Exeter & East Devon News

The wait for a supermarket in Cranbrook is nearly over, as Morrisons has officially announced its opening date.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect following an exposure offence in Otterton in the early afternoon on Sunday 1 December.

A community hub first conceived for Cranbrook a decade ago has secured funding to help the plans finally come to life.

Three buildings and a parcel of land are set to be auctioned off by East Devon.

Honiton Town Council is actively seeking input from local residents as it considers its budget and priorities for the 2025/26 financial year. This initiative is part of the Council's commitment to ensuring that community voices are heard and reflected.

Residents are being reminded to participate in a consultation and share their views on the services provided by the Council, as well as how resources should be prioritised in the future.

The University of Exeter has been honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership prize at the Times Higher Education Awards yesterday, recognizing its world-leading climate research and impact.

The youngsters from Monkerton Community Primary School were joined by local councillors from Exeter City Council and Devon County Council for the event, which was organised by Community Interest Company SocieTree.

Seachange Launches "Story Makers" Campaign to Combat Loneliness

Harbour Team staff from the City Council have described a fire that destroyed the Starcross ferry, Princess Marina, as a “sad day for the river.”

Police are growing increasingly concern for the welfare of a 55-year-old man from Sidmouth. Jonathan Wilson was last seen in the Lower Woolbrook area of Sidmouth on Friday 22 November.

Exmouth Tourist Information, managed by Exmouth Town Council, is proud to announce that it has won BRONZE in the 2024 Devon Tourism Awards.

Volunteers from Topsham and other local Repair Cafés have been teaching students and staff at the University of Exeter how to repair their clothes and make their own. 

Woody Spenser aged 34 from Exeter who distributed videos of himself sexually assaulting a young girl online has been jailed for 25 years and put on the sex offenders list for life.

Exmouth’s Minor Injuries Unit will now operate six days a week from 8am to 8pm, starting today, following a successful recruitment campaign. MP David Reed welcomed the move, with plans for seven-day service by early 2025.

Running now until December 27, the trail invites families to explore Exeter and uncover clues at nine locations, each revealing a letter that forms a special Christmas word.

Sidmouth Information Centre has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the prestigious Gold Award for Visitor Information Service of the Year 2024-2025 at the Devon Tourism Awards.

At 12.56 today H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of the Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew and lifeboat to multiple reports of a vessel on fire on the River Exe, opposite Starcross railway station.

Police are appealing for residents to check their doorbell and CCTV footage after a number of burglaries in East Devon and further afield.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s urgent and emergency care services have scored highly in the latest CQC patient experience survey and ‘overall patient experience of A&E’ scores placed them in the top six trusts.

The new Buttercup Unit at the Nightingale Hospital Exeter is reducing waiting times and helping patients to get their diagnosis more quickly.

The cash call comes as campaigners in Tipton St John have pushed for the village’s school to be rebuilt within the village rather than nearby Ottery St Mary.

A man has been jailed for four years and a further four years on extended licence for the sexual assault of a woman in Exeter City Centre. Fawzi Omar, 27, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Friday 22 November after pleading guilty to sexual assault.

All five South Devon RNLI stations; Exmouth, Teignmouth, Torbay, Dartmouth and Salcombe are supporting the song and urging RNLI supporters to help drive Pull Away all the way to the top of the UK’s charts this Christmas!

Exeter City Community Trust, the partner charity of the Exeter City Football Club, which delivers health and wellbeing services and activities across the city, has launched a consultation on the future of the King George V Playing Fields on Topsham Road.

This new initiative involving the University of Exeter is backed by £5-million from the Research England Development Fund and will enable its partners to work on solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation by supporting climate science startups to commercial deployment.

Plans for a new community hub have been developed following a long period of engagement with the local community.

Residents of Gittisham in East Devon are exploring options to bring superfast broadband to the village, after they were let down an incredible fourth time in ten years by the latest provider promising to roll out a fast and reliable internet service.

The battle to secure the future of Citizens Advice Exeter is reaching a climax as a key Exeter City Council committee considers several recommendations made by the charity.

