Car-crazy youngsters can look forward to an early experience behind the wheel thanks to a groundbreaking SEAT driving course being launched in Devon.
SEAT Young Driver comes to the Exeter area for the first time on January 26, when youths aged between 11- and 17-years-old can take the first steps to learn how to drive with a qualified Advanced Driving instructor in a new dual-controlled SEAT.
A ten per cent discount for the course - at Devon Travel Academy, Westpoint, Clyst St Mary - is available on bookings if made through SMC Exeter SEAT at Hennock Road North, Marsh...
Police are hunting for burglars who broke into a Sidmouth home and stole thousands of pounds worth of distinctive jewellery. The homeowners returned home on 10th January to find their Sid Lane property had been broken into and the safe stolen.
The offenders got inside the house by carefully removing a ground floor window and ripping out all of the alarm boxes. A tidy search was made throughout the property before the offenders escaped with a safe from the main bedroom.
The safe was so heavy that the offenders used a small garden trolley from the garage to transport it to...
Exeter Racecourse has announced a 25% increase in its prize money for 2013. More than £200,000 has been added to the total prize money on offer, bringing the total to over £800,000, with an average per fixture of £50,000.
The course’s most valuable race day, which includes The sportingbet Haldon Gold Cup which takes place on Tuesday, 5th November, is now worth £117,000, up £12,000 on 2012, while a Listed Novice Hurdle on Sunday, February 10 is worth £20,000 - its previous value was £13,000.
New to the race calendar is a Class 3 handicap chase, worth £25,000. This will be...
Cervical cancer has attracted much media coverage in recent years, largely because of Jade Goody’s sad death from the disease, and yet as we embark on Cervical Cancer Prevention Week in 2013, 20% of women in the UK fail to attend cervical screening when invited.
South West Water will be able to carry out repairs to a collapsed sewer in Exeter ahead of schedule after Devon County Council helped bring forward the start of work.
Contractor May Gurney had been preparing to undertake work on the collapsed sewer in Holloway Street, but repairs were delayed as the site is immediately adjacent to an ancient masonry arch structure, which is a Scheduled Monument, laying deep under the highway.
The structure, which was originally built as a bridge dating from before the construction of Exeter Cathedral, has been inspected by Devon County...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner is asking local people to play a bigger part in reducing crime and helping to set policing priorities.
With the news that Liam Sercombe will be out of action for a number of months, Exeter City have completed the signing of midfielder Mark Molesley following his release from AFC Bournemouth.
How can local communities take positive action in the face of big issues on climate change? Find out how local active citizens are tackling global issues in their communities.
This year's Exeter CVS Social Action project concludes with a free showcase event highlighting the work of our Active Citizens, alongside local community displays from other social action groups and enterprises.
This event features guest speakers from key local institutions on what is being done in Exeter to lessen the impact of climate change, with a global perspective from the British Council, and...
Update: The man has been formally identified as David Michael Howard Hill, aged 64 years, of Harbertonford near Totnes.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a collision on Monday evening. At about 18.10 hrs on Monday (14th January 2013) a single vehicle Road Traffic Collision occurred on the A379 at Peamore on the outskirts of Exeter, Devon.
A car travelling from the direction of Marsh Barton, Exeter towards Kennford left the carriageway to the offside entering the central reservation.
The vehicle then collided with a tree in the grassed central reserve,...
