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HAD you met Aly Johnson last year, she probably would have been wearing her trademark pink fairy dress and glittery wings. Now the costume only comes out on special occasions because her once mobile...
View ArticleWhat are the odds? Exeter man receives five identical birthday cards
What are the odds? Brian Marchant is still scratching his head after receiving five identical cards on his 80th birthday. Brian, of Ladysmith Road, Heavitree, was delighted to receive the cards, each...
View ArticleWhat we're wearing
We have been out and about in Exeter's Princesshay to have a look at the local winter fashion. Here is what you were wearing. Trushna Patel, left, from London, is wearing a coat and jeans from Zara,...
View ArticleHave your say on £90,000 East Devon skate park facelift
East Devon District Council (EDDC), and the young people from Honiton Youth Centre and Honiton Community College have been working together to design £90,000 of improvements to Honiton skate park in...
View ArticleKleptomaniac conwoman booked wedding on company credit card
A kleptomaniac conwoman stole nine people's identities and used their credit card details to furnish her home and book her wedding. Laura Ward preyed on customers who used the seaside restaurant where...
View ArticleCrews called to electrical fire in St Thomas, Exeter
Fire crews were called to a electoral fire in St Thomas, Exeter this afternoon. The Fire Service received a call reporting smoke issuing from an electrical panic alarm system in willeys Avenue at 13:18...
View ArticleExeter student is best and brightest in UK
A budding mathematician from the University of Exeter has been crowned the UK's best and brightest student after winning a national competition. Second-year student Emily Burton, 19, saw off...
View ArticleChiropractors help Exeter Foodbank in new 'Care and Share' campaign
A group of medical healthcare professionals will donate a day's work as part of a big effort to help feed people in crisis this Christmas. The County Chiropractic based at Marsh Barton team will...
View ArticleDelay in threats case to allow time for psychiatric report
A judge has delayed the sentence of a Torrington man who threatened to kill a housemate to allow more time for a psychiatric report. Darren O'Regan, aged 21, was due to be sentenced at Exeter Crown...
View ArticleWESC Foundation: Meeting the needs of pupils like Nathan
Hundreds drive past the turning into the WESC Foundation every day, but few know of the vital work that goes on inside. That work transforms the lives of young people with visual impairment and...
View ArticleTony Hogg: Legal highs are a 'serious threat to communities'
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has welcomed a Government review of so-called "legal highs" labelling them a "serious threat to our communities". Ministers this week moved to...
View Article"Jesus Christ, it really is all or nothing" - Rev snubs occasional Christmas...
AN Exe Valley rector has likened occasional churchgoers' attendance at Christmas services to treating God "like an elderly relative of whom they are not very fond". For many people, a visit to church...
View ArticleHeavy rain for Devon this weekend, although temperatures could reach double...
Devon will see some heavy rain over the weekend, although temperatures could reach almost double the average for this time of year. The weekend will start off clear and mild, and begin to get cloudy...
View ArticleWoman injured by entry barrier at Exeter car park
Paramedics came to the aid of a woman who was hit on the head by a barrier at a city centre car park in Exeter. The woman, believed to be in her 50s, was on foot when the entry barrier at Mary Arches...
View ArticlePAT BALDWIN: Woodbury run brings out Gladiator effect for Exeter City players
EXETER CITY DEFENDER PAT BALDWIN WRITES FOR WMN SPORT The last time we spoke it was on a free weekend without any game. We were given the weekend off – that was very much appreciated and needed, but it...
View ArticleExeter grandmother 'appalled' by dog mess in city park
Exeter grandmother Gill Hookway had to leave an Exeter play area with her grandson because there was so much dog mess on the grass. Mrs Hookway visited the play area in Quarry Lane at the weekend and...
View ArticleExeter Uni plan new golf practice range and lacrosse hitting wall
EXETER University is hoping to build on its students' sporting prowess with the introduction of a new golf practice range and lacrosse hitting wall. Exeter are currently national university golfing...
View ArticleMan arrested in Newton Abbot after 'threats to kill'
Armed police were sent to a property at St Mary's Court, Newton Abbot, and a man was arrested following 'threats to kill' on Friday evening. Police were called to the address at 7pm officers stopped...
View ArticleAmbulance called to fire in St Thomas, Exeter
Fire crews were called to a kitchen blaze in St Thomas, Exeter this afternoon. The Fire Service received a call reporting a fire in the downstairs of a building in Flowerpot Lane, St Thomas at 13:39....
View ArticleMatch report: Toulon 32 Exeter 20
Heineken Cup champions Toulon regained their place at the top of Pool Two as two tries from wing Dave Smith set them on their way to a bonus point win over Exeter Chiefs. The Chiefs had got close to...
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