East Devon Radio

Households in Exmouth will receive their own map of the town that showcases the best of the outdoors. The maps will be delivered by Royal Mail by 24th April. Wild Exmouth, a three year community nature project, has produced a wonderful map to highlight trails and cycle paths along with parks, nature reserves, play areas and community orchards.

Construction work on the new railway station at Marsh Barton in Exeter – which should be open by the end of 2022 – has begun. The proposed station will have two platforms, with the eastern and western platforms served by trains to Newton Abbot and Exeter, respectively.

At 11.38am today Thursday 15 April 2021 Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II was launched having been tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of a kitesurfer struggling and apparently in difficulty. He was sighted between Sandy Bay and Budleigh Beach.

Police are concerned for Maurice Button, a 69 years old male missing from Newton Abbot, who was last seen getting off a bus in Sidmouth High Street at approximately 1445hrs on Wednesday the 14th of April 2021.

Shortly after 2:30pm on Wednesday 14th April 2021, emergency services attended Reedy Hill in Dunsford, Devon, on report of an overturned vehicle. Upon arrival, a Ford Transit flatbed was found on its side, and a 76-year-old man from Exeter had been removed and emergency CPR was being conducted by members of the public.

Exmouth Miniature Railway is BACK and is looking forward to being in the Queen’s Drive Space from May 1st til the end of October. It has a 10 1/4 gauge diesel train called the Exmouth Express, the main body of the locomotive is the 1978 original and the refurbished carriages are from the 1950’s. The miniature railway is also portable and will also be travelling to events and shows across the South West of England.

A woman was left shocked after finding a fish skull with a huge tongue and razor sharp teeth washed up in Devon. Angela Mynard and her husband Dan came across the mystery skull whilst out on a dog walk on Shelly Beach in Exmouth yesterday (April 13).

Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched today to rescue a female kayaker who became unwell and capsized in the River Exe off Lympstone Manor.

A 300-year-old Oak tree is set to be cut down to enable a new affordable housing development in Starcross to be built – as a ‘ransom strip’ prohibits any other access to the site. Teignbridge District Council’s planning committee on Tuesday morning approved a scheme that would see 20 affordable homes built on land off Brickyard Lane in the village, which would also see the existing play park taken down but replaced elsewhere on the site.

Police investigating a suspicious barn fire near Southleigh, Colyton, in which three vintage tractors worth £35,000 were destroyed, are appealing for witnesses. It is believed the fire was started deliberately between 8pm and 10pm, on Sunday 11 April, at Wiscombe Farm, Seaton Road, Colyton. The owner of the tractors had checked the barn at about 8pm, and it was locked and secured, but the barn was found to be well alight at about 10pm that night.

Jessi Little, owner at BJS Engineering, in Offwell, East Devon, for the last four years has waived his MOT fee for the Honiton-based charity’s motorbikes.  And when other Devon garages closed during the first Covid-19 lockdown, Jessi stayed open for the Devon Freewheelers and took on the charity’s servicing, mechanics and MOTs from other areas of the county. 

Volunteers are the heart of the RNLI and make up 95% of our people. They are ordinary people who do extraordinary things and without them we couldn’t save lives at sea. And it’s not all about volunteering on our lifeboats or at our stations; there are so many other ways you can give a little (or a lot) of your time to support the RNLI and make a lifesaving difference.

Hospiscare’s Twilight Walk is back with a twist and you’re invited! This summer, grab your chance to get glammed up and outshine the stars themselves for the 15th anniversary Twilight Walk – Twilight with a Twist. Everyone is invited to join the fun and raise much-needed money to shine a light for local patients and families facing terminal illness.

The variety of different roles you can undertake while working at the fire service has helped me develop and progress in my career while looking after my two sons. I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of different roles, some people may not know all the different specialisms you can go into.

The School Association ran a project to raise money to buy all the staff an Easter Egg as a thank you for looking after out children and keeping them safe and educated.

Supporters from across Exeter, Mid and East Devon turned their miles into money for a local charity walking event. On Saturday 20 March, 630 people took part in Men’s Walk – Your Way to raise vital funds for Hospiscare, the local hospice charity that cares for patients with a terminal illness and their families in the heart of Devon.

