An in-demand new minor injuries service launched at the start of July for Seaton and the surrounding villages is already considering recruiting more staff if patient numbers continue. Seaton & Colyton Medical Practice, in Harepath Road, Seaton, announced it was opening a new minor injuries unit at the start of the month for registered and non-registered patients. Within weeks of opening the service has been used regularly, treating around four patients each day with injuries such as lacerations, burns, insect and animal bites. The popularity of the service has prompted Practice Manager Juliet Rudkin to consider bringing in more staff…
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Community news in-brief from Exeter, photos, what’s on from across the city and Wonford. Email your community news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Wonford The red carpet was rolled out for Isca Academy students when they celebrated their end of year prom at Exeter Golf and Country Club. The Year 11 youngsters celebrated in style, dressing up for the Oscar-themed event. Vicki Joyce, Isca Academy headteacher, said: “Year 11 prom was such a brilliant evening and the perfect way to celebrate an incredible group of young people. It was lovely to see everyone looking so smart, enjoying the evening and making memories together before…
Fly-tippers have twice blocked an emergency access to the motorway near Exeter, dumping rubble, furniture, kids’ toys and a central heating tank, leaving it unusable amid a crash or major incident. National Highways says a raft of rubbish was fly-tipped on two separate occasions, inside the M5 emergency access, near Broadclyst, in East Devon. The dumped rubbish caused the emergency access route to be ‘unusable’ for police or National Highways, meaning traffic trapped between the junctions 28 (Cullompton) and 29 (Honiton, Exeter Airport) could not be diverted away from the motorway onto the B3181 during a crash or major incident.…
An Exeter man high on ketamine trashed his neighbour’s new car within hours of him buying it as a reward for finishing chemotherapy, a court has heard. A 44-year-old man has appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court after taking ketamine and throwing a flowerpot onto the roof of his neighbour’s brand-new car, writes Isabelle Pinnock, OPCC court reporting scheme. Simon Cobb, of Altamira, Topsham, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and possession of ketamine from August 9 last year. The court heard the victim had been visiting his son in Topsham, when they heard thumping and banging from the flat upstairs where Cobb…
Detectives are investigating a sex assault on a teenage girl in Exmouth, prompting police to appeal for witnesses. Officers were called to the Withycombe Raleigh area of Exmouth on Thursday afternoon (May 7), after a report a girl had been sexually assaulted by two males. The teenage girl told detectives she had been in the Gypsy Lane area of the town when she was approached by two males. The girl is being supported by specially trained officers while enquiries continue, police said. Detectives want to hear from anyone with information, CCTV or dashcam footage, that could help with enquiries. A…
Community stories, local news, police appeals and photos from across East Devon and Exeter, including Exmouth, Cranbrook, Sidmouth, Honiton, Budleigh Salterton. Send your news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Exmouth A Big Sing event held in Exmouth in February raised more than £550 for the town’s Open Door centre. More than 100 Good Afternoon Choir members from across Devon and Somerset took part in a workshop. In the evening the town’s own buoy band, The Exmouth Shanty men, performed at a concert at Holy Trinity Church. Lisa Pike from Open Door Exmouth thanked the audience for the ‘incredibly generous’ donation of £561 to…
Community news round-up from East Devon and Exeter – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Cranbrook, Honiton, Budleigh Salterton, Seaton. Send your celebrations, photos, what’s on, event news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Budleigh Salterton Burns Night with a difference was celebrated by care home residents in Budleigh Salterton amid an afternoon of armchair travel. The Firs Residential Home residents strapped in and enjoyed the ride, taking a pretend flight to Scotland, enjoying the sights, sounds, and flavours on the way. From their home in East Devon, residents tried Scottish food and drink, sang, and discussed past holidays. A spokesperson for the care home said: The…
The government has agreed Exeter City Council can scrap its May 2026 local elections, meaning residents cannot vote for new councillors this year. The city council claimed cancelling elections would save the authority more than a quarter of a million pounds, sparking opposition over the ‘undemocratic’ move. However, Exeter city councillors who feared they wouldn’t have the resources to run local elections this year had been offered a helping hand by their colleagues at County Hall, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Opposition councillors say Labour’s stance is ‘undemocratic’, and denies local people their right to decide on their councillors.…
A round-up of community news and photos from across East Devon and Exeter – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Cranbrook, Honiton. Send your images, celebrations, stories, sporting events, what’s on, to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Exmouth ‘Dedicated’ Exmouth RNLI volunteer Jill Carter, aged 92, has retired from helping in the charity’s seafront shop after 32 years. Retired teacher Jill arrived in Exmouth in 1981and joined the town’s RNLI shop as a volunteer in 1993. After more than three decades of supporting the charity, Jill’s volunteering was celebrated with a surprise send-off. Alison Gall, Exmouth RNLI shop manager, who presented Jill with a RNLI paperweight crafted…
A ‘boring’ block of hundreds of student flats proposed on the former Job Centre site in Exeter has attracted scores of objections. People living near the site of a proposed giant block of student flats in Exeter say it will be ‘overbearing’ and boring to look at, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Manchester-based Zinc Real Estate has just submitted revised plans for nearly 300 purpose-built student flats on the site of Clarendon House, which is partly used as the city’s job centre. The existing building is five storeys high, but the new block would have up to 10 floors.…
