New recruits are joining the growing ranks of Devon County Council’s Community Road Wardens.
Around a quarter of town and parish councils in Devon have now either signed up as Roads Wardens or have been trained or are waiting for training as part of the scheme.
Community Road Wardens can carry out a range of duties including minor work such as weed clearance, grass cutting, sign cleaning, small drainage work, and minor road repairs. They act as their town or parish’s primary point of contact with the County Council’s local Neighbourhood Highway Officers.
CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading support charity for children and young people with cancer and their families.
Last month, colleagues at Morrison’s supermarkets in and around Exeter held a colleague ballot for their new charity partner, and we are delighted to announce that we won!
Thousands of people across the UK, including those in Morrison’s around Exeter area got involved in our campaign - and without them this simply would have been possible.
So if you are reading this now – thank you!
We can't wait to start fundraising with the wonderful people at...
Strictly Come Dancing professional dander an winner Pasha Kovalev announces a special month of February Valentines promotion.
His brand new show, Let’s Dance the Night Away, which is coming to Exeter Corn Exchange on 28 May, features special guests, live singing and involves kids from the local dance communities.
Pasha arrived in the UK in 2011 as one of the professionals on STRICTLY COME DANCING. His first celebrity partner was Chelsee Healey and they became the nation’s favourites when they were runners up to the coveted title.
Construction of the final phase of a vital scheme to improve transport links between the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point and the city has today (Friday 10 February) been approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet.
Councillors backed the £5.2 million scheme for the remaining section of the Tithebarn Link Road as well as the development of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5.
The completed road will provide an alternative route for traffic travelling between Exeter and the developments of Cranbrook, Skypark and Exeter Science Park.
On Saturday 4 March a new exhibition of paintings by Devon based painter Maite Jenner opens at the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown.
Maite Jenner was born in the Basque city of Donostia (San Sebastian) in 1957. She was brought up in the market town of Beasain some 25 miles inland. Many of her early paintings depict the iconic Basque Mountain Txindoki which overshadows the town in which she grew up. Indeed her maiden name Maite Mendia literally means ‘Beloved Mountain,’ a phrase which perfectly embodies one of her main passions in life - art in the form of...
Amelia Moody from the Maynard School in Exeter looks all over to become the next Jo Pavey after taking an outstanding 6th place at her first ever South West Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Truro last Saturday.
Until recently, the 15-year old from Okehampton was unaware of her untapped talent and it was only when teachers urged her to enter into a local cross-country race earlier this year that her incredible gift came to the surface. Without any form of professional coaching, Amelia has consistently beaten trained club runners with much more experience and certainly looks...
Pupils from Blundell’s Prep School, Tiverton, were thrilled to hand over more than £2000 to Devon Freewheelers, the emergency courier service. The youngsters raised the money during the autumn term through a variety of initiatives including selling Christmas cards that they had designed, collections taken at their carol service and running games and selling second hand books and toys and refreshments at their Christmas market. They were inspired to donate the money to Devon Freewheelers after Steve Nash, a volunteer with the service, came into school to talk to them about the organisation...
Exeter Chiefs return to Aviva Premiership action on Sunday (1pm) with head coach Rob Baxter keen for his side to pick up from where they left off just a month ago.
In what was seen as a testing block of fixtures against top four rivals Leicester Tigers, Bath and Saracens, the Devon club emerged from that sequence of games with a profitable 11 points out of a possible 15.
That return not only helped inflict some timely damage on those around the Chiefs, but it also propelled Baxter’s side firmly into the top four and in control of their own destiny to reach this season’s...
A phone charger started a fire which caused significant damage to an Exmouth teenager’s bedroom in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Fire crews were called to St Margaret’s View at 1.19am and extinguished the fire in a first floor bedroom using a hose reel jet. The room was damaged by fire, heat and smoke.
The girl had seen a fire in the corner of the room and woke the rest of the family. Her mother closed the door of the bedroom and the family were able to leave the house.
Station Manager Nigel Deasy, of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, said: “...
