jan) to Fri inclusive between Exton and Lympstone.

Work starts today, Monday 14th January, to repair a large hole in the Exe Estuary Trail at Nutwell Court (between Lympstone Station and the Commando Training Camp), which appeared in the cycle way as a result of severe wet weather shortly before Christmas.

Devon County Council made the immediate area safe and had erected a temporary scaffold bridge over the hole, so that the trail could be kept open over the Christmas and New Year period....

Misery continues

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 12/31/2012 - 9:16am

Rail passengers are facing disruption into the New Year as a result of the recent floods.

Meanwhile, forecasters are predicting yet more wet and windy weather.

Services between Exeter St David's and Exmouth are disrupted due to damage caused to a railway bridge by earlier flooding in the Lympstone area.

Services will start and terminate at Topsham with road transport operating between Topsham and Stations to Exmouth in both directions.

Services will remain disrupted until after the New Year.

Services between Exeter St David's and Barnstaple are...

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