Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, Stuart Hughes, has thanked highways teams and staff in the Highways Operations Control Centre (HOCC) for their ‘exceptional’ work in keeping Devon moving over the festive break.
While many people were enjoying a well-earned break, highways teams across Devon worked around-the-clock, sometimes in freezing temperatures, responding to incidents so that Devon’s 2,000 mile-network of main roads kept running smoothly. From 1pm on Friday 22 December through to 8am on Tuesday 2 January, Skanska, the council’s highways maintenance...
In Beauty and the Beast, this season’s pantomime at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Little Theatre Company deliver a festive theatrical treat which manages to combine the traditional with the contemporary and acting grass roots with the professional.
Songs, dancing, live music, jokes, audience engagement all ensured the multi-generational crowd headed home feeling fully satisfied in the entertainment stakes. Which is a job well done by all who make up ELTC.
Whilst Beauty and the Beast is one of the cannons of pantomimes we all know and love, it...
Boutique hotel brand Hotel du Vin has announced the appointment of Fiona Dardé as General Manager of Hotel du Vin Exeter. Fiona will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the hotel, overseeing the development of the team to deliver the great food and wine the hotel is renowned for, as well as driving sales forward within the local market. A former eye infirmary, the iconic Hotel du Vin Exeter is set within a historic walled garden, a relaxing oasis for guests looking to escape the hustle and bustle of daily life. Travel expert Alastair Sawday describes the idyllic space as a “...
A project to update the transport strategy for Exeter has been examining the main findings from its initial work over the last six months.
The Exeter Mobility Plan recently held its second stakeholder event to explore its data which has highlighted that the majority of Exeter residents do not drive to work and, encouragingly, 55% of trips of less than 5km in Exeter are made either by walking, cycling or by bus. However, this is behind some other UK cities, such as Oxford and Cambridge, where the figure is 75%. Travel to Sowton is particularly dominated by car use, with city...
Devon County Council’s campaign to re-establish regular rail services on the Exeter to Okehampton line has won the support of an influential group of South West MPs.
The South West Rail All Party Parliamentary Group will lobby the Department for Transport for vital funding following a presentation in Westminster by Cllr Andrea Davis, Devon’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Development and Waste. The County Council is co-ordinating the Okehampton initiative on behalf of the wider Peninsula Rail Task Force, and working with the OkeRail Group. Cllr Davis said: “It's a big step...
Family dispute specialists at a Devon-based national charity are preparing for what could be their busiest time of the year, as couples across the region make it their new year resolution to end their relationships after a stressful holiday period.
Staff at the National Family Mediation (NFM) charity, whose HQ is in Exeter, say in their experience Christmas often proves the final straw for relationships that have been fragile for some time. Their specialism offers an alternative means for those couples to make settlements over money, parenting and property – rather than heading...
Tickets are now off sale for City's Emirates FA Cup third round tie against West Brom on Saturday, January 6.
The match status is currently 'sold out'. If and when any additional tickets become available they will be released, so watch this space for further updates.There are under 100 Thatchers' Big Bank tickets available for City's Emirates FA Cup third round tie against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, January 6.
Detectives are seeking witnesses after a bogus telephone engineer tricked his way into the Axminster home of an elderly woman and stole her purse.
The man called at the property close to Waggs Plot around 10.30am on Saturday 30 December pretending to be working on the local phone lines.
Once inside the offender stole the woman’s purse containing cash and fled the property when the victim, who is in in her 80s, said someone else was at home.
Police are investigating and urging anyone who may have seen the suspect in the area at the time to come forward. He is...
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With cyber crime showing no sign of abating and GDPR looming it is essential you learn how to protect your business. Brought to you by Bluegrass Group and the only UK event of its kind, CSAW is a week-long...
