East Devon Radio

Exeter-based broadband company Jurassic Fibre have today announced they are supporting the 2022 Exeter College Student Awards by sponsoring the Esports Academy Student of the Year category. The Exeter College Student Awards offer a chance to shine a light on the outstanding achievements of the college’s students.

Rules for all types of road users will be updated to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses. The changes will be made to The Highway Code from tomorrow Saturday 29 January.

Devon & Cornwall Police is hiking its share of council tax by £10 following a vote by the Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Panel. The 4.23%, which comes into effect in April, will see residents in band D council tax pay £246.56 towards policing. 

An annual survey of the county’s network, roads of all classifications have generally improved, with fewer being classified ‘red’. Seventy-one per cent of Devon’s A roads were rated as gree, up from 67 per cent last year, with the number classed ‘red’ down to two per cent, half of that a decade ago.

South Western Railway cut most through trains between Exeter, East Devon and Waterloo a fortnight ago in response to staff shortage caused by the Omicron variant. It also reduced the service to two hourly. Passengers currently must change in Salisbury with a wait of around half an hour. From Monday however one up and one down train in the late afternoon will run through to London. The company says it’s closely monitoring the impact of Omicron and will keep the timetable under constant review. It says the service cuts are not permanent changes.

Hospitality, leisure & accommodation businesses are able to apply for the one-off grant. Eligible businesses include, but are not limited to, pubs, restaurants (excluding takeaways), cafés, tourist attractions, event venues, museums, theatres, holiday parks, hotels, & campsites.

Devon and Cornwall continue to have the third lowest crime rate out of the 42 forces in the country. The latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) crime figures for the year ending September 2021 report a one per cent increase in recorded crime while ‘victim-based crime’ has gone down by 0.6 per cent.

A photo of Alex Male has been released in the hope that the public may recognise him & help track him down The 29 year old from Western-super-Mare is also accused of money laundering & conspiring to acquire a firearm & is thought to be in the Malaga area

Rules for all types of road users will be updated to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses. The changes will be made to The Highway Code from tomorrow Saturday 29 January.

Michelle Steel posted on Social Media how she and her family have been touched by the kind gesture from the residents of Langstone Drive and how the family and friends just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the residents of Langstone Drive.

Throughout another challenging year, the crew at Devon Air Ambulance has been tasked to attend over 1900 incidents across Devon and were also called to assist across our borders in neighbouring counties of Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and one mission to Hampshire.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) will now use the ‘made’ document, which was six years in the making, to help guide developments for the next decade, until 2031. A referendum was held on the 2nd December, where an overwhelming 91 per cent of voters said they would like the document to be used to help inform future decisions about development and planning applications in the area.

Exeter Chiefs are to end their Native American-themed branding this summer. The club had been criticised for continued use of Native American imagery and announced last year they were reviewing their branding.

In local rugby on Saturday Exmouth Cockles will be hoping to follow last week's win at Royal Wootten Bassett with another, this time at Imperial road where Bournemouth are the visitors.

In local Football on Saturday Exmouth Town kept up the pressure on league leaders Tavistock Utd with a 2-1 victory over visiting Keynsham at Southern Road, Jordan Harris gave them the lead just before the break and Arron Denny extended the lead on the 63rd minute with a superb volley.

Locally in Rugby on Saturday after two narrow home defeats Exmouth Cockles got back to winning form with a 29 points to 13 victory over bottom club Royal Wootten Bassett in Wiltshire while Exeter University remain top of the South West Premier League with a convincing 35-13 win at Bournemouth.