Speed restrictions on the A38 will remain in place this weekend as the Highways Agency prepare to close most of England’s roadworks for the bank holiday weekend. The Highways Agency says that works on the A38, near Haldon Hill, cannot be removed due to safety concerns caused by the removal of the road’s safety barrier to fit a contraflow. However, the agency believe that the delays caused by the road work will be “slight”.
The 10 week roadworks, which include a 40mph speed restrictions and temporary average speed cameras, are expected to remain until 10 July. Elsewhere the agency...
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a home in Aylesbeare, Exeter, on Saturday (10 May). Offenders forced a door to get inside the home sometime between 9.30am and 7pm. After making an untidy search of the house, they stole a black laptop, a still camera and a £1,500 projector, various items of jewellery and a brass compass in a box. They also took a distinctive scalloped edged silver tray engraved with ‘Ultra International’ which was from a conference in New Delhi. Anyone who saw anything suspicious or has been offered any of the items for sale is asked to contact...
A love story between two women that spans a hundred years, moves across continents, occurs in a multitude of languages. A story about hope, the distances we travel, and the lengths we might go to when falling in love...
We’ll Meet in Moscow is a new collaborative performance project created by writer Natalie McGrath (Oxygen, Coasting), choreographer Jane Mason (Life Forces, Singer) and sculptor Sophia Clist (Oxygen, The World At Your Feet), and is a response to the banning of Gay Pride in Moscow, August 2012, for 100 years. As we historically celebrate equal marriage rights here in...
Golf in the South West has received a boost this month as Exeter golfers past and present celebrated the official opening of the Vic Ambler Golf Centre on 15 May.
The event, at the University’s Streatham campus officially unveiled the new, purpose-built, short-game practice area at the Sports Park which will offer golfers from across the region the latest golf green technology.
Designed by market leaders Tour Greens Europe, the 50m x 30m area can’t fail to impress, featuring a 250m2 Pro-tour standard practice green, 120m2 putting green, and two golf zones.
The husband of a Devon woman killed while on a fundraising cycle challenge has thanked donators from around the world for their generosity. Sharon Bridgman, 38, was killed in April after she was struck by a motorist whilst on a round-the-world, to raise money for the charity Shelterbox, with her husband. Since the news reached them last month, the couple's friends and family have worked hard to raise more than £9,100 of the initial £10,000 target in an effort to commemorate Sharon’s memory. In an update to the couple's Just Giving page , Tim writes: “On the 26th of April 2014 in a remote...
Rehearsals for The Day We Played Brazil are now well underway and the talented community company are already bringing the amazing musical that tells Exeter City's epic story to life.
However, there is still a chance to get involved in this once in a lifetime experience as a musical about football needs lots of young men. If you have been too shy to step forward or think you have missed the boat check out www.thedayweplayedbrazil.com to see what you are missing and e-mail weplayedbrazil@gmail.com to find out how you can get involved.
Berry Recruitment has seen pre-tax profit rise by 82 per cent to over £1 million, its latest accounts have revealed. The consultancy with 26 branches across the country, including one in Exeter, also recorded a significant rise in turnover to more than £42 million. Its specialist sectors include those of office, industrial, construction and catering – all good indicators of the wider economy. Berry’s figures relate to the year ending 31 December 2013, and show the company is well placed to continue its growth through 2014, in which it hopes to increase turnover to more than £50 million....
The Bike Shed Theatre was the perfect venue for the recent performances of TheatreState’s intimate and absurd brand of theatre.
The Fanny Hill Project V 2.0 came to the bike shed following a run in London and a earlier summer run at the Edinburgh fringe. The piece juxtaposed the stories of Fanny Hill, a literary creation of an eighteenth century prostitute, penned by John Cleland, with the autobiographical account of a graduate drama student, Tessa, who worked at a foot fetish parlour in New York.
The performance started in true untraditional fashion with some audience...
A man died when his tractor overturned after leaving a field.
Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the scene at Northmostown near Sidmouth yesterday afternoon (Monday May 19).
The tractor had been towing a trailer when it overturned just before 12:50pm. The male driver was trapped and despite the efforts of emergency crews died at the scene.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has begun a consultation process which will see communities across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly set their own list of restorative sanctions for low level offences.
Mr Hogg is asking individuals and organisations across the peninsula to take part in the survey on a new Government initiative, the Community Remedy, which will give victims a say in how those who commit low level crime and antisocial behaviour are dealt with.
The Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, places a duty on police and crime commissioners to...
