Police are seeking witnesses to a robbery which occurred between 8am and 9am on Sunday 16th October 2016 in South Street in Exeter.
The victim was a 68-year-old woman from Newton Abbot.
Detective Sergeant David Lewandowski said: "The incident happened outside the Wetherspoons George’s Meeting House pub. The victim was approached by a man who at first made a grab for her dog, which was not harmed, and then snatched her white purse containing £15 in cash.
"The suspect is described as a dark skinned man with a beard and moustache, wearing a beanie hat and a red coat....
Leading audiology service and NHS partner, Chime Health is raising awareness of the Veteran’s Hearing fund ahead of armistice day. This scheme allows serving and ex-service men and women to gain free hearing help and equipment from Chime, thanks to Government funding.
Following the Royal British Legion’s ‘Lost Voices’ report in 2011, which highlighted the hearing issues faced by veterans, the organisation lobbied the UK Government to do more to help those with hearing loss. Thanks to this campaign, in 2015, the Government responded by creating a new Veterans Hearing Fund, giving...
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling MP visited Exeter’s Science Park on Thursday (yesterday) and announced £4.5 million of funding to enable Devon County Council to complete the Tithebarn Link Road.
The money, from Highways England’s Housing and Growth Fund, will help deliver the remainder of the Tithebarn Link Road and a new pedestrian / cycle bridge across the M5, adjacent to Tithebarn Lane bridge. Both projects are planned for completion by March 2018.
The link road will relieve pressure on the A30 approach to the city by providing an alternative route for people...
The University of Exeter has been awarded £1.5 million by Wellcome to enable translation of findings from its world-leading research programmes into improvements in human health on a global scale.
The University has received the substantial grant from Wellcome’s Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) – the third time it has successfully applied for funds through the leading scheme.
The five-year award will be used to establish the Translational Research Exchange@ Exeter (TREE) – an innovative programme designed to build research links between biomedical and clinical...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision that left one man in hospital with injuries.
Police were called at 10.30am on Thursday 20 October after reports of a two-vehicle collision having occurred on the A38 Southbound at Kennford, near Exeter.
Both North and Southbound carriageways were closed to facilitate the landing of the Air Ambulance. Northbound was opened shortly afterwards as was lane one, Southbound.
A 54-year-old man from Cullompton was taken to Derriford Hospital where he has since been released.
Thousands of seaside lovers from across Great Britain are being encouraged to grab a pair of ‘beach clean gloves’ to help Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) rid our coastline of marine litter this October. Thanks to support from the The Crown Estate and Greggs, SAS has recruited and equipped a team of ‘Lead Volunteers’ who, together, will be leading over 250 Autumn Beach Cleans at many of the UK’s most beautiful beaches. Surfers Against Sewage is now inviting all coastal enthusiasts, from big wave surfers to sandcastle makers, to join their local Autumn Beach Clean this 24th – 30th October and...
Young samba band leader Lucy Woolcock is making a double donation to charity on Saturday (22 October), with her hair raising funds for a good cause.
Lucy’s treasured tresses are to be lopped off to raise funds for Meningitis Now – and her lovely lost locks will be donated to the Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs for child cancer sufferers.
Lucy, aged 26, has been a member of Exeter-based community samba band Street Heat for five years. The band has over 50 members of all ages and Lucy and was recently voted its joint music co-ordinator.
A building at the heart of Devon and Cornwall police headquarters is being named in honour of much loved Falmouth PC Andy Hocking. Thousands of local people paraded through the town as a mark of respect when Andy died suddenly in March 2015. He was just 52. His impact on the local community was immense, and he epitomised everything that is good about neighbourhood policing. Now, in addition to permanent tributes in Falmouth, his memory will live on at Middlemoor HQ in Exeter where new recruits will see his name on a daily basis as they begin their training and follow in his footsteps. A...
A small band of dedicated volunteer gardeners have been rewarded for their green-fingered efforts with a prestigious award from Britain in Bloom. The Cricklepit Garden Group has been working for four years with the Devon Wildlife Trust. During this time eight regular volunteers have transformed the grounds of Cricklepit Mill, the conservation charity’s Exeter headquarters which sits close to the city’s busy historic Quayside. Now the beauty and inventiveness of the volunteers has been recognised. Their garden has scooped the highest level of accreditation – ‘Outstanding’ – in Britain in...
The tumultuous region between two stars, where violent winds crash together at speeds of up to 10 million km per hour, has been revealed for the first time, thanks to state of the art infrared imaging techniques.
A team of international researchers, including Professor Stefan Kraus from the University of Exeter, have gained unique images of the chaotic region found between the two stars in the Eta Carinae binary system, found 7,500 light years from Earth.
Powerful stellar winds from the two stars – one of which is one of the largest and most luminous stars discovered and...
