A man has died following a collision on the outskirts of Exeter.
Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today, 27th January after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the death but police are investigating if he was in collision with a lorry.
The man has not been formally identified and his family are currently being traced.
The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.
Police have been called to a serious collision on the outskirts of Exeter.
Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today (Tuesday 27 January) after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish how the man came to be injured but he is thought to have been in collision with a lorry.
The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.
Traffic in the area is already congested due to the earlier collision on the M5. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area.
Police and other emergency services are at the scene of a serious collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton.
Officers were called just after 12.10pm on Tuesday 27 January after reports of a collision between a car and a lorry, about one mile before junction 28, Cullompton.
The female car driver has been seriously injured.
The extent of injuries of the other occupants in the vehicle and the lorry driver are not yet known.
The northbound carriageway has been closed between Exeter, junction 29, and Cullompton.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service today issued advice to the owners of thatched properties following a blaze which destroyed a thatched cottage in Ide, near Exeter last week.
Twelve fire engines were at the incident in Little John’s Cross and fire crews have re-visited throughout the weekend to dampen down hotspots.
Firefighters covered neighbouring thatched properties with foam to prevent the fire spreading and worked hard to save as much of the building and its contents as possible.
The fire is believed to have started inside the building before...
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Following its hugely successful debut back in October 2014, The Rogues Gallery Tour returns to The Barnfield Theatre with its award winning comedy, burlesque, music and magic. The Rogues Gallery brings a modern twist and a hint of darkness to the Victorian vaudeville variety genre with eleven acts, a fast...
The latest Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme will be launched across Devon’s libraries on 2 February, to support people with dementia and their carers.
The scheme, which already helps over 275,000 people across the country with common mental health conditions feel better through self-help reading, is now turning its attention to the enormous need for quality-assured support for dementia care in the UK.
The national Books on Prescription scheme supports people with book-based therapy for common mental health conditions, through local libraries. It has played an...
Last year the Exeter City FC Supporters’ Trust, with the help of others, did a great deal of work in pulling together all the facts, photos and other information about Exeter City FC’s historic tour of South America.
While the Club planned the amazing centenary trip to Rio de Janeiro, the Trust helped with the production of the book Have You Ever Played Brazil? and the Northcott production of The Day We Played Brazil.
The Trust also produced an exhibition and set up a website www.grecianvoices.com
Now, for anyone who may have missed out on last year's events or...
One of Devon’s biggest independent holiday parks is enjoying a record-breaking start to the year, with bookings up nearly 50%.
Multi-award winning Ladram Bay Holiday Park, on the Jurassic coast overlooking its own bay and beach between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, saw bookings rise by 46% in the first full week of January, and then by 52% the following week, compared with the same period in 2014.
Ahead of re-opening after the winter break on Friday March 13, work is well underway on phase two of a £10 million re-development at the family-run park, with the swimming pool...
A public exhibition will be held at the weekend displaying proposed changes to on-street parking in Teignmouth.
Devon County Council has been consulting with Teignmouth Town Council and local stakeholders on the development of a Traffic Management Plan for the town.
The initial proposals for the plan will go on display at The Methodist Hall, Somerset Place, in Teignmouth, on Friday 30 January and Saturday 31 January.
The plan has been developed following requests from the public to consider a number of issues including providing residents’ parking on street,...
A share of £100,000 is up for grabs as part of a new community energy competition launched today by Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Edward Davey. Community groups and other eligible organisations across England are invited to apply for the funding to develop innovative energy-saving ideas that could help slash energy bills.
Ideas can be anything from hosting an energy advice stall in your local shopping centre, to crowd-funding solar panels for your local church or running a ‘buddy’ programme to help vulnerable households get to grips with their energy bills, switch energy...
