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• City council pledges £2.5m to transform ‘notorious’ car park

  An Exeter car park once described as a urine-smelling ‘dystopian film set’ where pedestrians fear to tread is to be transformed.

• ‘Aim higher’ plea on new Exeter canal bridges

  Campaigners are urging Devon County Council to aim higher when it replaces two key bridges over the Exeter Ship Canal.

• Busy day for Exmouth RNLI

  It was a busy day for the Exmouth volunteer lifeboat crew on Wednesday, 22 July, supporting two separate multi-agency incidents alongside our emergency service partners.

• Youngsters warned not to swim in canal or river

  Water safety experts have been raising awareness on Exeter Quayside ahead of World Drowning Prevention Day on Saturday 25 July.

• Efforts sparked to prevent youths from dangerous marina jumps and rude behaviour

  Co-ordinated efforts are being launched to tackle an outbreak of anti-social behaviour at a Devon town’s marina where young people are increasingly putting themselves at danger.

• Coastguards preparing for next round of pay and legal status battle

  Members of Devon’s coastguard staged a protest with their Cornish counterparts amid their ongoing battle over pay and their legal status as workers.

• New Exeter city centre student flats could have a nightclub in the basement

  An Exeter office building that has one of the city’s busiest nightclubs in its basement could soon become a block of student accommodation.

• Appeal following disorder in Exmouth

  Police are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage following an assault on the Exmouth seafront.

• West Exe Praised for Student Progress and Opportunities

  West Exe School is celebrating after Ofsted inspectors recognised student progress, positive relationships and the wide range of opportunities available across the school.

• Gas upgrade work starts in Alphington area of Exeter

  Wales & West Utilities is shortly starting work to upgrade the gas pipes in the Alphington area of Exeter.

• Volunteers sought to protect treasured Devon green space

  A new Volunteer Warden Scheme is being launched at the Grand Western Canal Country Park, giving local residents the opportunity to play an active role in caring for one of Devon’s most cherished green spaces.

• Children and young people in Devon invited to have their say on growing up in England

  The Children’s Commissioner for England has launched ‘The Big Future’, a national survey designed to hear directly from children and young people about their experiences of growing up today.

• Vote for lower speed limit on ‘high casualty road’

  Lower speed limits are set to be implemented on a stretch of a “high casualty road” on the outskirts of Exeter.

• Grumbles as progress for village crossing still not full throttle

  Frustration has been aired about the protracted analysis over a possible pedestrian crossing for an East Devon village that its residents believe is long overdue.

• Preparations for Judicial Review into proposed Devon dice-up under way

  The first preparatory steps for a possible legal challenge against government attempts to carve up Devon are underway.

• Appeal to locate to high end caravan stolen in Awliscombe

  Officers are appealing for caravan owners to be vigilant after two high end caravans were stolen in the middle of the night from a farm in Awliscombe.