Exeter

Teenager dies after falling from ladder

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/09/2014 - 5:07pm

Police and the Health and Safety Executive are carrying out an investigation into the death of a teenager in Newton Abbot.

Officers were called at 1pm on Thursday 4 December after reports a 17-year-old boy had fallen from a ladder in Abbotskerswell.

The teenager, from the South Devon area, was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital with serious head and back injuries and passed away in hospital on Friday 5 December.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Views sought on city pollution

Exeter residents are being asked for their views on a strategy aimed at cutting air pollution in the city.

Exeter City Council has just published its draft Low Emissions Strategy which sets out the ways the City Council and its partners plan to reduce air pollution caused by traffic. It aims to tackle nitrogen dioxide levels by reducing emissions from council-owned vehicles, as well as working with local businesses and organisations to increase the number of low emission vehicles and sustainable transport choices.

Closer working between the City and County Council and the...

Carol Service

Event Date: 
21/12/2014 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Venue: 
Sowton Parish Church EX5 2AF

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Sowton Parish Church on Saturday 21 December at 5.30pm.

Christmas Carol Service

Event Date: 
21/12/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
Clyst Honiton Parish Church EX5 2LZ

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Clyst Honiton Parish Church on Saturday 21 December at 6.30pm.

Christmas Carol Service

Event Date: 
21/12/2014 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue: 
Broadclyst Parish Church EX5 3EL

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Broadclyst Parish Church on Saturday 21 December at 6pm.

Christmas Carol Service

Event Date: 
22/12/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
Pinhoe Parish Church, Exeter

A Christmas Carol Service is taking place at Pinhoe Parish Church on Sunday 22 December at 6.30pm.

Rockbeare Christingle Service

Event Date: 
24/12/2014 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
Rockbeare Church EX5 2EG

Children, parents, grandparents, enjoy the shimmering lights of our traditional Christingle. Celebrate the birth of Jesus in this special way...

Crib Service

Event Date: 
24/12/2014 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Broadclyst Parish Church EX5 3EL

Children and parents, come along to Broadclyst Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Crib Service

Event Date: 
24/12/2014 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Pinhoe Parish Church EX4 9JF

Children and parents, come along to Pinhoe Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Come dressed in costume, in your best Christmas jumper, or wear one of the nativity costumes provided.

Weather warning for gales and heavy rain

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the end of this week as severe gales and heavy rain are set to hit the region.

A yellow warning of wind is in place for Friday, from the early hours of the morning, valid until noon.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: “There is the potential for gales, or local severe gales, to develop across much of England and Wales during the first half of Friday, before easing by early afternoon.

“A band of heavy rain will accompany the low pressure system, this pushing quickly east through the day.

The public are...

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