Immanuel Feyi-Waboso: ‘World-class’ England winger can be Prem top scorer

Post published:October 5, 2025
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Baxter's side finished second-from-bottom of the Premiership last season and only bottom side Newcastle scored fewer points than the 403 Exeter managed over their 18 games. But the Exeter boss feels there is a similar drive in his squad to get Feyi-Waboso to the top of the try-scoring charts as his team had in 2021 when Sam Simmonds broke the Premiership single-season try-scoring record.The England and British and Irish Lions number eight managed 21 tries in 22 games…

Exeter Digest #91: King Billy community balance – Grace Road Fields disposal – Summerland Street “co-living” postponement – Exeter College merger – Clarendon House PBSA

Post published:October 5, 2025
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SPECIAL REPORTCouncil denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approvalExeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents as council bid to include PBSA in housing delivery figures weakens local planning policy – but does not remove it from decision-making altogether. Read the report here.HEADLINESBotched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park green spaceCouncil land disposal to include rights to lay underground…

Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park green space

Post published:October 4, 2025
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Exeter City Council has restarted its botched public consultation on the disposal of up to 8.5 acres of public green space in Riverside Valley Park to enable the construction of a “low-to-zero carbon” industrial heat plant for which it granted outline planning approval in August.The council initially agreed the sale of a 2.5 acre plot in Grace Road Fields, a fifteen acre ex-playing field in the valley park, to Exeter Energy, a Leeds-based company controlled by 1Energy Group…

Torquay United beat Salisbury 1-0 for first away win of the season

Post published:October 4, 2025
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Torquay United got their first away victory of the season as they won 1-0 at Salisbury in National League South. Matt Worthington converted Jay Foulston's eighth-minute cross to score what proved to be the decisive goal. Jordan Yong could have doubled the lead but his 31st-minute penalty was saved while Worthington also had a chance to add to Torquay's tally soon after. Matt Briggs had a good chance to level the scores with 20 minutes left but was…

Woman and child rescued after tree falls on car in Plymouth

Post published:October 4, 2025
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Emergency services had to rescue a woman and a child who were trapped inside a car after a tree fell on it. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews attended Haye Road in Plymstock, Plymouth, on Saturday at about 11:15 BST.The fire service said police and the ambulance service also attended and removed the occupants, who were checked at the scene by paramedics. The incident was handed over to Devon and Cornwall Police. Source link

The Prem: Exeter 38-15 Newcastle Red Bulls – Chiefs continue fine start

Post published:October 4, 2025
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Exeter: John; Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hammersley, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Varney; Goodrick-Clarke, Dweba, Iosefa-Scott, Jenkins (capt), Zambonin, Roots, Fisilau, Vintcent.Replacements: Yeandle, Blose, Tchumbadze, Tuima, Pearson, James, Chapman, Lilley.Newcastle: Williams; Spencer, Doherty, Grayson, Hearle; Connon, Elliott; McCallum, McGuigan (capt), de Bruin, Hodgson, Clarke, Neild, Gordon, Mafi.Replacements: Fletcher, Brocklebank, Palframan, Usher, Lee-Warner, Dickens, Chamberlain, Obatoyinbo.Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys. Source link

Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development

Post published:October 4, 2025
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The construction of a 145-bed “co-living” block in Summerland Street has been postponed – along with a £200,000 Community Infrastructure Levy payment – after Exeter City Council approved an amendment to the block’s planning consent earlier this week.The council approved the plans for the six-storey block between Verney Street and Red Lion Lane, opposite a 734-bed student accommodation block in Cheeke Street, in January last year.The approval followed a council decision taken in private in May 2022 to…

Plymouth man who died in M5 crash was ‘truly wonderful’

Post published:October 3, 2025
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The family of a man who died in a crash on the M5 have paid tribute to him as a "truly wonderful gentleman".Mihai Florescu, 39, from Plymouth, died at the scene of a four-vehicle crash near Junction 27 at Tiverton at about 23:10 BST on 18 September.His wife Laura said: "There are few words to express the deep pain and sorrow of losing Mihai Florescu, a loving husband, son, brother and friend who has been taken from us…

Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025

Post published:October 3, 2025
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ON OUR RADAR Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam. Leigh Curtis Spork! presents a spoken-word Halloween special at Exeter Phoenix on Friday 31 October featuring Bristol poets Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam. Jo Eades is the winner of poetry slams at the Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival and the Hip Yak Poetry Shack. Her debut poetry…

Man, 45, suffers life-threatening injuries in Exeter crash

Post published:October 3, 2025
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A man has suffered life-threatening injuries after a single-car crash, police have said.The crash involving a blue Ford Fusion happened on Stoke Road in Exeter at about 08:40 BST, Devon and Cornwall Police said.Officers said a 45-year-old man, from Tiverton, was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth with serious injuries and the road was closed for nearly six hours for investigative work.The force appealed for for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to contact them. Source link

Four plead not guilty to Plymouth acid attack murder

Post published:October 3, 2025
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Jonathan MorrisSouth WestDevon and Cornwall PoliceDanny Cahalane was attacked on Lipson Road, Plymouth, on 21 February and died in hospital on 3 MayThree men and a woman have pleaded not guilty to murder following a fatal acid attack on a man in his own home.Danny Cahalane, 38, was attacked on Lipson Road, Plymouth, on 21 February and died in hospital on 3 May.Brian Kalemba, 22, Abdul-Rasheed Adedoja, 22, Ramarnee Bakjas, 23, all from London, and Jude Hill, 43,…

Brendan Wiredu: Plymouth Argyle player says overcoming abuse made him stronger

Post published:October 3, 2025
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Brendan Wiredu says overcoming the abuse he received after his Plymouth Argyle debut has made him stronger.Argyle condemned online abuse the 25-year-old suffered after the 3-1 home loss to Barnsley in the opening game of the season.Wiredu scored an own goal, made a mistake that led - in part - to Barnsley's second goal and was booked for an on-pitch scuffle before being substituted at half-time.But he has since been in good form as part of a successful…