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The Dryden Road closure has been in force since the start of the covid pandemic. Images: top right: Google Street View/main and bottom: DCC.

Petition signed by hundreds calls to end ‘barmy’ Exeter pandemic road closure

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

Residents in their hundreds have signed a petition to end a ‘barmy’ Exeter road closure set up five years ago at the start of the pandemic, amid social distancing. Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for a closed-off Exeter road to be re-opened to traffic, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Dryden Road was closed to cars in 2020 as part of a project to make it easier to cross the city by bike while public transport services were scarce during the pandemic. The closure has stayed in place ever since. Now many locals want the road to…

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Exeter
A Covid-closed road in Exeter could reopen to motorists if a campaign is successful. Image: DCC/HATOC/Inset: Stock.

Congestion, pollution and kids’ safety prompts campaign to reopen a Covid-closed road to motorists in Exeter

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

Congestion, pollution and concerns for kids’ safety has prompted a former Exeter mayor to lobby for a Covid-closed city road to reopen to motorists. A council committee that closed a busy Exeter road to create a ‘pop-up’ cycle route through the city during the Covid pandemic has been urged to open it again, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Dryden Road was closed in 2020 while public transport services were scarce, and in 2021 members of the Exeter highways and traffic orders committee (HATOC) decided to make the closure permanent. Now the same committee has decided to ask council officers…

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The Covid vaccination site serving East Devon and Exeter at Greendale Business Park. top image: Goggle Maps

East Devon ‘temporary’ Covid vaccination centre avoids demolition and can remain for ‘medical use’

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, Farming, News

An emergency Covid vaccination centre in East Devon will remain in place even though it was only originally granted as a temporary structure, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The large green building at the edge of Greendale Business Park, near Farringdon, courted mixed opinion among East Devon planners, with some concerned that pulling it down could cause unnecessary environmental harm, while others referenced complaints from residents living nearby. Those in favour of the application also stressed that given the building was already in situ and could perform a vital function in the event of another emergency such as Covid…

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Covid-19 numbers increase in Devon – prompting health officials to urge ‘stay at home’ if you have symptoms

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

Covid-19 is on the increase again in Devon, prompting the call for those with symptoms to stay at home to protect others. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data suggest that around 1.7 million people in the UK were estimated to have coronavirus in the week ending June 18 – an increase of 23 per cent in one week. In Devon, the ONS data is showing a continuing rise in the number of people in hospital with coronavirus, and a rise in positive cases overall. It is thought around one in every 45 people in the county currently has Covid-19. Mutated…

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New figures show Covid-19 cases are on the rise in East Devon and Exeter

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

Covid-19 cases recorded in East Devon have increased by a third in week, with an additional 325 infections confirmed. In Exeter 1, 345 cases were recorded, an increase of 212 (18.7 per cent) from the previous week. Official figures for the week to Thursday, January 20 show the rate in the Devon County Council area went up by just over 20 per cent, with slightly smaller increases in Torbay and Plymouth. East Devon recorded 1,285 cases of coronavirus in the last seven days, up to January 20, an increase of 325 on the previous week. The weekly increase of 33.9…

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The vaccination centre at Greendale Business park serves East Devon and Exeter. Image: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS foundation trust.
The vaccination centre at Greendale Business park serves East Devon and Exeter. Image: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS foundation trust.

‘Vital’ Covid-19 vaccination centre serving East Devon and Exeter to stay in place until at least the end of 2022

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

A Covid vaccination centre serving East Devon and Exeter is to remain open until at least the end of the year.  The facility at Greendale Business Park, in Woodbury Salterton, opened last May and replaced an initial hub at Westpoint, writes Local Democracy Reporter Joe Ives. District council planning committee members unanimously backed keeping the centre in place at their January meeting. I would like to offer thanks on behalf of everyone for all the marvellous work the volunteers have done…Proposals had been submitted to the authority before the Government announced earlier this month that such buildings could stay put without…

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Covid cases rise by 18% in East Devon and 31% in Exeter, according to weekly stats

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

Recorded Covid cases in East Devon and Exeter have risen by 18.6 per cent and 31.7 per cent respectively in a week.  Infections continue to increase across the county but remain below the UK-wide average rate, according to figures for the week up to Thursday, January 6. East Devon has an infection rate of 1,091.3 per 100,000 people, while Exeter’s is 1,302. The national average is 1,831 per 100,000 people. North Devon recorded the largest weekly increase in the county with recorded coronavirus cases rocketing by 79 per cent. West Devon and Torridge both saw increases of more than 50…

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Image: Steven Cornfield / Unsplash

East Devon has county’s highest Covid booster jab rate – while Exeter has second-lowest

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

East Devon has the the highest Covid booster rate in the county, according to new statistics.  Some 73.2 per cent of the district’s population aged over 12 have had the extra jab as of Monday, January 9 – the sixth-highest in England. Exeter as the second-lowest rate in Devon at 51.7 per cent. The national average is 62 per cent. Covid case numbers locally are much higher than previously, so it is more important than ever to get vaccinated… It follows weeks of campaigning urging the public to ‘get boosted now’ for protection against the Omicron variant of the virus.…

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Covid cases in East Devon almost double as virus rises sharply across the county

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By on Covid-19, News

The latest coronavirus statistics show the virus has risen across East Devon, as the county begins to replicate the rest of the UK’s rising levels of Covid-19. In East Devon, Covid cases have almost doubled in the last week, up more than 44 per cent. The total recorded cases in East Devon over seven days up to December 30, 2021, was 1,351 – an extra 414 on the previous week. The infection rate recorded in East Devon during the same timescale was 912 people per 100,000. In tables released on Tuesday, January, 4, results show the week to Thursday, December…

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Covid jab (Image: Steven Cornfield / Unsplash)
Image: Steven Cornfield/Unsplash

Devon residents ‘will be told when it’s their turn’ for Covid booster jab

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By on Covid-19, East Devon, Exeter, News

Health chiefs say Devon residents will be contacted when they become eligible for a Covid booster jab – despite a potential delay in invitations being sent out. County council deputy leader James McInnes told a virtual meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board ‘there does seem to be some confusion’ and asked for clarification on behalf of the public. The NHS in Devon says it will let people know by letter, text or email when it is their turn and there is no need to contact it in advance, writes Local Democracy Reporter Ollie Heptinstall. People can then book using…

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