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Living Space Architects highly commended in LABC South West Awards

Living Space Architects has been highly commended in the Best Residential Extension section of the Local Authority Building Control South West Building Excellence Awards 2025 for the imaginative design of extensions and renovations at a holiday home in Lyme Regis.

The Exeter-based practice was asked to formulate a substantial and sustainable upgrade to create a bold and exciting property for the client’s extended family to enjoy.

The house, which stands on a hill, had a garden room built into the gradient with doors opening onto the garden. The master bedroom now looks...

Bridge lift completed ahead of schedule

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 4:25pm

A new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5 at Exeter has successfully been lifted into place over the weekend.

The 60-metre span Tithebarn Lane bridge was positioned alongside the existing overbridge, just north of Junction 29 of the motorway, overnight on Saturday (18 November) evening. It took 3.5 hours to fully rig the 750 tonne crane and the bridge lift started at 12:30am. The M5 was closed during the lifting operation, but re-opened three hours ahead of schedule on Sunday morning. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Development...

Exeter Inchcape dealership helps to reach £100,000 fundraising milestone for Macmillan Cancer Support

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 12:52pm

Since staff voted Macmillan Cancer Support as their first charity partner in January 2016, Inchcape Retail has raised an incredible £110,000 and counting. Over the last 18 months employees have taken part in a number of key fundraising activities including their latest activity – The Colla-bear-ator Challenge, which involved the relay of an Inchcape teddy bear from Inchcape’s most northerly site in Sunderland to Inchcape’s most southerly site in Exeter. Along the way, each site was asked to write a note for the next and give the bear a name, with the winning name being chosen on the bear’s...

Exeter Chiefs 31 Harlequins 17

Reigning champions Exeter Chiefs reclaimed pole position in this season's Aviva Premiership by seeing off visiting Harlequins at Sandy Park.

Far from their best showing of the season, Rob Baxter's side did more than enough to collect all five points and send the Londoners back to the capital with scant reward for their workmanlike efforts in the Westcountry.

Wingers Lachie Turner and Olly Woodburn collected a try apiece for the Devonians, while lock Jonny Hill ensured the bonus point by dotting down twice in the second period as the Chiefs collected their sixth success of...

Grecians slip to defeat in Derbyshire

Chesterfield 1 City 0

Exeter City slipped to a narrow 1-0 defeat away from home against Chesterfield in Sky Bet League Two.

Kristian Dennis' second half strike was enough for the home side to take all three points in a match where City failed to make the most of the chances they had created.

Match report sponsored by Speedy Freight

The Grecians went into the match in Derbyshire fielding the same side that won convincingly over Grimsby Town last weekend at St James Park.

It was the home side who created the first opportunity of the match within two...

Michelmores Charity Run raises record amount for child bereavement charity

Authored by Michelmores
Posted: Sat, 11/18/2017 - 4:15pm

This year's annual Michelmores 5k Charity Run has raised a record breaking £32,855 for its Charity of the Year, Balloons. Over 1,100 runners took to the streets of Exeter in September 2017 to celebrate the city and fundraise for the charity.

Balloons provides crucial pre and post bereavement support to children and young people who have lost someone significant in their lives. It is the only charity to offer this specialist service in Exeter.

The route started and finished at Exeter's historic Cathedral Yard and was hosted by Andrew Dudley of The Exeter Chiefs, who...

Council owned toilets converted into new seaside businesses

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 11/18/2017 - 12:12pm

Council owned toilet blocks have been given a new lease of life and converted into new seaside businesses.

Dawlish Warren’s outer car park is now home to the Exe Valley Cycle Hire and Veloshack Café while along the coast in Dawlish Salty Dog Kiosks has been set up on Smugglers Lane.

Enterprising businessmen seized on the commercial business opportunity to transform the buildings into new businesses after Teignbridge District Council reviewed the amount of toilets within its portfolio.

Jon Sell and Nick Beer converted the loos at Dawlish Warren into new cycle hire...

University of Exeter researchers among world’s ‘most influential scientific minds’, says new ranking

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 11/17/2017 - 10:15pm

Leading academics from the University of Exeter – including an authority on plastics pollution – are among the world’s most “influential scientific minds”, according to a new ranking.

Twelve Exeter scientists feature in an authoritative new list of the most highly cited researchers worldwide, produced by Clarivate Analytics.

The ranking looks at which research is cited by other academics in their published papers.

It lists researchers, across 21 fields, who produced a “notable” number of highly cited papers in Clarivate’s Web of Science database over the period 2005...

Police and Crime Commissioner backs North Devon Link Road improvements

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/17/2017 - 4:02pm

Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has given her full backing to Devon County Council’s bid to improve the north Devon link road.

Ms Hernandez, who is joint national PCC lead on road safety alongside Martin Underhill in Dorset, says she is determined to offer whatever support she can to improve the safety of the roads in Devon and Cornwall.

“The North Devon Link Road provides a critically important connection between the M5 and the north of the county,” she said.

“It is the only major road in the area and is relied on by tens of thousands of locals,...

Exeter Data Mill launches

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/17/2017 - 3:58pm

New data made available to businesses and citizens in Exeter could help provide the answers to tackle a number of key challenges facing the city in years to come.

Exeter City Council today (Friday 17 November) launched the Exeter Data Mill, a new open data platform developed in collaboration with Exeter City Futures. The Exeter Data Mill supports the sharing of the city’s data with the aim of building an analytical city in which the city's data is more open and available to deliver valuable insights into improving the quality of life in Exeter. The Data Mill brings together data...

Three arrested following drugs warrant in Exeter

On Thursday 15th November, police from Exeter CID executed a Misuse of Drugs Acts (MUDA) warrant at the Spice Island Restaurant, on Magdalen Street, Exeter.

Police discovered multiple grows and a substantial amount of what’s believed cannabis; This plus hydroponic equipment has been seized by officers.

Three men from Exeter were arrested on suspicion of producing and cultivating a Class-B drug. All three have been released by police pending further enquiries.

Anyone with any information is asked to call 101 or email police on 101@dc.police.uk quoting crime reference...

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