Stories by Leigh Curtis
SATURDAY 16 AUGUST 2025
Quayside Farmers’ Market
Monthly market offering local produce, hand-made goods, plants, cakes and more.
EXETER QUAY
Devon & Cornwall Police deputy chief constable Jim Colwell receives 18-month misconduct warning
Outcome of Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation delivered day before retirement of suspended chief constable Will Kerr announced, with Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez unwilling to say whether “golden handshake” agreed.
Royal Devon NHS Trust resident doctors stage five-day strike from 7am Friday
Twelfth round of industrial action in long-running dispute over pay and employment conditions to go ahead following failed talks between British Medical Association and health secretary Wes Streeting.
Newtown active travel scheme approved after four years of public consultations
Joint Devon County Council and Exeter City Council project includes road closure, car parking changes and contraflow Clifton Hill cycle lane.
New Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” complex proposals submitted to Exeter City council
Application for full planning permission for 813-room scheme in seven blocks follows decision to reject previously-proposed 955-room scheme in two blocks which was subsequently upheld at appeal.
