Ian Collinson is the new Director of City Development at Exeter City Council. He is responsible for all of the Council’s Planning Services, as well as leading the ambitious Liveable Exeter initiative.
Exeter is getting ready to party with a summer street party in the city centre in June and the City Council is on the look-out for people to get involved.
In his regular feature, Denis the Dustcart talks about little chocolate eggs, all wrapped in foil and how people in the UK get through millions in the run-up to Easter.
A charity lecture by Exeter historian Dr Todd Gray raised £1,815 for those fleeing the war in Ukraine. The money will go towards helping Ukrainian refugees settling in Exeter.
Residents in Exeter are being given the chance to opt-out of the first weed spray of the roads this year in an attempt to reduce the use of potentially–damaging chemical controls in the city.
Topsham Road, one of Exeter’s busiest arterial routes, carrying thousands of vehicles in and out of the city each day, is set to become what a leading local conservation organisation is calling a ‘wild highway’.