East Devon Radio

At 5.18pm today Saturday 13 August 2022, following multiple 999 calls, H.M. Coastguard requested the crew of Exmouth inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II to attend the River Exe off Turf Locks where a 22ft speedboat was reportedly in serious difficulty and sinking.

Exmouth Towns historic first game in the Southern League with a 3-1 away victory ! Town we’re two up at ht with a couple of opportunist goals.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision that occurred on the M5 southbound at junction 28 on Thursday 11 August. The incident involved a single vehicle, a red Porsche.

At 5.45pm yesterday Friday 12 August 2022, H.M. Coastguard requested the crew of Exmouth inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II to attend the area off Exmouth Marina following a report of a number of water users caught in a rip tide in that area.

A drought has been declared today in the South West as well as other parts of the Country following a prolonged period of dry weather. This followed a meeting of the National Drought Group and the Water Minister.

In local football tomorrow Exmouth Town will hope to recover from last weekends cup defeat at Buckland Athletic when they travel to take on Melksham Town at Oakfield stadium in their opening Southern League One South fixture.

Tomorrow in the local Tolchard Devon Cricket League Premier Division Sidmouth go looking for much needed points to pull away from the bottom group when they play host to Bradninch at the Fortfield ground.

As temperatures across the county are forecast to remain high, Devon County Council are reminding the public to travel with care. The Amber weather warning for extreme heat is in place until midnight Sunday 14 August.

In the Peninsula League East on Tuesday evening Honiton Town were held to a 0-0 draw by Bridport Utd at St Marys , Crediton Utd beat Elmore at lord's meadow while Okehampton Argyle won 3-0 at Torringtons Donnacroft Fields.

Chewing gum stains in Exeter’s High Street are set to be tackled thanks to the securing of major new funding. New signage encouraging people to put their gum in the bins provided is set to go up along with high pressure cleaning of the stains left by chewing gum.

Shopping vouchers worth £200, or £100, can be won by people who respond to a new survey inviting views about energy efficiency within their home.

A new free and confidential digital mental health and wellbeing service for adults is now available across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.

Honiton Community Spaces have launched a major campaign to raise £325,000 to revitalise a much-loved Honiton community building.

Nature charity Devon Wildlife Trust is inviting families to go wild every Thursday in Exeter’s Mincinglake Valley Park.

A group of 12 energetic young people who have signed up to the National Citizenship Service picked Exmouth RNLI as their chosen charity fundraiser.

Suzanne Tracey, Chief Executive Officer, Hannah Foster, Chief People Officer, and Professor Adrian Harris, Chief Medical Officer, will be jumping out of a plane at 15,000 feet for the two charities that support staff and patients at the Royal Devon. After a 20-minute three-mile ascent, the plane doors will open and, one by one, each of the jumpers will face a minute’s freefall before their parachutes open and they float back to solid ground.

Exmouth Towns historic first game in the Southern League with a 3-1 away victory ! Town we’re two up at ht with a couple of opportunist goals.

In local football tomorrow Exmouth Town will hope to recover from last weekends cup defeat at Buckland Athletic when they travel to take on Melksham Town at Oakfield stadium in their opening Southern League One South fixture.

Tomorrow in the local Tolchard Devon Cricket League Premier Division Sidmouth go looking for much needed points to pull away from the bottom group when they play host to Bradninch at the Fortfield ground.

In the Peninsula League East on Tuesday evening Honiton Town were held to a 0-0 draw by Bridport Utd at St Marys , Crediton Utd beat Elmore at lord's meadow while Okehampton Argyle won 3-0 at Torringtons Donnacroft Fields.