DeFRA has confirmed a positive case of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in a dead gull collected at Seaton Wetlands.

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• Award Winning Author Leads Writers’ Workshop at Sidmouth College

  Students at Sidmouth College have had the exciting opportunity to take part in a writers’ workshop led by local author Jane Corry this term.

• Police Statement – Incident Near Cranbrook Railway

  Emergency services were called to the railway near Cranbrook shortly before 7am after a report from Network Rail. Officers from Exeter Patrol, BTP, Fire and Rescue, and the South West Ambulance HART team attended the scene.

• Exeter’s Museum awarded crucial funding

  Exeter City Council’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) has been awarded a grant from the Government’s Museum Renewal Fund, a fund supporting the sustainability and development of museums across the UK.

• Consultation on the future of the Dryden Road scheme to be held in the New Year

  Exeter residents will be asked for their views on the Dryden Road traffic scheme in the New Year, with the response to help determine its future.  

• Police appeal for information following a fatal collision in Marsh Barton

  Police are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage following a fatal road traffic collision in Exeter.

• Air Cadets embark on a new fundraising project for Poppy Appeal

  13 (City of Exeter) Squadron, in partnership with The Royal British Legion and the Devon Poppy Appeal, will be turning the historic green gates of Wyvern Barracks red with poppies. The striking sea of red poppies will be placed on the gates ahead of the national period of remembrance in November.

• Chance to comment on land disposal at Grace Road

  People are being invited to comment on a Public Open Space Disposal for land at Grace Road Field, Marsh Barton, for a proposed energy centre.

• Devon council’s revamped grant scheme expecting high demand

  An overhaul of a Devon council’s grant scheme that includes hikes in the amount individual groups can bid for is expected to attract high demand when it launches.