Radio Exe

Radio Exe, previously known as Exeter FM, is a locally owned and independent radio station located in Exeter, Devon.

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Decision on Exeter swimming pool due this week

4 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Protests against the closure of an Exeter swimming pool are gathering pace. Around 50 campaigners met at the Isca Centre to make their point, as Exeter City Council held the last of its public consultations on its future. The Labour-led council announced in February that it wanted to close the pool to save money, blaming low usage and revenue.
South Hams tourism down, but average spending up

4 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

The number of people visiting tourist hotspots in the South Hams is dropping, but those who are coming are spending a lot more money. New research commissioned by South Hams Council reveals that tourism is worth a staggering £266 million a year to the district, which includes places like Salcombe and Dartmouth. The figures are contained in a report to the council’s executive committee by the South West Research Company which highlights tourism as a ‘key contributor’ to the local economy.
Dartington pool expected to reopen

5 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Money paid by developers building homes in South Devon is to be spent on improving a village swimming pool. The unheated 20-metre Meadowbrook Park pool at Dartington has been closed since 2022 and is in what South Hams Council calls a ‘dilapidated’ state, in need of a major upgrade. Now, though, the council is poised to rubber stamp an £88,000 transformation funded by Section 106 funds, which are paid as a community ‘dividend’ by developers when they get permission to build homes.
Lib Dems "have mountain to climb" in Devon, says its leader

6 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Alison Stephenson

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says his party has “a big mountain to climb” to take control of Devon County Council in the forthcoming election from the Conservatives but is “working hard” to make gains.
Exeter to lobby Post Office over city centre branch future

6 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Exeter City Council is to lobby the Post Office amid concerns for the future of counter services across the country. Post Offices at Paignton, Plymouth, Teignmouth and Bideford were on an initial list of 115 branches earmarked for possible closure earlier this year, sparking an outcry. The Post Office said changing shopping habits are behind the decision. Since then, there have been suggestions that some of the threatened Post Offices could continue if franchise holders take them on.
Pop-up market proposal for Exeter city centre

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Exeter is in line to get a pop-up city centre market on the site of its former bus station. Members of the city council heard that an entrepreneur had come up with proposals to set up a market on the site off Sidwell Street where the bus station was demolished last year. Cllr Lynn Wetenhall (Green, Newton and St Leonards) reminded a meeting of the full council that having a market was the most popular option for the land, according to a recent public consultation.
'Bad deal' blast over Churston solar farm

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Councillors trying to get South West Water to build a solar farm on fields at Churston have been accused of coming up with a bad deal for the people of Torbay. Torbay Council’s cabinet voted unanimously to ask South West Water (SWW) to build the solar farm next to its sewage works at Brokenbury, rather than build it themselves. The council decided last June to build the project and then sell the electricity to SWW.
Broadside for 'incongruous' Kingsbridge waterside home

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Plans for a ‘massive’ and ‘incongruous’ three-bedroom house looking out across the Kingsbridge estuary have been sunk. The proposal for the house called Galleon’s Reach was scuppered after South Hams Council’s development management committee heard that it was inappropriate for its location.
Bovey Tracey holiday homes plan rejected

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Plans to convert a disused care home on the edge of Dartmoor into half a dozen holiday lets have been thrown out. The owners of Tracey House retirement home on the outskirts of Bovey Tracey told Teignbridge Council’s planning committee they had tried without success to sell the business. Instead, they now wanted to create six units for holidaymakers. But the committee heard that Bovey Tracey Town Council opposes the plan, and local people want permanent homes there rather than holiday lets.
Torridge taxpayers safe from leisure collapse

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Alison Stephenson

Torridge District Council has confirmed that council taxpayers won’t lose out after a company it used for its leisure centre going into administration. Active Nation, which processed payroll and membership subscriptions for centres in Northam, Great Torrington and Holsworthy stopped trading earlier this month. The transfer of all payments to the council’s leisure company Active Torridge is now almost complete and running the centres hasn’t been affected, says the authority.