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Overnight closures are planned for Bridge Road in Exeter over two evenings this week.

The road will be closed overnight from 8.30pm tonight (Tuesday 28 November) to 5.30am tomorrow morning, and during the same hours overnight tomorrow evening (Wednesday 29 November). The closures will enable work to be carried out on bridge expansion joints, as well as resurfacing and drainage cleaning. The work is weather dependant. The diversion route will be signed via Topsham Road, Alphington Road, Marsh Barton and the A379. Details of changes to Stagecoach bus services will be available at...

Princesshay and Visit Exeter have announced dates for two large-scale street performances coming to the city centre this festive season.

The first of the two free shows is ‘Arco’, a magnificent fifteen minute display of acrobatics, performed to music from a 12 metre high inflated arch. Three 15 minute performances starting at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm will wow shoppers in Princesshay Square Thursday 30th November. The giant arch features its own light show, changing colour while framing the amazing aerial performer.

The second show, ‘Spark!’ is a mesmerising thirty minute group...

An initiative to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Exeter has been recognised with a top national award. Wellbeing Exeter has won a prestigious National Health Service Journal award at a ceremony in London – the largest of its type in the world. The Integrated Care Exeter (ICE) initiative was successful in the ‘Most effective adoption and diffusion of existing best practice’ category. For 36 years the HSJ Awards have promoted the finest achievements in the NHS, and showcased them to the service’s most influential leaders and the wider public. Wellbeing Exeter explores better...

Gritters will be out across the county this evening with a forecast of widespread ice possibly affecting roads overnight and into tomorrow morning.

Road surface temperatures are expected to fall to the lowest of the season so far, dropping below zero countywide and reaching around -3C on Dartmoor and East Devon. Devon County Council is advising people to take extra care as temperatures aren’t likely to rise until after 9am tomorrow morning, and icy patches may be a problem. Devon’s 37 frontline gritters will be treating all of Devon’s primary salting routes this evening and most...