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Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault which took place in Exminster.

On Friday 19 June at 5.20pm a 34-year-old man was driving along the main road, near the Tesco Express store by the Church Stile junction, when an object was thrown at the victim’s car by another man.

The victim confronted the man and then he was assaulted. He suffered minor facial and arm injuries as a result.

Police believe there may have been several witnesses to this incident, including a man who helped the victim.

Officers would like to hear from anyone who witnessed...

Exeter-based Flybe's share price improved this morning as the airline released its latest finacial figures. Flybe, which issued an encouraging trading update for the first quarter, said it had managed to cut the cost of a UK seat by 3.4 per cent to £51.92. The budget airline share price was up 6.3 per cent in early trading on the back of an upbeat trading statement, reporting “sustained passenger and revenue growth” saying it was now in “the next chapter of its transformation”.

Seat capacity climbed 12.3 per cent to 2.8m seats, while passenger numbers grew 9.8 per cent to 2.1m....

London-based boys' choir LIBERA are used to touring the world, have performed for Popes and Presidents and are popular with fans across the USA and Far East. Next week they’ll be swapping the concert hall for the church when they perform in Exeter Cathedral.

Usually dressed in their distinctive white robes, you may have seen the group on TV in programmes like ‘Last Choir Standing’ or ‘Songs of Praise’, or heard them on Classic FM or Radio 2 Chris Evans. In the United States they have performed

Tickets for the group’s appearance in Exeter are selling fast, and are...

East Devon got busy during the recent Devon Pollinator Week (July 11-19) by making green spaces irresistible to insects.

Street scene parks and gardens team have sown wildflower meadows in Sidmouth, Seaton and Exmouth bringing colour to our streets and nectar for our pollinating insects. The seed is sown late May, early June and will flower over the coming weeks. A perennial mix has also been sown in the meadow area of The Byes in Sidmouth.

The council has also begun to plant community orchards which provide wonderful blossom in early spring for pollinating insects. This...