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Pensioner dies after teatime crash in Budleigh, sparking police to appeal for witnesses

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By on Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, News, Uncategorised

A woman in her 70s died after a car and van crashed in Budleigh Salterton on Wednesday afternoon (November 12), prompting police to appeal for witnesses. The emergency services were called to East Budleigh Road to a crash involving a grey Volkswagen Golf travelling in the direction of Budleigh, and grey Volkswagen Transporter going the opposite way. The pensioner driving the Volkswagen Golf, who lived locally, died at the scene, police said. The driver of the Volkswagen Transporter van was uninjured. Police want to hear from anyone who saw the crash, or with dashcam footage. The closed the road for…

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Exeter
The proposed site, and layout, at Sandy Park Farm, Old Rydon Lane, Exeter. Image: Google Street View/Inset. LHC Design/Exeter City Council.

Plans for new homes next to Exeter Chiefs rugby ground are rejected amid site and job concerns

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Property, Uncategorised

City planners have rejected 158 new homes and commercial buildings proposed for land next to the Exeter Chiefs’ rugby ground amid site and employment concerns. Developers wanting to build 158 homes and a group of commercial buildings next to Exeter Chiefs’ Sandy Park rugby stadium have told city councillors their plan would deliver 1,000 jobs, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. But members of the city council’s planning committee have decided it isn’t enough. The Sandy Park Farm Partnership had asked for permission to build the homes along with 17,500 square metres of commercial floorspace on fields just to the…

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

Family appeals to government amid fight to overturn council orders to demolish East Devon former covid vaccination centre

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News, Property, Uncategorised

An East Devon family fighting to overturn council orders to demolish a defunct covid vaccination centre on their land, plus another building, have taken their battle to the Government’s planning inspector.   A double planning appeal is underway as the owners of a well-known Devon business park fight enforcement action being taken against it, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The Carter family, which owns Greendale Business Park, has lodged a pair of appeals with the government’s Planning Inspectorate against enforcement notices lodged by East Devon District Council. The council had pushed for the Carter family to remove a building…

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British Transport Police Exmouth East Devon
Image courtesy of the British Transport Police.

Police confirm death of a casualty found on the tracks near Cranbrook train station

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By on Cranbrook, East Devon, Exeter, Ottery St Mary, Uncategorised

A casualty spotted on the tracks near Cranbrook railway station on Monday morning (October 13) died at the scene, police have confirmed. British Transport Police (BTP) said the emergency services were called to a casualty on the tracks near the town’s train station at around 6.30am. The person’s death was not treated as being suspicious, and the coroner has been notified. Ottery St Mary Police said the incident did not involve any school children. A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called to a report of a casualty on the tracks just after 6.30am yesterday (October 13) near Cranbrook…

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Exmouth
Work on the Dinan Way extension in Exmouth has started. Photos: EDN.

‘At risk’ taxpayer millions for Exmouth town centre improvements can be spent on major new road

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, News, Uncategorised

Taxpayers’ millions earmarked for Exmouth town centre improvements – at risk of being lost after a public backlash – have been rubber stamped for use building the Dinan Way extension. Government cash that was at risk of needing to be handed back will now be spent on bolstering a major road scheme in a Devon town, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Exmouth secured £15.7 million in Levelling Up funding in February last year, with the cash earmarked for the Dinan Way extension but also improvements to the Gateway area near the town’s railway station. However, Exmothians objected to part…

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East Devon
Honiton hot pennies, celebrations and a host of community news from across East Devon. Photos: with permission.

Round-up from across East Devon – including community news, photos and events from Exmouth, Sidmouth, Honiton, Axminster, Ottery St Mary, Budleigh Salterton and Seaton

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By on Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Editor's Choice, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth, Uncategorised

Round-up from across East Devon – including community news, photos and events from Exmouth, Sidmouth, Honiton, Axminster, Ottery St Mary, Budleigh Salterton and Seaton. Send your community news to: newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Honiton Honiton Town Crier Dave Retter, 73, last week announced ‘the glove is up’ marking the start of the annual hot pennies celebrations. These photos show excited crowds, joining in with the 805-year-old town tradition, eagerly caught and collected the warm coins raining down onto the pavement below from the second floor windows of some of the High Street businesses and pubs. This year’s hot pennies event was Dave’s last…

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East Devon
Richard Law, left, will remain in a secure hospital after admitting killing his sister Judith, right, while she was in her bed. Photos: D&C Police/EDN.

East Devon pensioner who bludgeoned his sister to death in bed will remain locked up in a secure hospital, judge decides

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By on East Devon, News, Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth, Uncategorised

A reclusive East Devon pensioner who bludgeoned his sister to death in her bed will remain locked in a secure hospital. Richard Law, aged 68, of Lark Rise, Newton Poppleford, in East Devon, admitted hitting 70-year-old sister Judith six times with a hammer because he ‘could not cope’ with their anxiety and depression, and ‘wanted it to end’. Law was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Friday, July 25, after he admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Prosecutor Joanna Martin KC told Exeter Crown Court that Law dialled 999 and told the operator he had killed his sister by…

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Exeter
Main photo: stock image/EDN.Inset: Environment Agency.

Exeter boss caught secretly hiding illegal waste in trees, polluting a river, is slapped with a suspended jail sentence

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News, Uncategorised

An Exeter sweeper hire boss caught secretly trying to hide tons of illegal waste, polluting a river, has been slapped with a suspended jail sentence. Philip Liley, of Sidmouth Road, Exeter, last week appeared at Exeter Crown Court and admitted failing to hold legal environmental documents when he was director of a firm called Sweeper Hire and Hoses Limited, based at Higher Brocks Plantation, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon. Liley, who pleaded guilty, was jailed for 15 months, suspended for two years, and must carry out  300 hours of unpaid work after the court heard he tried to disguise 15,000 tons…

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Quay
Residents first began raising concerns over the culvert at Clipper Quay, Exeter, 18 months ago, but have been told that work on repairs may not start until the summer of 2026. Photos: Guy Henderson.

‘Action is needed now’ – Concerned Exeter residents face year-long wait before repair work starts on collapsing riverside tunnel

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Uncategorised

‘Action is needed now’ – Concerned Exeter residents calling for the council to fix a collapsing riverside tunnel face another year-long wait before repairs start. People living near a busy waterside footpath in Exeter say lives are being put at risk by a collapsing culvert, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. They first began raising concerns over the culvert at Clipper Quay 18 months ago, but have been told that work on repairs may not start until the summer of 2026. Now they say action is needed before the crumbling culvert collapses or a pedestrian is injured while negotiating barriers…

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Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall Alison Hernandez at the new Exeter Police Station. Picture: OPCC
Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, Alison Hernandez is pictured here outside the new police headquarters in Exeter. Photo: OPCC

Police commissioner for Devon borrows £multi-millions to balance the books

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Uncategorised

In a bid to balance the books, the police commissioner for Devon has been cap-in-hand to the fire service for a short-term £5million loan, adding to further multi-million-pound borrowing by her office from pension funds and councils, it has been revealed. Devon’s police commissioner office has turned for the first time to the county’s fire service for £5 million in short-term loans, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Devon and Cornwall said it had borrowed money from its emergency services counterpart alongside other councils and pension funds. The £5 million…

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