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The Premier Inn, on Exmouth seafront, will remain behind sheeting and scaffolding until the end of the year. Photo: Darrell Trigs.

‘Scruffy’ Exmouth seafront hotel to get a ‘tin hat’ as owner announces more repairs until the end of 2026

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By on Business, East Devon, Exmouth, News

Repairs to ‘scruffy’ Exmouth seafront Premier Hotel are set to continue until the end of the year and a ‘tin hat’ structure added to the roof. Owner Whitbread PLC has revealed more widespread repairs are now needed than first thought, including external rendering and upgrades to roof equipment. The owner of the UK’s biggest hotel brand has accepted the frustration felt across Exmouth over the building’s appearance, admitting ‘the hotel has not been looking its best in recent years’. The hotel group said issues within the seafront building were ‘more extensive’ than originally believed’, prompting the need for wider repairs…

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Pollution in Littleham Brook, Exmouth, has sparked a criminal investigation as public health officials review lab results that will determine if a no-swim warning can be lifted. Photos: The Environment Agency.

Public health chiefs probe Exmouth blue water pollution lab results amid a criminal investigation – as no-swim warning remains

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, News

The results of pollution samples taken from a brook in Exmouth where the water turned bright blue are being examined by government officials in charge of public health amid a criminal investigation. Last week discoloured water sparked a probe by the Environment Agency (EA) to identify a mystery pollutant in the Littleham Brook, which it confirmed was not sewage. East Devon News understands a criminal investigation is underway and the Environment Agency has now shared the water sampling results with its partners at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It is expected the government scientific agency, whose role incudes protecting public…

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Protesters made their voices heard against a possible development site in Exmouth for around 700 homes. Photo: Melyn Moon Photography.

Exmouth campaigners battling against 700 new ‘village’ homes gear up for public meeting

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

Campaigners battling against a 700-home ‘village’ in Exmouth are gearing up for a public meeting where their voices will be heard by the town’s MP. David Reed, MP for Exmouth and Exeter east, is hosting a meeting at Exmouth Town Hall, in St Andrew’s Road, at 6pm on Thursday (September 24), where residents will have the chance to raise concerns and share views on the St John’s Woodland Village proposal – including its potential impact on infrastructure, sewage systems, roads and public services. The meeting is expected to last around one-and-a-half hours, doors open at 5.45pm. Those attending will be…

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

News in-brief from East Devon

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By on Branscombe, Business, Colyton, Colyton, East Devon, East Devon sport, Exmouth, Football, Honiton, News, Ottery St Mary, Ottery St Mary sport, Property, Seaton, Sidmouth, Sport

News in-brief from East Devon. Email your community news, photos and what’s on to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Sidmouth Supermarket giant Aldi is keen to open new stores in Devon, and has identified Sidmouth as a location to develop, saying the move would create new jobs in the area. The supermarket wants to hear from landowners with suitable freehold or leasehold sites. Branscombe A Branscombe beach hut in need of repair is set to go under the hammer on Thursday (September 24) with a guide price of £50,000 to £60,000. The two-bedroom detached cedarwood holiday chalet with a veranda overlooking the beach, with…

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The Environment Agency is investigating how the water at Littleham Brook, in Exmouth, has turned bright blue Photos: The Environment Agency.

‘We advise the public to avoid all contact with Littleham Brook, and not to enter the water at Exmouth beach and any nearby swimming spots’ – Mystery blue ‘ink’ pollution sparks warning to stay out of the sea

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, News

Pollution fears in Exmouth have sparked a warning to stay out of sea, not to swim, and ‘avoid all contact’ with Littleham Brook after the water turned bright blue. Public health chiefs probe Exmouth blue water pollution lab results amid a criminal investigation – as no-swim warning remains The discoloured water this week sparked an ongoing probe by the Environment Agency (EA) to identify the mystery pollutant, which is believed to be ink from an ‘industrial source’. The Environment Agency said the pollution was the ‘most serious category’, prompting the call to stay out of the water at Exmouth, and…

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Exmouth was told the new Dinan Way link road would be finished in December 2025. Photo: Devon County Council.

‘We understand the frustration this has caused’ – Work to finish Exmouth link road ‘not quick enough’, council admits

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, News

Devon leaders have admitted a new main route in Exmouth has been too slow in the making, highlighting the ‘poor performance’ of its contractor amid a year of delays. Works on a major road that critics say have been repeatedly delayed has been deemed “not quick enough” by the council overseeing the works, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Vast engineering works have been taking place on Exmouth’s Dinan Way, creating an 800-metre extension to the road so it meets the A376. While the extension has opened this month, work on the final phase of the scheme will mean disruption…

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Exmouth and Exeter east MP David Reed said: “Local people are rightly fed up with repeated incidents and deserve clear answers about how and why this has happened." Main image: Google Street View/Inset: David Reed.

South West Water apologises for sewage spill in Exmouth as town’s MP demands answers for ‘rightly fed-up’ residents

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, News

South West Water has apologised for a sewage spill into bathing water at Exmouth, blaming a ‘process failure’ at its Maer Lane treatment site. A spill of partially treated sewage in a Devon seaside resort has renewed the focus on the resilience of the town’s sewer system, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. South West Water has confirmed a spill occurred from its Maer Lane waste water treatment works in Exmouth this week. The cause has been described as a “process failure”, and the issue has been fixed, according to the firm, which, it is understood, has updated the Environment…

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Stephen Lawn, who died in the South Tower, is remembered by his family (front left) when Exmouth fell silent at the 9/11 memorial in Phear Park. Photos: East Devon News.

‘I am proud of what we have done for Stephen’s family’ – Exmouth remembers 9/11

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

When in 2001 Exmouth charity champion Lionel Howell heard the cousin of a Lympstone woman was a victim of 9/11, killed in the South Tower after the second plane hit, he was determined to bring a small piece of comfort to the family. Today (September 11), as the world marked the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks – remembering the 2,996 innocent victims who died after the towers collapsed – Exmouth fell silent at the town’s 9/11 memorial, which holds a 10-pound chunk of a girder from the South Tower. Each year, Stephen Lawn’s family make the trip to Exmouth…

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Cllr Charlotte Fitzgerald, left, accused MP David Reed, right, of being in the pocket of an Exmouth developer behind a proposal to build 700 'village' homes on the outskirts of town. Photos: L to R: Fran McElhone/Liminal Media/Melyn Moon/David Reed.

MP accused of taking developer bung in Exmouth hits back at ‘untrue’ claim and vows ‘I play by the rules’

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, News

An MP accused of taking cash from developer wanting to build 700 homes in Exmouth has hit back at the ‘untrue’ claim, telling critics ‘I play by the rules’. David Reed, MP for Exmouth and Exeter east, was this week accused of taking a bung from the developer behind Exmo_20, who is proposing to build St John’s Woodland Village on the edge of the town. Pointing the finger was district councillor Charlotte FitzGerald – plucked by the Lib Dems to stand against Mr Reed at the next general election – who accused the MP of muscling in to arrange and…

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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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