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Exmouth
Pictured here in Exmouth town centre is Councillor Charlotte Fitzgerald, centre, with Save our Post Office supporters. Photo: Cllr Fitzgerald.

Exmouth Post Office closure forces travel to Exeter or Sidmouth for passports and driving licences

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By on Business, East Devon, Exmouth, News

Exmouth motorists and holidaymakers face travelling to Exeter or Sidmouth to renew driving licences and passports when the town centre Post Office closes at the end of the month. An ‘urgent’ campaign launched in the summer, calling on Post Office Ltd to safeguard the town’s essential services after it was announced the Chapel Street post office was set to close on September 28 because major High Street retailer TJ Jones is to permanently shut its Magnolia Centre store. While the Post Office waits to see if any businesses will take on hosting the service in the town, Exmouth residents needing…

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Exmouth
Devon Cliffs Holiday Park, in Exmouth, wants to extend its seasonal opening. Stock image: Google Street View.

Exmouth holiday park’s push to open over the winter

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By on Business, East Devon, Exmouth, News

An Exmouth holiday park annually hosting thousands of visitors is lobbying the district council to extend its season and open over the winter. A major Devon holiday park is applying to extend the number of weeks it can open during the year so it can benefit from an extra school holiday, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Devon Cliffs Holiday Park, in Exmouth’s Sandy Bay, has submitted an application to allow it to open from February 1 each year until January 14 so it can welcome guests during that month’s half-term holiday. At present, it opens on February 28 meaning…

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East Devon
Email your community news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk. Photos: with permission.

News in-brief from East Devon

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By on Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Business, East Devon, Exmouth, News, Ottery St Mary

News in-brief from East Devon – Axminster, Exmouth, Lympstone, Ottery St Mary, Budleigh Salterton.  Email your community news, photos and what’s on to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Axminster Auctioneers in Axminster are gearing up to feature on BBC1’s The Travelling Auctioneers when the crew visits on Tuesday (August 25). Presenter and host JJ Chalmers and professional auctioneer Izzie Balmer will be at Atkins Auctions in Axminster for a sale to be filmed, to be later broadcast over three episodes. The guest auction will be held with a general auction planned in Axminster in the same week. A spokesperson for Atkins Auctions said: “Izzie…

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East Devon
East Devon news in-brief. Community stories, photos, what's on. Photos: with permission.

Community news in-brief from East Devon

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By on Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Business, Cranbrook, East Devon, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, What's On, What's on in East Devon

Community news in-brief from East Devon –  Budleigh Salterton, Axminster, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Whimple, Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary.  Email your news, photos and what’s on to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Budleigh Salterton Some four golf carts were destroyed when they caught on fire at East Devon Golf Club on Tuesday morning (August 18). Firefighters from Exmouth and Middlemoor, in Exeter, were called to the club in Links Road, Budleigh Salterton, at around 9.30am where they found three golf carts on fire. Exmouth firefighters said the cause of the blaze, which spread to a fence and hedge, was unknown. A Devon and Somerset Fire and…

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Exeter
Pictured here is the Royal Clarence Hotel redevelopment in Cathedral Yard, Exeter. Image: NooKo.

Developer of fire-hit Exeter hotel has £2.4million city council homes contribution slashed

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

The developer of a fire-hit hotel in Exeter city centre told to pay £2.4million towards 20 new council homes has had the cost slashed, funding just two authority properties. City councillors hoping for a homes’ bonanza as a result of rebuilding the fire-hit Royal Clarence Hotel have had to lower their sights, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. An independent assessor has decided that an initial target of £2.4million to go towards new homes in the city to be paid for by Royal Clarence developers NooKo was set too high. Instead, they will be expected to hand over a much…

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East Devon
Cake sheds selling bakes from gardens and driveways in East Devon have come under scrutiny at the district council. Photo: Mikaela Bartlett.

Spotlight falls on East Devon bake sheds amid review of council street trading rules

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By on Business, East Devon, Lifestyle, News

Bake sheds selling cakes from gardens and driveways in East Devon have come under scrutiny amid a review of the district council’s street trading rules. A rising number of budding bakers looking to prove themselves with their own small enterprise has prompted a Devon council to review its policies, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Because such so-called ‘whisk takers’ aren’t operating from a business premises and usually sell their goods from their own properties from simple sheds, there has been debate about what licences or permissions they need to apply for. The discussion even occupied an Institute of Licensing…

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Exeter Law Courts. Stock photo: EDN.

Honiton woman, 60, is jailed for swindling £200,000 from charity

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By on Business, East Devon, Farming, Honiton, News

A Honiton accountant has been jailed for swindling £200,000 from a charity using funds to pay for a holiday, home improvements and to clear her credit card. Geraldine Coates, aged 60, of Kings Road, Honiton, earlier this year was found guilty of fraud after standing trial at Exeter Crown Court where she denied syphoning off funds from Honiton Show organisers,  the Honiton and District Agricultural Association (HDAA) Coates, who runs an accountancy business in Chapel Street, Honiton, on Monday (August 10) was jailed for three years and nine months after it was revealed she had taken advantage of the charity’s…

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Cranbrook
Lidl wants to hear residents' views on its plans to open a supermarket in Cranbrook, East Devon. Stock images: L to R: EDN/Daniel Clark.

Supermarket giant Lidl scopes out Cranbrook for a new store, launching residents’ survey

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By on Business, Cranbrook, East Devon, News

Supermarket giant Lidl is inviting Cranbrook residents to have their say on proposals to build a store in the town, creating around 40 jobs. Discount supermarket Lidl is hoping to check out the views of residents in Devon’s newest town ahead of possible plans for a store there, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The grocer wants to hear from residents in Cranbrook about proposals for a new supermarket and four retail/leisure units on land off London Road. Lidl said it wanted to hear the views of residents via its online survey. The basic online survey asks: Do you support…

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East Devon
Plans for an ‘extreme environment centre’ in East Devon are expected to be submitted later this year. Images: Exeter City Council.

Plan to open UK’s first ‘extreme environment centre’ in East Devon

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

East Devon has been identified as a location for extreme-environment water testing technology not currently available in the UK, simulating currents, waves and wind for defence, offshore wind, submarine and space organisations. A massive £150 million water tank at Clyst Honiton, East Devon, on the outskirts of Exeter will give high-tech firms the chance to test new underwater drone technology, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Pictures circulated with the announcement of the ‘extreme environment centre’ include one showing a sci-fi-style unmanned submarine exploring in deep water. The proposal for the Exeter Science Park is forecast to generate more than…

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Exeter
The Cathedral and Quay multi-storey car park has been described as a urine-smelling ‘dystopian film set’ where pedestrians fear to tread. Images: L to R: Exeter City Council/Google Street View.

Exeter leaders agree £2.5million facelift for ‘notoriously unpleasant’ city centre car park

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

Exeter leaders have agreed a £2.5million facelift to transform a ‘notoriously unpleasant’ dark and dingy city centre car park. An Exeter car park once described as a urine-smelling ‘dystopian film set’ where pedestrians fear to tread is to be transformed, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. The city council is to borrow £2.5m to restore the Cathedral and Quay multi-storey which has become a target for vandalism, graffiti and ‘entrenched’ anti-social behaviour. Rough sleepers have set up camp in the car park, and there have been incidents of drug use and arson. Cllr Ruth Williams (Lab, Mincinglake and Whipton) told…

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