Exeter city centre businesses have given a strong endorsement for InExeter, the Business Improvement District (BID), voting overwhelmingly in favour of renewing it for a third five-year term.

Land identified for a potential new school in an East Devon village has been protected from being open to possible housing development after a late change to a district-wide plan.

Resurfacing work will get underway on Rifford Road in Exeter next month (December).

Severe weather conditions, including heavy snowfall, left almost 1,000 homes in Aylesbeare and the surrounding areas without electricity for 15.5 hours.

A 47-year-old woman has been given a 12-month community order with 300 hours of unpaid work after admitting acting as a loan shark in the Exeter area.

University of Exeter researchers playing a pivotal role in examining the Post Office Scandal have won a prestigious award.

The University of Exeter is a key partner in the newly launched Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Partnership , which will train a new generation of experts in the bioscience of infection.

All bin collections were cancelled in Exeter today due to the snow and dangerous driving conditions.

Exeter City fans can relax at the stadium before big games on benches made from recycled waste plastic – including old seats from the ground.

A number of schools across the county have closed this morning following overnight snow

Up to 60 more homes are set to be built in an East Devon village that has already seen more than 130 approved for construction in the past year.

A redrawn plan for a housing scheme in an East Devon village has been approved after the developer made a range of tweaks to the proposals.

A further 150 metres of seawall will be secured with a steel sheet pile wall through the second phase of repairs to Exmouth’s sea defences.

Changes to the winter fuel allowance by the government have led to an increased workload for the organisation.

World-leading academics from the University of Exeter have been recognised as being amongst the most influential researchers in their field, according to a prestigious ranking.

With temperatures expected to drop to freezing over the coming nights, Exeter City Council has introduced extra measures to bring rough sleepers inside.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man pictured following a burglary at a garage in Exeter.

Residents in the city are being urged to share their views about the services provided by the Council and how resources should be prioritised in the future.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was critically injured in a collision with a blue Honda CR-V on Withycombe Road, Exmouth, at 9:25pm on 16 November. The driver fled the scene.

Thousands of Sidmouth residents will benefit from improvements to the town’s electricity network as part of a £3.5 million investment by National Grid Electricity Distribution

Exmouth’s residents, and visitors, are being invited to share their thoughts on three options to manage coastal flooding and erosion risks from Orcombe Point to Exmouth Marina, by East Devon District Council

Exmouth RNLI will remember former crew member, Will Carder, who was lost at sea on Christmas Day in 1956, by adding his name to the Exmouth lifeboat through the popular Launch a Memory campaign.

King Charles III, in his role as Captain General of the Royal Marines, visited the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, marking a historic moment as he welcomed a new generation of commandos and personally presented awards to recruits.

Exeter has paid tribute to the brave Polish airmen who defended the city during the Second World War.

Residents in Exeter and Cranbrook participate in more physical activity now than they did before Covid, according to a new report.

His Majesty King Charles is due to visit the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre at Lympstone today.

Fire crews have now extinguished and left the scene of a large overnight fire at a scrapyard on the Marsh Barton Industrial Estate in Exeter.

Do you know if you, or a loved one, could be eligible for Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, or Council Tax Reduction?

Police officers in Exeter have pledged to keep communities safe in the run up to Christmas.

Exeter's oldest building, St Nicholas Priory, is at risk of "permanent damage" unless urgent roof repairs are made, according to Historic England.

The 190-year-old Iron Bridge in Exeter will be closed for essential maintenance at the start of next year.

A bus lane through a busy Exeter shopping street will be scaled back after warnings it could create a ‘ghost town’.

The Royal Devon have recently improved their process for helping to manage their waiting lists more effectively.

People are being invited to a free workshop on how to set up and run a community garden in Exeter.

Exeter has a vital role to play in Devon’s forthcoming devolution deal despite being in the ‘second tier’ of councils involved.

Supporters across the heart of Devon opened their gardens to raise vital funds for hospice charity amidst funding deficit. 55 gardens opened during 2024 in support of Hospiscare, the local hospice charity for Exeter, Central and East Devon.