State of the art toilets are set to be built on Exmouth seafront following the go-ahead from planners last week.
In addition the new East Devon District Council toilets will be open all year round and include both disabled and baby changing facilities.
The existing toilets, that are costly to maintain and do not meet current British Standards, will be demolished this week. The new toilets will be constructed and open by Easter.
During construction and as an ongoing additional facility, EDDC is making the toilets at The Pavilion available to the public, subject to...
Visitors to the National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown are now being kept warm by a new biomass boiler, burning Dartmoor wood.
The recently installed 180kW Herz biomass boiler at Dartmoor National Park Authority's High Moorland Office in Princetown provides heat and hot water for the Visitor Centre as well as the offices of the National Park Authority and Duchy of Cornwall. It was installed by the Ashburton based 5D Group.
The wood chips which fuel the boiler are supplied by the Dartmoor Woodfuel Co-operative which is based at Brimpts Farm, Dartmeet. This has the...
The newly-formed East Devon Countryside Volunteers (EDCV) are having a positive impact on their local environment AND improving conditions for wildlife and nature lovers into the bargain!
The EDCV was established in September last year to assist with the practical management of East Devon District Council’s nature reserves. Working at a range of locations throughout the district, the group is already making a great difference.
Under the guidance of Nature Reserves Ranger Nathan Robinson and Nature Conservation Officer Steve Edmonds, volunteers have been working hard to...
Further geotechnical and environmental investigations will be taking place around, and under, the Mamhead Slipway in Exmouth from Monday 13 January 2014.
This follows the investigation work last month and is necessary as preparation for the longer term replacement or improvement of the slipway, a key project within the Exmouth Vision.
Engineers will drill a second borehole through the slipway to gain information about the makeup of the geology beneath the seabed. These works will inform the design of the replacement slipway.
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service has been shortlisted for two separate awards by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC), recognising its ongoing work to protect residents and businesses against doorstep crime gangs and rogue traders.
The joint service, commissioned by Devon and Somerset County Councils, has been recognised from over 660 entries to this year’s awards, for its innovative partnership work in tackling rogue traders. Together with the Police, BBC local radio, businesses, Age UK and other agencies, the project team is helping to increase public awareness to...
A Newton Abbot man has been sentenced following guilty pleas to selling illicit tobacco from his home, after an investigation by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards service.
65 year old Mr Roger Gerrey of 3 Lemon Place, Newton Abbot was charged with offences relating to selling and having available to supply, tobacco which did not have the legally required health warnings or the appropriate duty paid markings.
He was also charged with failing to display the correct age warning statement.
The court also heard that some of the tobacco sold by Mr Gerrey was...
Devon and Cornwall police have hailed a three-week operation aimed at reducing the danger from rouge hauliers as a great success.
Operation Fatigue ran over a three-week period across November and December 2013 and involved the stopping and checking of goods vehicles as they travelled through both Devon and Cornwall.
As part of the operation, a team of specialist Police officers trained in drivers’ hours and tachograph legislation and analysis took part alongside other colleagues trained in legislation regarding the transportation of hazardous materials.
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has today confirmed that tight-head prop Hoani Tui is to leave the Aviva Premiership club at the end of the season.
The 29-year-old will join Lyon, the current leaders of Pro D2, on a two-year deal this summer after five seasons playing for the Chiefs in both the Championship and the Premiership.
Signed from Italian outfit Calvisano in 2010, the popular Kiwi forward has to date played 109 times for the Chiefs in all competitions, scoring six tries in the process.
A cornerstone of the Exeter pack since his arrival in Devon, Tui not...
Devon County Council’s Heritage Service has received support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the heritage strand of the Council’s Devon Remembers project, it was announced today.
The Devon Remembers project will commemorate the Centenary of the First World War over the next four years, focusing on the county’s rich legacy of public war memorials.
The HLF element of this project will encourage, co-ordinate and support up to 50 community projects carrying out intergenerational and interpretative projects focusing on the stories behind the individuals recorded on...
More funding needs to be directed towards river maintenance to ensure flooding problems do not get worse, and land in rural areas recovers as quickly as possible the NFU said today.
NFU Deputy President Meurig Raymond said flooding problems in parts of the country over the Christmas and New Year period had reinforced the need to ensure a balance between Government investment in larger capital flood defence projects that primarily serve urban areas and funding for river maintenance.
“Staff from the Environment Agency have done a fantastic job in hugely difficult...
