Exeter & East Devon News from Friday, March 21st, 2025

The Ted Wragg Trust has been shortlisted for two national education awards. The trust has been shortlisted for the SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) award at the MAT Excellence Awards, as well as the Best Practice in Inclusive Education Award at the Education Business Awards.

People are being invited to take part in two community tree planting events in Exeter.

Councillors have unanimously backed a submission which sets out the council’s case for a new unitary authority which includes the city of Exeter.

Another 2,000 homes in Exeter are set to receive weekly food waste collections.

Work has started on the installation of charging infrastructure at Exeter bus depot in readiness for the arrival of the new electric fleet later this summer.

Construction of the new community building and GP surgery proposed for South West Exeter is due to start in April.

Emergency ‘ash dieback’ tree works require night-time road closures on A3052 at Trow Hill near Sidford from Monday 31 March to Friday 4 April 2025 (inclusive) between 7pm and 6.30am.