Local news from across East Devon and Exeter - including community stories, crime news and police appeals, photos, plus what's on.

Plans for an East Devonkids’ cooking classroom and food depot, creating around 100 jobs, have been refused by district ...

Overnight repairs costing more than £45,000 are to be carried out by divers at three East Devon swimming pools.

An East Devon family fighting to overturn council orders to demolish a defunct covid vaccination centre on their land, plus another building, have taken their battle to the Government’s planning ...

Police investigating reports of a ‘body’ being discovered in a rural area of East Devon have confirmed the find was not human ...

A pub brawl in Exmouth town centre resulted in a woman being glassed in the face and needing stitches, sparking a police appeal for witnesses. Police said a pub fight broke out in the early hours of ...

An Exeter man who was jailed for sexually abusing three children made his victims wait two years before owning up to his crimes. Michael John West, aged 54, pictured here, formerly of the Wonford area ...

A pensioner has died in hospital after a crash in East Devon, prompting police to appeal for witnesses. Police said an East Devon man in his 80s, travelling in a Range Rover, died in hospital from his ...

‘Is there anything we can do as a community for the owners, to help them? This was the rally cry from Otterton residents in the hours after a home in the village was destroyed by a gas explosion.

A ‘despicable’ fraudster from Exmouth has been jailed for 14 months after pilfering thousands of pounds in TV royalties from an actor and stuntman’s estate. Anthony Gates, aged 62, of Albion Court, ...

Round-up from across East Devon – including community news, photos and events from Exmouth, Sidmouth, Honiton, Axminster, Ottery St Mary, Budleigh Salterton and Seaton. Send your community news to: ...