Video: Animal welfare campaigners stage Exeter protest against badger cull in...
Campaigners against the slaughter of badgers gathered outside county council headquarters today ahead of a debate on whether the controversial cull should be banned in Devon. Around 80 protestors...
View ArticleExmouth hotel worker raided dollars from guest's room, court hears
A hotel worker who stole more than £1,000 in foreign currency from a guest's bedroom was caught after he started converting it into pounds. Imran Hussain was a kitchen assistant at the Ash Hotel in...
View ArticleExeter's "Magic Fingers" hairdresser hangs up her scissors after 43 years
HAIRDRESSERS around Exeter and across Devon will be marking the end of an era when the city's one and only "Magic Fingers" hangs up her scissors. Jean Smell, who has run the Heavitree hair salon Magic...
View ArticleUK suffers wettest winter on record, with more rain to come
The UK has suffered its wettest winter in records dating back more than a century, the Met Office has announced. Figures for December 1 to February 19 show that the UK has had 486.8mm (19.2 inches) of...
View ArticleCrews called to printing machine fire in Marsh Barton, Exeter
Fire crews were called to fire within a printer in Exeter this afternoon. Crews were called to Hennock Road in Marsh Barton, Exeter at 16:35. One fire appliance from Danes Castle was sent to a report...
View ArticleVideo: Lympstone Marines anti-tank missile training in Dorset
THEY have a range of 2.5km and can destroy any known target. Because of their advanced infrared sights and accuracy, they are known as precision strike weapons and provide the "surveillance asset" to...
View ArticleLarge-scale wind power schemes across the Westcountry now 'in retreat'
The spread of wind turbines across the Westcountry has slowed in the wake of Government guidelines designed to prevent council decisions being routinely overturned on appeal, the Western Morning News...
View ArticleDevon County Council triples pothole repair team to deal with 11,500 reported...
Devon County Council has almost tripled its number of pothole repair teams in response to the storm damage to roads across the county. The Council said they repaired 3,500 fewer potholes in 2013 than...
View ArticlePrice of fish and chips soars by up to 40 per cent after stormy seas cause...
The recent storms have battered the price of Britain's favourite supper - causing the wholesale price of fish to soar by more than 40 per cent. Many Devon and Cornwall fishing vessels have been unable...
View ArticleExeter-based Met Office under fire after report suggests forecasters...
The Met Office is under fire this morning after it was revealed that the Exeter-based organisation told councils and the Environment Agency that conditions would be 'drier than usual' this winter. The...
View ArticleDevon musicians Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin scoop Radio 2 award
DEVON musicians Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin have proved they are in a league of their own after clinching the coveted Best Duo title at the 15th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at the Royal Albert Hall....
View ArticleExeter to Crediton road remains closed until at least later today to remove...
Work to remove landslip material and to address the stability of an embankment on the A377, near Newbridge Cross, just north of Exeter is set to continue at least until this afternoon. (Saturday) In...
View ArticleFull report of Cheltenham Festival preview evening at Exeter Racecourse
Tonight saw the annual Cheltenham preview evening at Exeter Racecourse with guests including trainers Paul Nicholls, David Pipe and Phillip Hobbs, jockey Nick Scholfield and Racing Post reporter Andrew...
View ArticleMan who went on Christmas crime spree was having an 'out of body experience'
A man with a bizarre anti-social illness targeted cars in a Devon village in a Christmas crime spree after medicating himself on high doses of valium. William Donnelly felt he was having an out of body...
View ArticleFestival to be held in memory of Exeter man Paul Smith who died during Great...
A music festival is being held in memory of an Exeter man who died at the Great West Run at the age of 26. Music Festival JuncFest 2014 is to be held at The Junction Pub, Plymouth, on Saturday, March 1...
View ArticleVideo: A night out in Exeter with a life-saving ambulance crew
They are the lifesavers who work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to be at our side in an emergency. And as latest figures show they may be putting their own lives on the line simply to do their job,...
View ArticleCrackdown on shoplifting in Exeter city centre
Police in Exeter are carrying out extra foot patrols across the city in a bid to reduce shoplifting. Operation Handbag, which began in January, involves Devon and Cornwall Police, Exeter Businesses...
View ArticleAUDIO: 'Exeter City are a dream to referee,' says Paul Tisdale
Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale side his side were a 'dream to referee', but admitted that they might be forced into changing that. City were denied three penalty appeals in their match with Morecambe...
View ArticleCold War bunker to be auctioned by South West Water in Exeter next month
A secret underground emergency bunker, built by South West Water to protect essential services in the event of a nuclear war, is being auctioned in Exeter next month. The bunker was constructed in 1978...
View ArticleExeter City v Rochdale: Matchday live
Follow live updates from Exeter City's match with Rochdale at St James's Park this afternoon. City will look to build on a good run of form, which has seen them go five games unbeaten. Rochdale will be...
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