Rough sleeping figures in Exeter have dropped to all-time low of 11 but are still 11 too many. Whilst welcoming the latest reduction, the City Council said there was still much to do to bring the rough sleeping figure down to zero. “Eleven people rough sleeping on our streets, is still 11 people too many,”...
Exeter City Council has been using its income from Exeter Community Lottery to pay gambling licence fees and other costs for more than eighteen months while falsely claiming that 60% of ticket sales revenue goes to local community groups. Contrary to numerous Exeter Community Lottery website point of sale claims, persistently repeated over the course...
HEADLINES Will Devon’s eleven councils find common ground as local authority reorganisation deadline looms? A county-wide consensus is gaining traction with most Devon councils already on board and only Exeter City Council standing in its way while County Hall has yet to make up its mind. Read more. Exeter City Council approves own planning application...
Exeter Seed Bank is holding its third annual seed swap on Sunday 2 March with hands-on activities, stalls and displays and a programme of talks at two Sidwell Street venues. The event begins at 11am with talks from noon. Attendees can add to a map showing the locations of Exeter’s growing spaces and groups. There...
Exeter City Council approves own planning application to demolish, rebuild and part-refurbish existing community and sports facilities beside Ludwell Valley Park. Read full article at source...
Devon’s eleven councils have less than five weeks to develop a joint proposal for local government reorganisation covering the whole of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay after local government minister Jim McMahon invited them to submit their initial plans by 21 March. In a letter sent earlier this month to all Devon’s council CEOs and leaders,...
A free one-day festival celebrating women is being held at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 15 March following International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March. The programme includes music from the Newtown Roots Band and The Corduroy Curiosities with a workshop and choir led by Wren Music. There will also be panel discussions and a screening...
Theatre company Little Bulb is bringing a family-friendly performance inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to Emmanuel Hall on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March. Four Seasons uses music, puppetry and clowning to tell the story of a team of intrepid magical gardeners tending to flora and fauna through the changing seasons. The production is...
Devon County Council is planning more bus priority schemes in Exeter’s arterial roads following changes made in Cowick Street, Heavitree Road, Pinhoe Road and New North Road. The Department for Transport has allocated £10.5 million to deliver bus service improvement schemes in Devon during 2025-26, with further funding expected to follow in future years. In...
Exeter Bach Choir is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor on Saturday 8 March at Exeter Cathedral . Led by musical director Jonathan Lucas Wood, Exeter Bach Choir is a mixed-voice choir of around 50 members representing a broad spectrum of musical ability and experience. Formed...
The developer of an energy plant proposed for a Riverside Valley Park public open space has said that its “primary source of heat generation” will be from on-site air source heat pumps despite previously presenting River Exe water source access as central to the scheme. Exeter Energy, a Leeds-based company controlled by 1Energy Group and...
HEADLINES Exeter Energy plant replaces rationale for Grace Road Fields location near River Exe with reliance on air source heat pumps Developer nevertheless seeks planning permission to build in Riverside Valley Park, claiming public open space “not bound” by local plan policy, as scheme ambition and city council environmental leadership claims begin to drain away....
Devon County Council has admitted that the Heavitree & Whipton Active Streets trial it launched in August 2023 led to a “lack of trust in the decision-making process” at County Hall and a perception of a “downward spiral” in Exeter highways management. It also said that focus groups held in November, after the trial scheme...
Theatre company Half a String is bringing a family-friendly tale of trees and nature told with puppetry, music and live camera work to Emmanuel Hall in St Thomas on Friday 21 February. Breathe is set on a hectic forest floor, with larger than life fungi and creaking tree roots. It recounts an extraordinary journey from...
Devon County Council’s plan to postpone the May 2025 local elections has failed alongside its application to join the government’s fast-track devolution priority programme. Secretary of State Angela Rayner announced the decision in a House of Commons statement today. County council leader James McInnes wrote to the government to apply to join the fast-track devolution...