Essential bridge refurbishment is due to start on the A361 on Monday 28 September and is expected to take around four months.
Devon County Council will be replacing the failed expansion joint on the River Exe Viaduct, west of Bolham Roundabout in Tiverton, while also waterproofing the bridge deck, which is required every 25 to 30 years. Work is expected to be completed by January 2016.
Since November 2014, a temporary cover plate has been in place on the expansion joint and speed restrictions have been imposed to help prevent further damage to the structure.
The first grant to be awarded by, a newly founded trust, the MAXIMUS Foundation UK has been made to St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless.
“The trust is set up to give one-off grants to small community based charities whose work means something to our employees or resonates with what we do as a business,” explains Jude Hartley, administrator of MAXIMUS Foundation UK, “and St Petrock’s was nominated by one of our Exeter employee, Trish Leworthy.”
“We were delighted to receive this award of £2,500”, says Mel Hartley, project manager of St Petrock’s, “...
Community Equality Disability Action (CEDA) based in Exeter has today launched a new fundraising pack which encourage potential new supporters to raise money for the disability charity.
Craig Bowden from CEDA, comments: “For a long time now we have been considered a great secret and its now we begin to let the secret out. CEDA work with over 250 disabled people a year and the family and friends are aware of the work CEDA do, now it’s time to get the other 750,000 people in Devon knowing the same”.
The fundraising pack includes success stories from those who have already...
Police investigating a sexual assault, which happened on a train between Taunton and Exeter on 15 July, have arrested a man in connection with the matter.
The 36-year-old from Bideford was arrested yesterday (23 September) on suspicion of sexual assault. He was later released on police bail pending further inquiries.
The man came forward following a media appeal to trace a person detectives wanted to speak to about the incident. Officers would like to thank all those who shared the appeal.
South West Estate Agents Helmores, based in Crediton, have secured three awards from the UK’s largest property industry directory and review website regarded by many as the definitive benchmark for comparing customer satisfaction levels of local agents.
Helmores fought off stiff competition to scoop Gold for the third year running as the best agent in EX17 and Crediton, Silver for Best Estate Agent in Devon and Silver for the best agents in the South West.
The independent, single office estate agency in Crediton is now ranked 49th out of 25295 firms in the UK.
Regus, the global workspace provider, is offering free workspace for Exeter professionals on weekdays when matches are being held at Sandy Park:
• Tuesday 29th September (Tonga vs Namibia) • Wednesday 7th October (Namibia vs Georgia)
Transport networks are expected to be busier than normal, with the M5 likely to be particularly affected. 4.3 million extra journeys are expected across the 44-day event and supporters and locals are being urged to plan ahead.
The Regus centre on Exeter Business Park will offer free business lounge access. Workers will be able to drop-...
Killerton Estate has won four national awards for its local produce in the Fine Farm Produce Awards which recognise the quality and sustainability of the food, drink and produce grown on National Trust land and farms.
Ashclyst Dairy, a tenant farm at Killerton, was the overall food winner in England and Wales for its organic natural yoghurt and Killerton estate itself also fought off stiff competition to take home awards for its sparkling cider, charcoal, firewood logs, and Clyston Mill stoneground flour.
Ed Nicholson, Lead Ranger, and Fiona Hailstone, Produce Ranger, went...
Bath Spa University and University of Exeter have joined forces to revive public interest in the natural history of the Devonshire coast.
‘Science at the Seaside: Pleasure Hunts in North Devon’ is a collaborative public engagement project between the two universities.
It seeks to increase public awareness of the rich history of nineteenth-century literary and scientific writing about the North Devon coast, and the role that figures such as George Eliot and Philip Gosse, among others, played in the growth of popular interest in science and natural history in the period....
Join Dartmoor National Park Rangers to help look after our prehistoric heritage on Wednesday 7 October 2015.
Dartmoor’s landscape is among the richest in western Europe in terms of its prehistoric archaeological remains. Dartmoor contains the longest stone row in the world and has the greatest number of archaeological sites out of all the UK National Parks. In fact 60% of all stone rows to be found in England are on Dartmoor and 1/3 of all stone rows in the UK and Brittany are on Dartmoor.
The day will involve a continuation of work previously begun to ensure the multiple...
The woodlands of the south west of England are very special places for wildlife. Close to the Atlantic ocean, they provide conditions for plant life that are not found in most of the rest of the UK.
We are celebrating, through the Make the Small Things Count project, the woodland wildlife that can easily go unnoticed and invite you to take a moment to have a really close look at this special habitat by visiting the fantastic exhibition of photographs at the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown. The exhibition runs from 11 Sept 2015 - 28 Feb 2016. FREE admission....
