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Sidmouth
The former council house at The Byes, in Sidmouth, has been sold by EDDC four years after it was fully refurbished by the authority.Photo: Clive Emson Auctioneers.

Authority refuses to reveal renovation costs of unique Sidmouth council house sold at auction

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By on East Devon, Exclusive, News, Property, Sidmouth

A landmark one-of-a-kind council house in Sidmouth has gone under the hammer four years after it was fully renovated using taxpayer cash. The Byes Toll House this month sold at auction for £100,000, after East Devon District Council (EDDC) said the Grade II listed building had ‘proven unsuitable for continued use as social housing’. EDDC said the decision to sell the historic toll house followed a review of its housing assets, saying it had a ‘responsibility to manage public resources carefully’. It said funds from the sale would be used to improve council homes, or in the development or purchase…

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Sidmouth
Sidmouth volunteers were praised for their ‘incredible commitment’, regularly putting in two-hour shifts to fix some of the smaller potholes found on the town’s residential roads. Photos: Sidmouth Town Council.

Sidmouth volunteer ‘pothole posse’ praised for their ‘incredible commitment’ in repairing the town’s roads

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By on East Devon, Editor's Choice, Exclusive, News, Sidmouth

A posse of pothole-fixing volunteers in Sidmouth recently completed their 400th road repair – matching almost as many defects fixed around the town by the county council in the same year. Devon County Council (DCC) heaped praise on the Sidmouth volunteers for their ‘incredible commitment’ to the cause after regularly putting in two-hour shifts to fix some of the smaller potholes found on the town’s residential roads. The town’s ‘pothole posse’ was driven to tackle repairs after residents raised concerns about the state of Sidmouth’s roads. In the last 12 months, the volunteers successfully plugged 400 potholes, while the county…

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Police ramped up patrols in Sidmouth after a dispersal order was slapped on the town centre amid anti-social behaviour concerns. Images: D&C Police.

Litter, but no louts – Overnight crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Sidmouth proves successful

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By on East Devon, Exclusive, News, Sidmouth

An overnight crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Sidmouth proved successful after youths were banned from hanging around the town centre. In mid-March the town was slapped with a Section 35 dispersal order, resulting in large swathes of Sidmouth being out-of-bounds to mob behaviour amid a tip-off, ‘following information about a planned large-scale gathering of young people’. The clampdown was not a curb on kids, police said, but a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Police stepped up patrols and officers received ‘numerous’ reports of groups of youths in Sidmouth, but saw no evidence of anti-social behaviour. The force said ‘a large amount…

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Budleigh
The crowd on Budleigh beach ahead of the Christmas Day swim, where two men in the water went missing amid 'terrifying' conditions. Photo: Fran McElhone.

‘I saw the conditions, they were the most and terrifying and dangerous that I have ever seen at Budleigh Salterton’ – Search continues for two men missing at sea after the town’s annual Christmas swim

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By on Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Exclusive, Exmouth, News

Two men are missing, feared dead, after Budleigh Salterton Christmas day swimmers had to be pulled to safety amid ‘terrifying’ sea conditions. An experienced sea swimmer from the town was hit by a large wave as she  watched the festive dip from the beach with her 10-year-old son, Woody. She said the conditions were the ‘most dangerous’ she had seen at Budleigh. Fran McElhone a journalist and photographer, said: “We were never going to go in, I was going to stand there and get splashed with Woody and go back. A lot of people were just stood there, to get…

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East Devon and Exeter community news round-up – including GCSE and A-Level celebrations from Sidmouth, Exmouth, Honiton, Cranbrook, and Exeter, plus what’s on

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By on Axminster, Cranbrook, East Devon, Editor's Choice, Exclusive, Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Ottery St Mary, Ottery St Mary sport, Seaton, Sidmouth, Sidmouth sport

A round-up of community news and photos from across East Devon and Exeter – including GCSE and A-Level exam success, plus what’s on. Send your news, photos, what’s on to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Sidmouth – GCSE celebrations ‘Fantastic’ GCSE results were on Thursday morning (August 21) celebrated across the board by Sidmouth College students. The college said there was an ‘amazing’ 10 per cent increase in the number of students achieving a good pass (grade 5 or above) in both GCSE English and Maths, placing them above the national average for both 4+ and 5+ (when compared to the 2024 averages available).…

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East Devon
Paddleboarder Geoff: “I have never seen one this size, it was absolutely huge. It was pretty fantastic." Images: with permission.

