Exeter

Wildlife and photography enthusiasts are in for a treat; on Saturday 2nd February the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens in Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM).

The world’s most prestigious annual wildlife photography competition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year harnesses the power of photography to promote the discovery, understanding, and responsible enjoyment of the natural world. The winning photographs, from amateur and professional photographers alike, spotlight rarely seen wonders of the natural world inspiring wonder and...

With Indian food still regularly appearing in the top ten of the nation’s all time favourite dishes, what better way of impressing your friends and family than by serving up an authentic curry you have made yourself.

Jamil Miah, the owner of Denley’s Essence of India in Topsham - which was named the best Indian restaurant in Devon at the 2011and 2013 British Curry Awards - is opening a curry school, where people of all culinary abilities can learn to make a curry from scratch.

“People are very curious how curries are made and a lot of them want to make them properly, not...

Planned overnight closure of the A30 westbound, from Daisymount interchange to the junction of the A30/C832 near M5 Junction 29, will take place on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th January.

Closures on that stretch, from 8pm to 6am each night, are to enable overhead gantry signs to be replaced over the westbound A30.

Work was postponed earlier this week due to adverse weather.

Screenplays of Laurence Olivier’s unmade film version of Macbeth , widely thought to have been lost, have been uncovered by a University of Exeter academic. English Lecturer Dr Jennifer Barnes located 13 previously unstudied versions of the 1950s screenplay in the Laurence Olivier Archive at the British Library.

Macbeth was to be Olivier’s fourth and last cinematic Shakespeare adaptation. However the proposed film proved to be an “impossible monster”, a phrase used by Olivier to describe his struggle with grasping the role and equally applicable to the failed negotiations...

Victoria Park Tennis Club in St Leonard’s, Exeter, has secured Olympic legacy funding of £50,000 from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund. Sport England today revealed that more than 1,000 local sports projects across the country have now received National Lottery funding through Inspired Facilities, which is part of the £150 million Places People Play legacy programme. Every sports facility that receives funding will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark, celebrating the link to the Games. The funding means the tennis club will be able to extend the clubhouse to put in disabled access...

Figures released by Devon and Cornwall Police today (24th January) show that crime across the Force has dropped by 5.5 per cent in the last nine months.

A man has died after being hit by a train at Dawlish Warren.

British Transport Police have declared yesterday's incident as 'non-suspicious' but no further details have been released at this time.

There is also a signalling problem in the Plymouth area. Because of this, the following changes will apply until further notice:

• Trains between Plymouth and Exeter St Davids may be delayed by up to 60 minutes.
• First Great Western services between Plymouth and Exeter St Davids are currently suspended.

First Great Western and CrossCountry...

Police have issued a warning to drivers in East Devon not to travel unless absolutely necessary.

Snow is still falling in the area, making driving conditions extremely hazardous and motorists have been advised only to make essential journeys.

Road conditions are said to be difficult anywhere east of Honiton – particularly on the A375 Honiton to Sidmouth Road and the A3052 in the Seaton area.

Officers have dealt with a number of minor collisions.

Updates will be added to Twitter by @DC_Police to the hashtag#winterready.

Update: 52A, 52B and 380 are now all able to serve their normal routes.

Stagecoach has announced the following disruptions.

52 service: Due to a police road closure the 52 can now only serve as far as Sidmouth Triangle.

Honiton service 20 is currently suspended due to weather conditions, it cannot serve Seaton or Taunton.

Service 52A can't currently serve Seaton and Service 52B can't currently serve Honiton due to weather conditions. Both services are terminating at Sidford until further notice.

Service 155 is not able to serve Bakery Way and Hooda...

Flybe has announced it is to cut 300 jobs, with 100 reported to be under threat at the airline's Exeter HQ, in an effort to return the carrier to profitability in 2013-14.

As a result of the cost reduction plan announced today, the Exeter-based airline has commenced the consultation process that may lead to approximately 300 proposed redundancies. This would equate to roughly 10% of its current UK based employees.

It is expected that the majority of the proposed redundancies will, following consultation, come from Flybe’s Exeter HQ, Manchester and Newcastle.

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