Exeter & East Devon News from Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has secured £18million in national funding to expand the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at the Nightingale Hospital Exeter. This investment means patients will have quicker and easier access to important tests and scans, helping to reduce waiting times and improving patient care.

People are being warned to watch out for a parking scam doing the rounds. It comes after a motorist was targeted after parking in an Exeter City Council car park.

Cranbrook will now see a Saturday night bus service come into effect this weekend, helping people get home from the city until 4am.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify this man after a wallet containing more than £500 cash was stolen from a Honiton supermarket.

Whipton Barton Federation has been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), a national accolade awarded for exceptional science teaching and strong subject leadership.

Footage has emerged of an unexpected stop on Santa’s busy Christmas delivery round.