Stagecoach has just reported that the road between Halberton and Sampford Peverall has been closed by the fire brigade, with the closure due to remain in place for the remainder of the day. "Our 1 service will therefore not be able to serve stops between Halberton and Uffculme, diverting on the 1A route and then returning to its route from Uffculme onwards."
Work is continuing at the Grand Western Canal where the water levels of the lake are dropping and currently pose no there significant safety risk or concerns.
The Devon Fire and Rescue Service is pulling out and South West Highways will be setting up a road closure for this to happen this morning.
Police have arranged for a Chinook helicopter to collect a large pump today and will also be controlling a rolling road block on the A361 so that the pump can be delivered to a lay-by for collection.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for the Government to commit to a joint solution to ensure long-term affordable flood insurance for high-risk households.
The ABI has described the current state of talks aimed at reaching an agreement as being at an impasse. This follows the Government’s refusal to consider providing a temporary overdraft facility to a proposed not-for-profit special insurance fund for 200,000 high-risk households which will otherwise struggle to get affordable household insurance when the current arrangements come to an end next year....
National Rail have provided links to some photos to inform passengers the extent to the flooding, which is currently causing disruption to South West rail services. Some services resume, but This is the latest update:
All the changes listed below are showing correctly for today in the real time Journey Planner ,
The following video and images show the extent of some of the flooding:
November has seen the city make history at a very special event at The Guildhall, which took place on Thursday 15th November 2012. The event honoured the members of 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF who protected the skies over Exeter during the Second World War.
Local historian, Michael Parrott, who is also a 'Friend of Higher Cemetery', was researching the history of the cemetery's two chapels when he was shown a wooden memorial to a 307 Pilot tucked away on the wall of an unused corner of one of the chapels.
He managed to obtain a translation of the memorial...
Detectives are investigating a robbery that took place on Sunday (25th November) at a bookmakers in Dawlish. The crime was committed between 9.15 and 9.20pm, when a man walked into the shop on The Strand and threatened a member of staff before making off with a substantial amount of money.
He is described as being a white man in his 30s to 40s, 5ft 10 inches tall and was wearing a black hooded coat, dark blue jumper and dark coloured tracksuit bottoms. He also wore sandy coloured boots or trainers. As he left the shop, he may have been in company with a woman in her 20s. Police are...
Outside catering company Taste have expanded by opening a Cafe and Takeaway at Basepoint Business Centre on Marsh Barton Trading Estate.
A great new venue to meet a client, bring a friend or just to escape from the office.
The cafe has been designed with business users in mind to not only offer great coffee and quality food but a meeting place with FREE Wi-Fi and power points for laptops.
The cafe also facilitates the company's Taste2u, lunch delivery service which offers customers the option to purchase their lunch online which will be delivered directly to...
The Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, has been seeking to reassure people affected by flooding that the Government is "doing everything it can to help".
Speaking to the BBC in Exeter, Mr Paterson urged the public to pay attention to the information being put out saying, "We have had some real tragedies over the past few days and these are avoidable if people would pay real attention to the information we are giving out".
North-east England and north Wales are braced for possible flooding as the weather front which brought heavy rain to southern England moves north....
Surf Life Saving GB, a charity of more than 6,000 volunteers helping to make the country’s beaches safer places, is celebrating moving into its new offices following a fire in Exeter’s Southernhay three weeks ago (2nd November).
A fire in the ground floor of its shared office building in Southernhay, meant Surf Life Saving GB’s national headquarters were deemed unsafe and the charity was effectively made immediately homeless.
As a charity, there is very little cash kept in reserve, with the majority being reinvested into projects to help educate and train...
Conditions are improving today across Devon's major road network, but highways engineers are concerned that sub zero temperatures later in the week will further compound damage to the network.
Highways teams have been out again early this morning, scouting the major road network, identify problems and clearing up.
In Barnstaple, the A377 has been closed due to flooding, as is the A399 due to a minor landslide.
The A396 at Cove is closed due to flooding.
The A377, Exeter to Crediton is passable with care.