Jay King, our newest and youngest Exmouth RNLI Tour Guide, is doing a 25k run around Exmouth starting 0900 on Saturday 3rd April 2021 to raise much needed funds for the RNLI.

I am a frontline firefighter currently working at Station 60 USAR (Urban Search and Rescue). This involves being trained and ready for major national incidents such as large scale terror attacks, large fires and collapsed buildings.

Devon’s health chiefs and leaders are urging people to ‘be sensible’ as social contact and mixing increases as England moves out of lockdown. The nation moved into step 2 of the roadmap from Monday, which among others saw the opening of non-essential retail, personal care premises, gyms, as well as allowing pubs and restaurants to reopen outdoors.

Devon & Cornwall Police have launched a new website to provide members of the public with more information on policing and security planning ahead of the G7 Summit. 

Police investigating reports of a violent incident in the Buckland area of Newton Abbot at around 6.15pm on Sunday 14 March are appealing for information. Several people were injured in the incident, with one requiring hospital treatment and officers are investigating a number of reports of assault. Police are appealing to members of the public who were around the area at the time of the incident. 

Police investigating a serious assault in Regent Street, Teignmouth, at around 4.45pm, on Monday 5 April, are appealing for information. A 56-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his eye and it is not known whether he will recover his sight. Police are appealing to members of the public who were in Teignmouth town centre, close to WH Smith, at the time and may have seen anything, to come forward.

If you are looking for a new challenge?  Wanting to make a difference in your community?  then consider volunteering as a Special Constable? On Tuesday 13th April we are holding a virtual awareness event which is an opportunity to find out more about the role and hear from some of our serving Specials about what it is like to be a Special.

Two of Devon’s four hospitals currently have no patients who have been admitted following a positive Covid-19 test. As of Tuesday morning (April 6), there were 14 patients across the county in hospital after a positive test, down on the 19 as of the previous Tuesday – the lowest number since the start of October.

Devon’s public health chief is encouraging every adult in Devon to take a rapid, lateral flow test for coronavirus twice a week to try and keep the rates of coronavirus low. Infection rates in Devon are the second lowest of any upper tier authority in England – 11.2/100,000 in the seven days to April 3 – and the lowest that they have been in the county since mid-September and to just five per cent of the infection rates in early January. At a lower tier level, Torridge, South Hams and North Devon are in the bottom ten in England, with no area of Devon currently reporting more than three case

Extensive fire damage has been caused to the property and the building remains unsafe. The 89-year -old resident is still unaccounted for and in order to locate her, the house will be demolished in a systematic and controlled way over the next few days, with consideration to the family, the local residents and the safety of all.

A decision over controversial plans for what would be Devon’s largest solar farm – and bigger than the Vatican City – has been delayed so councillors can go on a site visit. The Langford Solar Farm Application Site would occupy approximately 61 hectares of agricultural land to the east and north-east of the village of Langford.

The owners of the Globe Backpackers on Holloway Street have submitted plans to convert the premises into flats as a result of the need to “virus-proof” their business. It is the only hostel in Exeter, and has been run by the owners for the last 22 years.

In the local Devon and Exeter league football on Saturday Exmouth Rovers retained their  100 % record with a 3-1 victory at Dunkerswell Rovers in division one east,making it 3 wins from 3,while in the same league East Budleigh beat Lympstone Utd 1-0 . In division four Exmouth Towns third team were well beaten 3-0 by visitors Falcons behind closed doors at Southern Road.

Winger Laura Sheehan admitted that she was “buzzing” after marking her first start in Exeter Chiefs colours with a try, as her side held their nerve to secure a 17-12 victory over Loughborough Lightning in the Allianz Premier 15s.

Former Exeter City player Ollie Watkins scored for his country this evening (Thursday 25th) against San Marino. Ollie came on as a substitute for Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin on 63 minutes. Watkins scored on his debut 20 minutes later.

Gloucester 34 Exeter Chiefs 18 Gloucester Rugby came back to win last night (Friday 26th) against defending champions Exeter Chiefs at Kingsholm in Round 15 of the 2020/21 Gallagher Premiership

Exeter City 1 Salford City 0 Exeter stopped a run of three successive defeats with a win against Salford's new manager Gary Bowyer's first game ended in a loss at St James Park.