Police are appealing for witnesses following a two car collision that left two people in hospital.
At around 5.25pm on Friday 26th August, Police were informed of a head-on collision between a red Skoda Fabia and a blue Ford Mondeo. This took place just past the Bolham roundabout, prior to the A361 crossing the Mill Leat and the River Exe the carriageway.
The Skoda was heading from the direction of Barnstaple towards Tiverton; the Mondeo was heading in the opposite direction.
The Skoda driver, a 77 year old male from Wiltshire, appears to have drifted across into...
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Blundell’s School announces another excellent set of GCSE results with more than a quarter of grades at A*, a position that equals the school’s best ever results of last year.
From a large and able group of pupils, once again more than half the grades were at A*/A Level and, in an improvement on last year, more than a third of the year group ( 31 pupils) gained at least 8 A* and A grades.
The pass rate was again well over 95%. The following pupils gained 9 or more A*s: Imogen Cotton, Alfie Gardner, Megan Grant, Julia Huntingford, Will McIntyre, Bonnie Price, Kieran Smith...
Road users are being reminded that Blundell’s Road in Tiverton is closed to through traffic for five days from today (Monday 22 August).
The closure is needed to carry out essential resurfacing as part of road safety and traffic calming improvements to reduce speeds and make it easier for pedestrians to cross the road.
The first phase of the £1.1 million scheme is establishing a 20mph limit in the area around Blundell's Road, extending into Tidcombe Lane. Raised table traffic-calming is being introduced on Blundell's Road, and the road is being narrowed outside of the...
Blundell’s School continues to be deliver excellent results at A Level with some very strong results achieved by pupils in both the Upper and Lower Sixth. In the Upper Sixth (Year 13) of 97 pupils, 41% of the results gained were at A*/A with 23 pupils gaining 3 A grades or higher and over two thirds of all grades were between A* and B. The A Level pass rate was 99%. The Lower Sixth (Year 12) gained the best AS results ever at Blundell’s: from a cohort of 107 pupils, one third of the pupils gained A grades with 75% of the grades at A-C and a 95% pass rate. Many pupils have gained impressive...
Police are investigating an allegation of assault on two men with learning disabilities and their male carer in Tiverton.
The assault took place in People’s Park between 2.30-3pm on Wednesday 3rd August and it is believed that this was witnessed by several members of the public.
It’s alleged that a group of teenagers who had been in the park made a number of offensive comments towards the men with learning disabilities.
This then escalated and one of the vulnerable men and his 37-year-old carer were assaulted. The 51-year-old vulnerable man sustained a cut to his...
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As the summer holidays descend upon us, Knightshayes have kicked off the summer with a packed out programme of exciting events. These include the opportunity to climb the biggest Turkey Oak tree in England as well as achieve lots of the activities on the National Trust’s ‘50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾’ list.
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during the summer holidays, there’ll be plenty of chances to get outdoors and close to nature exploring Knightshayes’ wider woodland and parkland. 2 - 4 August: Plant it, Grow it, Eat it. With a huge, fully productive kitchen garden,...
For 29-year-old former Royal Marine Greig Mills, a chance encounter at a jobs fair has turned into a blossoming career.
The Tiverton resident is now on track to become a site manager for the country’s biggest housebuilder, after joining the Barratt Developments Trainee Assistant Site Manager Programme for the Forces Community.
Greig signed up for the Royal Marines after leaving college and enjoyed the lifestyle, which saw him travel all over the world. After six and a half years in the forces he decided it was time for a change and, having always been interested in...
