News in Exmouth

Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival is celebrating the success of its first ever hybrid virtual and physical festival with more than 11,000 unique pages views of the 31 events since they went online from September 16.

Viewers tuned in from as far away as the USA, Canada and Australia, as well as plenty from closer to home in East Devon, to enjoy this year's line-up, with headliners including writer, comedian, presenter of QI Sandi Toksvig OBE; former British Ambassador to the United States Sir Kim Darroch; behavioural scientist and activist Dr Pragya Agarwal; former Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal; and bestselling author and creator of Midsomer Murders Anthony Horowitz.

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Police in Exmouth are warning residents keep their windows locked after suspicious activity was reported in the area.

Two people were seen in the grounds of a residential home in Woodbury acting suspiciously. They were challenged and made off in a silver vehicle.

In an effort to help our readers who have lost their jobs due to the Coronavirus pandemic we have compiled a list of jobs currently hiring in and around Exmouth to give you a helping hand in your job hunt!

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No deaths relating to coronavirus in East Devon have been registered in the last four weeks, latest ONS figures reveal.

It is the 13th week in a row across Devon and Cornwall combined that the number of deaths has been in single figure, and the 9th week in a row where the figure of deaths has been either zero, one, or two.

125 little riders aged one to six wheeled their way over more than 800km on specific bike trails around Exmouth and Exeter during the Summer to earn a 'I'm a Whizz Kid' Lockdown medal.

They also raised much needed funds for the UK wide charity Whizz-Kidz who support disabled children in leading a more mobile life.

East Devon District Council has registered its opposition to a 'ludicrous' algorithm that could see double the number of new homes have to be built each year.

The Government is set to change the method they use for calculating the amount of housing each district should provide each year, with the new method seeing the numbers in East Devon rise by 67 per cent, Mid Devon by 75 per cent, and Teignbridge by 102 per cent.

Plans to develop Exmouth's former Rolle College campus into 39 new homes have been submitted to planners in East Devon.

The 39 new homes would comprise of 10 houses and 29 apartments, with Grade II Listed Eldin House being converted and refurbished into apartments.

The UK's Chief Scientific Officer has today warned that the UK could see 49,000 daily cases of coronavirus by mid-October if the infection rate continues to rise.

In a Downing Street briefing today, Sir Patrick Vallance used the latest coronavirus figures to give the public a prediction on what the virus could look like in the UK next month.

There have been some interesting stories in Exmouth this week, we had the rare, and somewhat surreal, sighting of a tuna circling paddleboarders and the owner of Spoken seeking Quick Gin investors.

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