VIDEO: ‘Wow’ moment as sea turtle swims with dad and daughter paddleboarders in East Devon

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By on Beer, Branscombe, East Devon, East Devon sport, Editor's Choice, Exclusive, News, Seaton, Sport

Dad and daughter paddleboarders took a sharp intake of breath amid a ‘wow’ moment when a sea turtle swam with them off East Devon. The plucky sea creature swam alongside paddleboarders Geoff, 45, and 17-year-old Lilly, at Beer, East Devon, before the pair spotted it again later in the day,  off Seaton. Animal lover Geoff, who recently returned to East Devon after living in America for 23 years, saw the creature gobbling up jellyfish before it sped off out to sea. Geoff, who quickly filmed the sea turtle as it swam underneath the paddleboard, initially thought the dark shape floating…

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Ottery
Photo shows Mish and Lucy as bear cubs when they were at Wildwood Escot's sister park in Kent. Photo: Wildwood Trust.

Bears escape from East Devon enclosure sparking lockdown as parents are warned not to let kids play outside unsupervised

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By on East Devon, Exclusive, News, Ottery St Mary

An East Devon animal sanctuary was thrown into sudden lockdown after two bears escaped their enclosure on Monday afternoon (June 23). Visitors to Wildwod Devon, at the 500-acre Escot estate, near Ottery St Mary, were locked inside a building for their own safety after brown bears Mish and Lucy escaped and were spotted heading for their food store. Keepers returned the escaped bears to their enclosure within an hour and Wildwood Devon has begun looking into how the pair got free. While the bears were free, parents with pupils at nearby Feniton primary School were told to pick up their…

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Pictured here, L to R: Sam Watson, store manager Dan Smith, Riley Hancock, Kenzie Francis, operations manager Frances Somerton, people manager Natalie Radcliffe, Tom McMullen, South West regional manager. Photo: East Devon News.
Pictured here, L to R: Sam Watson, store manager Dan Smith, Riley Hancock, Kenzie Francis, operations manager Frances Somerton, people manager Natalie Radcliffe. Photo: East Devon News.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Sneak peek inside Cranbrook Morrisons hours before the town’s much-awaited supermarket opens to the public

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By on Business, Cranbrook, East Devon, Exclusive, Exeter, News, Ottery St Mary

Checkout these exclusive photos of inside the new Cranbrook Morrisons supermarket just hours before it is set to open to the public. As the countdown begins, ending the town’s 10-year wait for a supermarket, East Devon News was invited for a sneak peek inside the new 15,600 square-feet store, which is packed full of shopping trolley favourites. The doors open for trade at 6am on Thursday, December 12, with a ribbon cutting ceremony planned for 9am. Customers can expect a festive-themed launch with Santa’s sleigh, Christmas carols, a brass band, plus a Red Bull Formula One car, and the supermarket’s…

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Cranbrook
Morrisons says its Cranbrook supermarket will be open 'later this year or early next’. Photo: East Devon News.

EXCLUSIVE: Cranbrook Morrisons to open within months – supermarket giant to create around 75 jobs

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By on Business, East Devon, Exclusive, News

Supermarket giant Morrisons has revealed the countdown for its Cranbrook store has begun –  opening is expected within months and around 75 new jobs. Earlier this year East Devon News exclusively revealed Morrisons was assessing if the current store design and layout was still right for the town. Now we can share the retail giant has confirmed it has started fitting out the supermarket with the view to opening ‘later this year or early next’, while creating around 75 jobs locally. Morrisons said it was about to kick-start recruitment for a host of roles at the Cranbrook supermarket, and invited those…

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Exmouth
Bear Grylls and Phil Campion were filming on Exmouth seafront. Photo: Darrell Trigs.

PHOTOS: TV stars Bear Grylls and Phil Campion seen filming on Exmouth seafront

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By on East Devon, Editor's Choice, Exclusive, Exmouth, News

Television star Bear Grylls has been spotted in Exmouth filming a fresh challenge with former SAS soldier Phil Campion. Onlookers said former SAS soldier and adventurer Bear was joined on Exmouth seafront by Phil Campion, also a past Special Forces military veteran, and Royal Marine. A spokeswoman for Bear Grylls confirmed it was the wilderness survival expert who had been filming in the town. She said: “They were filming with all Covid restrictions in place.” The TV stars and ex-soldiers were spotted sitting together on the dockside, near Mamhead slipway, at Exmouth, where they were being filmed. Earlier Phil Campion…

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