Buses will replace trains between Axminster and Exeter St Davids from Saturday 9 November to Friday 22 November inclusive while Network Rail engineers install a mile of new track through Honiton Tunnel.
Over a two-week period engineers replace the existing 50-year-old track through the tunnel, as well as installing new sleepers and ballast.
Devon based chef Gideon Hitchin sold his popular restaurant the Giant Club in Axminster during the first covid lockdown in 2020 and has been finding unusual ways to connect with his loyal customers ever since.
In June 2021 he organised a series of pop-up restaurant events in a tractor shed on a wildflower farm outside of Honiton. All 500 tickets sold out within a week of going on...
A fun event for children and their families took place in Axminster earlier this week and was organised by local food group Nourish along with Police Community Support Officer Hayley Widger.
The ‘Fun in the Field’ event on Tuesday 29 August at the Axe Valley Academy sports field was a chance for local families to be fed and enjoy some games at the end of the school holidays. There...
Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the A358 outside Axminster on Wednesday 28 June are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
Officers were called to reports of a collision involving a Range Rover and a motorcycle on A358 Chard Road, Axminster, at the junction with South Common Road, at around 8.44am.
Devon-based World Extreme Medicine, the world’s largest global medic network, is sending a fourth convoy to Ukraine to deliver medical training and urgently needed medical supplies directly into the war-torn country.
The initiative, known as Medics4Ukraine, was set up by WEM founder Mark Hannaford earlier in the year in response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis.
A unique community preloved toy shop opens in Axminster on Friday 25 February, with a special launch event.
No Toy Left Behind is a brand new community shop selling gorgeous and giftable, lovingly restored preloved toys. Kickstarted by a successful crowdfunding campaign, the not-for-profit environmental initiative aims to decrease waste by saving toys from landfill and inspiring the...
East Devon District Council Alderman Douglas Hull, who has died recently, was Mr. Axminster, a much loved Councillor who sincerely held his constituents close to his heart, writes Cllr Eileen Wragg, Deputy Leader of the Council.
Cllr Wragg said that Alderman Hull “could be seen as flamboyant, even eccentric at times, but what was not in doubt was the compassion and empathy that he...
Independent developer C G Fry & Son Ltd., with multi-award winning sites across the south west, officially opened its new three-bedroom detached showhome with a ribbon cutting ceremony at ‘Lea Place’ development in Axminster. The small, and exclusive development of just 13 private new-build homes, is built in two adjoining cul-de-sacs with the first properties available for sale this...
