The future is looking promising for Exmouth Rowing Club as they look to refurbish their new premises at the old lifeboat station on the seafront in Exmouth.
As part of East Devon District Council's regeneration of the seafront, the club has been able to relocate from their old premises, adjacent to the old lifeboat station. The old premises are currently in the process of being demolished as part of the regeneration of Queen’s Drive.
Councillor Andrew Moulding, Deputy Leader of East Devon District Council and Chairman of the Exmouth Regeneration Programme Board said: “The...
Cowley Hill in Cowley is closed in both directions between the St Andrew's Road junction and the Langford Road junction, because of a landslip and emergency repairs.
Diversion in operation - A3072 and A396 via Bickleigh.
Sleep Easy, a sponsored sleep out event organised by local homelessness charity Exeter YMCA, last year attracted over 180 participants and raised over £30,000.
Adam worked with Exeter YMCA in the lead up to Sleep Easy 2013, even writing a song entitled Sleep Easy with the Exeter YMCA residents.
The song aimed to articulate the issues and prejudices experienced by the young residents who had gone through homelessness and it was debuted at the event itself.
Adam explains: “I was shocked to hear that one in every 100 young people in the UK experience homelessness and...
Devon County Council has almost tripled its number of road repair teams after 11,500 potholes are reported since the beginning of 2014. The number of reported potholes is unprecedented with a normal winter typically seeing only around 2,000 reported across the whole season. The Council has since brought in an extra 52 staff to carry out pothole repairs, bringing the number of teams up from 13 to 34 costing approximately £65,000 each week. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention, said: “The Government has said that it will...
It’s the kind of thing you dream of as a youngster, but tomorrow Jack Nowell’s dreams will become reality when the Exeter Chiefs star runs out for England at Twickenham for the first time in his fledgling international career. The 20-year-old has again been named in Stuart Lancaster’s starting XV for their latest Six Nations encounter against Ireland. Fresh from victory away to Scotland a fortnight ago at Murrayfield, England will now be looking to throw a spanner in the works of the visiting Irish, who themselves have yet to taste defeat in this season’s competition following wins over...
Police in Devon are appealing for information following a spate of burglaries targeting commercial properties. The burglaries occurred at commercial premises in both Mid and East Devon between Thursday 16th January and Friday 31st January and it is suspected that a stolen vehicle on false number plates was used during the raids. The vehicle, a Toyota 4x4 Hilux was stolen from a driveway of a property in Chevithorne near Tiverton on Monday 13th January.
This vehicle was recovered by Police in Avon & Somerset on.13th February having been abandoned in the Yeovil area. The first...
The following is a blog piece written by Police and Crime Comissioner Tony Hogg.
People will know that I have had some wide and contrasting experiences in life. Thirty years in the Royal Navy took me into many unpleasant situations, and, in the years that followed, I worked with many disadvantaged and disabled youngsters through a Cornish charity.
Since being elected as Police and Crime Commissioner I have joined police and officers and staff at the ‘sharp end’ on numerous occasions, and my latest foray onto the streets has had a profound effect on me.
The overwhelming response to help farmers affected by floods in Somerset has left the South West NFU with more supplies than it can keep.
People from across the UK delivered forage and bedding to Sedgemoor livestock market tohelp keep the animals displaced by flooding on the Somerset Levels.
The South West NFU has thanked everyone who helped but has asked for no more deliveries as they simply cannot find room for any more at the current time.
“What we need now are pledges of fodder and straw or financial donations rather than actual deliveries, so that we can call...
In recognition of the World War One centenary, Exeter University Choral Society is performing Karl Jenkins' highly acclaimed work The Armed Man (together with a chamber orchestra)
Tickets (£12 front nave, £10 rear nave, £8 side aisles) from euchoraltickets@gmail.com or buy online by clicking here
About the work
The Mass begins with a marching army and the beat of military drums, the orchestra gradually building to the choir’s entrance, singing the 15th-century theme tune – The Armed Man. After the scene is set, the style and pace changes and we are prepared for...
Three East Devon Dsitrict Council employees got up early to help promote blood and organ donation in Axminster.
The trio from EDDC’s StreetScene team were helping Jo Seddon from NHS Blood and Transplant with a new campaign.
Dave Seal, Graham Trude and Jerry Preston were in the town centre at 6am hanging woollen blood drops in a tree.
Anyone wanting more information can visit www.blood.co.uk or go along to the church in the centre of Axminster to see the tree in all its glory and get more information from a stall in the square.
