Devon News

The main road in and out of Exeter will be closed for major works in February, only months after a previous closure.Devon County Council is putting in new traffic lights and a new "traffic island" on Heavitree Road with the intention of making bus journeys easier.The road was closed from the middle of September to the middle of November last year due to extended work on gas pipes carried out by Wales and West Utilities.The county council said…

An "extremely rare" Tudor map of a Devon town will go on display after more than 400 years in private hands.The South West Heritage Trust said the hand-drawn 1586 map of Kingsbridge would go on display at the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter.It said a grant of £17,691 from the Friends of the Nations' Libraries and funding from the Friends of Devon Archives had made it possible to secure the historic map, which contains detailed depictions of key…

A search is under way for a kayaker who went missing after getting into difficulty in a river, police have said.The man, aged in his 40s, was reported missing at about 15:40 GMT on Saturday. He had been kayaking on the River Exe at Tiverton, Devon, officers said.Devon and Cornwall Police said a kayak had been recovered but the man remains missing.Searches and inquiries are taking place in the area and the man's next of kin has been…

Part of the M5 in Devon is closed due to a car crash, police have said.One person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a car hit the central reservation in the southbound lanes between junction 28 at Collumpton and junction 29 near Exeter Airport, said Devon and Cornwall Police. National Highways said diversions were in place while the southbound closure continued, which is expected to be throughout the morning.Police said: "Please use alternative routes and…

BBC/Johnny RutherfordGreat Western Railway is urging passengers not to attempt to travel on the line due to damage at DawlishThe only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice after a sea wall next to it crumbled in a storm.Great Western Railway (GWR) urged passengers not to attempt to travel on the line between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot due to the damage at Dawlish.A sea wall protecting the railway line…

An urn which dates back more than 3,000 years to the Bronze Age has gone on display. The ceramic vessel is on loan from Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery and is in Newton Abbot Museum, Devon.Experts said it had been found in a ditch on the northern edge of Newton Abbot and the clay could have been sourced from the River Lemon in Devon.Museum curator Joanna Eccles said: "The people who buried this urn are…

GrandAndy/Weather WatchersThe sky dazzled with a green and pink light show at St Eval Church earlier this weekOutage outrage as Storm Goretti hits internetTara Robinson was one of the 28,000 people left with no internet after Storm Goretti - she was reconnected after 10 daysPeople in Cornwall were left angry and frustrated over delays in reconnecting them to the internet after Storm Goretti.The storm left thousands of people with no power or water but engineers were able to…