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...
A controversial budget making cuts of more than £28m to Devon County Council’s spending has been passed at a full council vote.
The budget outlines several significant cuts to the council’s services including the provision of day centres, residential children’s homes and the closure of youth clubs run by Devon’s youth service. At a meeting on Thursday, the Conservative-led council was widely criticised by opposition councillors for making spending cuts in these areas. The council has also confirmed that council tax will rise for the first time in four years by an average of £22 per...
Police are appealing for information after a spate of off-road motorcycle thefts in the Teignbridge area over the last weekend. Some five bikes worth £34,000 were taken in one raid from a remote location in Tedburn St Mary. The five bikes belong to motocross freestyle professional Jamie Sqiubb (pictured) whose bikes are his livelihood. Taken were a green 2014 Kawaski KXF450F, a blue 2011 Yamaha YZ250, a red Gasgas 250 trial bike and two red Honda CRF 50cc mini bikes. The bikes were taken from his home at Five Mile Farm sometime over the weekend of 14 to 16 February. Between 15 to 18...
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin have proved they are in a league of their own after clinching the coveted Best Duo title at the 15th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at the Royal Albert Hall.
One of the most inventive and captivating rising acts on the acoustic roots scene, the Exeter-based pair triumphed over talented fellow nominees Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Jenderson and Catrin Finch & Seckjou Keita, receiving their award from another West Country duo that over the last two decades has become one of acoustic music’s most famous pairings – Steve...
A small earthquake reported in North Devon has been confirmed by the British Geographical Survey.
The small quake is thought to have taken place in the Bristol channel off the at around 1.21pm today.
The quake is reported to have lasted around 3 seconds.
The quake is reported to have been felt as far away as North Wales by users of the social media site twitter.
People responding to the BGS have reported feeling the quake in Dartmoor, Bristol, Taunton, Swansea, Llanelli, Exmouth, Barnstable, Gloucester, South Molton.
UPDATE: Young campaigners against the cuts to the Council’s Youth Service have been denied the chance to speak at today’s full council meeting to set the next year’s budget. Campaigners had asked for three minutes to address the council before a decision was made on the future of several major services including the youth service. However Council chairman, Bernard Hughes had said that standing orders prevented parties from speaking in the council. Cllrs Claire Wright and Frank Biederman moved that standing orders be suspended in order to allow the campaigners a chance of address. Bernard...
A public consultation on proposals to improve Kingskerswell Road between Newton Abbot and Kingskerswell is underway.
Decoy Industrial Estate, which is currently home to 25 businesses, is planned to expand to create around 500 new jobs.
Devon County Council and Teignbridge District Council are proposing the £2.6 million upgrade of the road in order to accommodate the potential extra traffic and the authorities will be consulting on the proposals until Friday 28 February.
Kingskerswell Road is currently the main access to Decoy Industrial Estate from the A380, but it...
More Devon schoolchildren than ever before will receive Bikeability cycle training in the coming financial year.
Devon County Council has successfully secured £300,000 of funding from the Department for Transport to train around 7,500 schoolchildren in the county.
Bikeability is a national initiative providing “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has been adopted by Devon County Council as the cycle training standard in the county.
Around 7,000 Devon pupils have taken part in the training over the past year. Since Devon County Council started delivering...
The 64 volunteer riders from emergency couriers Devon Freewheelers were over the moon when one of TV’s Emergency Bikers agreed to become the charity’s first patron.
Paramedic biker for the West Midlands Ambulance Service Mark Hayes, a familiar face to viewers of the Channel 5 series, took the decision to endorse the charity after visiting its headquarters and riding out with some of the team.
Devon Freewheelers CEO, Daniel Lavery said: “We’d been tweeting Mark for a while, and he decided to check us out. He was recently supplied with a new paramedic motorcycle and thought a...
