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Rock Solid, based at Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary, plans to increase production. Image: Google Maps.

East Devon industrial firm’s bid for all-year opening to boost recycling efforts

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By on Business, East Devon, News

A firm recycling incinerator waste near an East Devon village hopes to ramp up its production, plus increase its current 24-week limit to 52-weeks a year A Devon industrial firm wants to hike the amount of incinerator waste it recycles and crank up how often it operates, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Rock Solid is allowed to process 90,000 tonnes a year of so-called incinerator bottom ash (IBA), which is a by-product from the process of burning waste. That limit was set in 2019 when the firm was given permission to operate from its site at Hill Barton Business…

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Exeter
City leaders have agreed to take over control of the Market Street car park, in Exeter city centre. Image: Google Street View.

City leaders agree shoppers’ car park takeover in ‘key location’ of Exeter

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

Council leaders are set to rake in hundreds of thousands of pounds for Exeter, agreeing a shoppers’ car park takeover in a city centre ‘key location’ after its operator went bust earlier this year. Taking back the keys to a city centre car park will help generate hundreds of thousands of pounds for Exeter City Council, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Members of the city’s executive have voted unanimously to bring the Market Street multi-storey car park back ‘in-house’ as a pay-and display. It was operated by National Car Parks (NCP) until that company went into administration in March,…

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Exeter
The new fleet of 30 electric buses are being charged by diesel generator while the operator waits for Exeter City Council to hook the depot up to the grid. Image: Stagecoach South West.

Bus operator is forced to use diesel generator to charge new Exeter electric fleet amid wait for city council to hook up depot to the grid

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

A fleet of 30 new electric buses in Exeter, currently reliant on being charged up by diesel generator, faced sitting idle amid an ongoing wait for the city council to connect the depot to the grid. Exeter’s 30 electric buses are having to be temporarily charged by a diesel generator because their depot hasn’t been properly connected to the grid yet, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Stagecoach has the raft of new electric buses that it wants to get into service, but said the only way it can power them up at the moment is by using a diesel…

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East Devon
The mobile sauna was captured on CCTV being towed away. Image: D&C Police.

East Devon business is ‘completely overwhelmed’ by community support after being reunited with its stolen mobile sauna

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

Exmouth police have given themselves a pat on the back after reuniting an East Devon business with its stolen mobile sauna found 85 miles away in Wiltshire. The mobile sauna had been on loan to Darts Farm, at Clyst St George, when it was stolen at the end of May and later discovered in Trowbridge. Police said CCTV footage showed two men in a van forced the mobile sauna’s hitch lock to tow it away. Exmouth police said the property was recovered and returned as a result of enquiries by the town’s neighbourhood team following a public appeal for information…

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Exeter
Exeter Guildhall car park will close for four days amid neighbouring demolition work, sparking a warning vehicles left inside during that period cannot be accessed. Image: Google Street View.

Warning to motorists as Exeter city car park to close for four days amid demolition of empty shopping centre to make way for co-living flats

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

Motorists are being warned the Exeter city centre Guildhall car park is set to close for four days while the empty Harlequins shopping centre is demolished amid plans for a large-scale co-living development.   Shopping Centre Drivers using one of Exeter’s main city centre car parks have been warned not to leave their cars there as demolition work goes on next door – or they won’t be able to get them out again, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. The car park is to close for four days as work continues on knocking down a derelict shopping mall. A distinctive…

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Sidmouth
A 'new chapter' has been announced for Sidmouth Market, sparking a public consultation. Photo: Sidmouth Town Council.

‘New chapter’ for iconic Sidmouth town centre building as consultation is launched

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By on Business, East Devon, News, Sidmouth

An iconic Sidmouth building has been brought back into the care of the town, prompting an invitation for ideas on how it can be used by the community. Sidmouth Town Council has announced a ‘new chapter’ for the historic Market Place building, in the centre, after it struck a deal with the district council to take over its daily running. The town council said it is currently carrying out essential repairs to the building and is inviting suggestions how the site can be used now, this summer, and in the future. Ideas put forward by the town could include community…

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Exeter
Stock image of Exeter High Street. Image: Google Street View.

Spotlight falls on the future of Exeter High Street as city centre consultation is launched

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

The spotlight has fallen on the  future of Exeter city centre with the launch of a public consultation by the city council to inject ‘pride’ into the High Street. Empty shops in the centre of Exeter could be put back into use as part of a project to make the city centre more ‘animated’, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Driving down the amount of anti-social behaviour is also part of the new five-year plan for the heart of the city. Six ambitious ‘themes’ make up the new strategy to shape the future of Exeter’s city centre. The city council…

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East Devon
Community news and photos from across East Devon. Photos: with permission.

Coffee break community news from East Devon – Photos, celebrations, schools and young people, free events, plus what’s on

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

Coffee break news from East Devon. A round-up of celebrations, schools and young people news, community and free events, plus photos and what’s on – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Cranbrook, Axminster, Seaton, Ottery St Mary. Half term, What’s On – Ottery St Mary A half term coffee morning in aid of East Devon Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) returns to Cadhay House, Ottery St Mary, on Thursday, May 28, 10am until 12noon. Entry is free, donations are welcome. On the day there will be coffee, tea and cake, plus a plants and book sale and raffle with locally donated prizes.…

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Exeter
The 60-year-old Mecca Bingo hall in North Street, Exeter, could close within weeks as staff are consulted amid concerns the building needs significant maintenance to stay open. Image: Google Street View.

Exeter MP battles to save the city’s last bingo hall amid fears it could close within weeks

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News

A campaign to keep open the last bingo hall in Exeter has begun amid concerns the 60-year-old town centre ‘community hub’ needs ‘significant maintenance’ and could close within weeks. Exeter’s MP has urged entertainment giant Mecca to think again over plans to close its bingo hall in the city, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Labour MP Steve Race says the Mecca Bingo in North Street is an important community hub for disabled, older and lonely people. Mecca says its lease on the building is coming to an end and it would need ‘significant maintenance’ to keep it going. It…

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East Devon
Photos show, L to R: Slurry running across the yard, runoff downstream (top, right), sewage fungus in the grass. Photos: The Environment Agency.

Court slaps ‘reckless’ farmer with a fine for polluting an East Devon river with sewage fungus

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

A farm manager has appeared in court and slapped with a fine for his ‘reckless attitude’, which led to polluting an East Devon river with a thick blanket of sewage fungus. A Devon farm partnership has been fined almost £16,000 after slurry discharges from two different sites polluted the River Yarty last May, writes Isabelle Pinnock, OPCC court reporting scheme. The partnership, known as DI and R Dyer, of Crawley Farm, Yarcombe, pleaded guilty to two offences of causing water pollution discharges into inland freshwaters, at Street Ash Farm, near Chard, and at Crawley Farm. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard that organic manure…

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