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A trilogy of short films, commissioned by East Devon District Council, charting the development of Cranbrook have been released.

The films capture three of the major milestones reached by the East Devon new town at the second half of last year. The films document the first shop opening, the first all-through school (first secondary school / second primary school) opened and the start of the train service.

Cranbrook is about to approach its fifth birthday, as the town was born when the first turf was cut on 29 June 2011.

There are now over 1,300 homes at Cranbrook...

Bridge Road in Exeter will be closed overnight to all vehicles from 10pm to 5am on the evenings of Monday 6 June, Tuesday 7 June and Wednesday 8 June.

During these closures, kerbing and surfacing will take place on the east (downstream) side of Bridge Road/Countess Wear Bridge as part of the ongoing improvement work on Bridge Road.

These are among a limited number of overnight or weekend road closures during the scheme, all of which are needed to enable essential construction work to take place safely.

If your property is accessed directly off Bridge Road itself,...

Machinery and delivery driver Richard Ashton was presented with a 30-year agricultural service award at the Devon County Show.

The award – a certificate and commemorative glass tankard – was presented by Devon County Show President Lady Arran of Castle Hill and Noel Stevens from award sponsors Alder King.

Richard – who moved from West Sussex to start milking pedigree Jerseys on a dairy farm near Modbury in 1983 – has spent the past eight years driving chippers and delivery lorries across the South West for wood fuel specialist Forest Fuels, delivering blown and tipped wood...

Rob Baxter admits his side’s slow start cost them the game, but was also a necessary learning curve after their second-half comeback at Twickenham.

Jack Yeandle and Jack Nowell went over for the Chiefs to trim a 23-3 lead for Saracens to just three points at the close of the second half .

“Is there anything that I can say or do or could we have had anything different before hand? I don’t think so. I think that we needed that first half-hour of a final, that’s the easiest way for me to wrap that up,” Baxter said.

“We needed that and what they felt like and the...