Browsing: Exmouth

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…

News in-brief from East Devon – Axminster, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Honiton, Seaton. Email your community news, photos and what’s on to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Axminster Axminster police at the start of September seized a dirt bike after it was spotted being ridden on the road around the Foxhill area of town in what officers described as an ‘anti-social manner’. Police on patrol in the area located the motorbike and its rider after residents alerted officers to the nuisance vehicle. Axminster police said the bike owner admitted riding the vehicle on the road while he had been trying to repair it. Officers said thanks…

An Exmouth man two-and-half times over the drink-drive limit has been slapped with a driving ban, telling magistrates he ‘was truly sorry’ after he drove into a motorist’s leg. A 61-year-old Exmouth man has been convicted of drink driving, writes Isabelle Pinnock, OPCC court reporting scheme. Jeremy Wassall, of Albion Terrace, Exmouth, pleaded guilty to drink driving, and driving without due care and attention on August 9 this year. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard that at around 7.30 in the evening, Wassall, 61, had pulled out of a junction without indicating, causing another driver to take evasive measures. The driver followed Wassall…

Motorists using the main route for Exmouth face months of road closures, diversions, temporary one-way routes and ‘disruption’ to reach the town. County road chiefs have announced the new Dinan Way extension will open on Wednesday, September 9, but revealed ‘some disruption for drivers’ until the end of the year while the final phase of work is finished. Motorists will be diverted in and out of Exmouth until the end of December, turning residential roads into one-way traffic systems. A short section of the A376 between Courtlands Cross and Courtlands Lane will close to through-traffic while the roundabout is completed.…

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…

Praise has been heaped on GCSE students celebrating results in East Devon, as headteachers revealed their pride in the pupils’ achievements. Weeks of waiting to find out if their hard work paid off came to an end on Thursday (August 20) when students collected their GCSE results. Exmouth Community College said there had been a ‘real sense of achievement’ for students collecting results, while Sidmouth College said it was ‘filled with pride’, at the ‘excellent’ grades. Honiton Community College is celebrating the school’s strongest GCSE performance in recent years. Cranbrook Education Campus hailed a ‘strong’ set of GCSE results, while…

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…

Exmouth and Sidmouth headteachers have spoken of their pride in their students after A level success was celebrated across East Devon. The long wait was over for students at Sidmouth College and Exmouth Community College on Thursday (August 13) as they received their results after years of hard work. There were smiles at Sidmouth College after 100 per cent of students who applied to university received an offer, including places at Russell Group universities such as Bath, Newcastle, Exeter, Cardiff and Liverpool. The college said there was a ‘significant’ increase in the number of sixth form students achieving grades A*–C…

Police investigating a spate of overnight car fires in Exmouth have arrested a man on suspicion of arson. Cars parked in Roseway, Nelson Drive, Mountain Close and Capel Lane, all in Littleham, Exmouth, were set alight over several days at the start of the month. Residents were woken by loud bangs and flames close to their homes. Police said officers are investigating suspected vehicle arson attacks in Littleham in the early hours of Friday, August 7, and another on Wednesday, July 29. Exmouth firefighters tackled a vehicle  blaze in Mountain Close, Littleham, at around 1.30am on July 29, extinguishing a…

An Exeter man has been slapped with a suspended jail sentence for vandalising his mum’s Exmouth home amid a family bereavement, forcing her to call to a passer-by for help. A 54-year-old man caused a total of £4,375 in damage, after smashing the windows of his mother’s Exmouth home, writes Isabelle Pinnock, OPCC court reporting scheme. Darren Crowson, of Merlin Crescent, Exeter, pleaded guilty to criminal damage from February 20 this year when he appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court. Lyndsey Baker, prosecuting, said the incident took place amid a family bereavement. The court heard Crowson’s mother locked the doors and called…

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