"Street and Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital. The 56 service goes to the Met Office or Exeter Airport other services include the 5A, 5B, 6,6A and the 55A. Exeter St David's railway station Exeter St David's is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England. It is from on the line through Bristol which continues to Plymouth and Penzance. It is also served by an alternative route to London Waterloo via Salisbury and branch lines to Exmouth and Barnstaple. The station opened in 1844 as the terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It is currently"
"radio station is Phonic FM. Both BBC Spotlight and ITV Westcountry provide Exeter with regional news outputs. BBC Spotlight is broadcast from Plymouth and ITV Westcountry is broadcast from Bristol. Although, both services do have newsrooms in Exeter. The St Thomas and Stockland Hill transmitting station both provide the city's coverage with both transmitters having completed the digital switchover. Exeter is twinned with Rennes in France, Bad Homburg in Germany, Yaroslavl in Russia, and Terracina in Italy. Exeter Exeter () is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST). The city is located on the"
"weeks. The Exeter studios were officially opened by Alastair Milne, then BBC Director General, on 30 September 1983. The station has reporters based in Exeter, Plymouth, Paignton and Barnstaple, allowing it to cover news stories throughout Devon. It broadcasts two breakfast shows simultaneously, one for Plymouth and the other for the rest of Devon. The newsroom in Plymouth is shared with the BBC regional website and television teams. The station has won several Sony Awards for its programming. Radio Devon is broadcast on the following frequencies from BBC Broadcasting House in Plymouth and Pynes Hill in Exeter (transmitter location in"
"(on behalf of Devon County Council) between Exeter Central and Okehampton. The majority of passengers travel to or from Barnstaple – about three times the number of all the other stations north of Exeter. Portsmouth Arms is the quietest station in Devon. Some of the smaller stations have seen a decline in passenger numbers during the last few years, although there have been significant increases at Umberleigh, Eggesford, and Copplestone and on the line overall. Comparing the year from April 2009 to that which started in April 2002, passenger numbers at Barnstaple have increased by 71%. Tarka Line is named"
"is estimated to receive an influx of over 17.5 million visitors each year. The operational area is predominantly rural but also has large urban centres including Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Bath, Swindon, Gloucester, Bournemouth and Poole. The headquarters for the service is in Exeter, Devon, and the service has 96 ambulance stations and 6 air bases. The Chief Executive is Ken Wenman, who was appointed on 1 July 2006 on creation of the trust, having previously served as the Chief Executive of the former Dorset Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Trust’s core operations include: It is one of ten Ambulance"
"the conditions for battle, particularly the RAF. In September 2003 the Met Office moved its headquarters from Bracknell in Berkshire to a purpose-built £80m structure at Exeter Business Park, near junction 29 of the M5 motorway. The new building was officially opened on 21 June 2004 – a few weeks short of the Met Office's 150th anniversary – by Robert May, Baron May of Oxford. It has a worldwide presenceincluding a forecasting centre in Aberdeen, and offices in Gibraltar and on the Falklands. Other outposts lodge in establishments such as the Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology (JCMM) at University of"
"by 2000. Some included electrifying the Bristol to Exeter line, Exeter to Plymouth Line, Riviera Line and Cornish Main Line. Under the 1979–90 Conservative governments that succeeded the 1976–79 Labour government the proposal was not implemented. At present, there are no proposals to electrify the line or any other railway lines in Devon or Cornwall. South West Trains operated several services between and Paignton via for several years, as well as some to or . Since December 2009 their services only operate east of Exeter St Davids. Local passenger services on the line are currently operated by Great Western Railway."
"and Plymouth. Stroke, vascular service, paediatrics, maternity and ear, nose and throat services would be consolidated onto fewer sites. Community hospital provision would be considerably reduced. Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust took over Exeter’s NHS walk-in centre from Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust in March 2018. It also runs Honiton Minor Injury Unit. Healthwatch was set up under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to act as a voice for patients. The county has Healthwatches based in Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter. Devon was named one of the 11 most financially challenged health economies in the country in"
"troops of Scouts and the Bracknell Forest Lions Club, which was formed in 1968 to help those in need. The area has various schools including St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brakenhale Academy, Easthampstead Park School, Garth Hill College and Ranelagh Church of England School. Bracknell and Wokingham College of further education is also based in the area. The Silwood Park campus of Imperial College London is to the east of Bracknell town centre. The University of Reading is to the northwest, and Royal Holloway College to the east. Bracknell Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the"
"across the county, currently provided by Virgin Care. Mears Group won a contract to provide home care services for Devon County Council in March 2016. The main hospital providers in the county are University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The leaked Sustainability and transformation plan for the county, intended to tackle a predicted funding gap of £572m in 2020/21, suggested that 600 hospital beds could go, and that most acute services, including the maternity unit, would move from Barnstaple to Exeter"
"Bracknell Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the Borough of Bracknell Forest. It lies to the east of Reading, south of Maidenhead, southwest of Windsor and west of central London. Originally a market village and part of the Windsor Great Forest, Bracknell experienced a period of huge growth during the mid-20th Century when it was declared a New Town. Planned at first for a population of 25,000, Bracknell New Town was further expanded in the late 1960s to accommodate a population of"
"Exeter Exeter () is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST). The city is located on the River Exe approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. It is the county town of Devon, and the base of Devon County Council. Also situated in Exeter, are two campuses of the University of Exeter, Streatham Campus and St Luke's Campus. Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain. Exeter became a religious centre during the Middle Ages and into the Tudor times: Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican during"
"St Thomas, Exeter St Thomas (St Thomas the Apostle's) is a large civil parish in Devon, England, on the western side of the river Exe, connected to Exeter by Exe Bridge. It has a number of pubs, places of worship, a couple of schools and a large shopping precinct. The population, according to the 2001 census, is 6,246, increasing to 6,455 at the 2011 Census. St Thomas ward is currently politically represented by County and City Councillor, Rob Hannaford and City Councillor Adrian Fullam. It originally consisted of two detached parts, the main part of which was by Exeter, to"
"in the Exeter area. Both companies were sold to the Stagecoach Group in 1996, and became Stagecoach Devon in 2003. Devon General quickly expanded beyond its original routes between Exeter, Newton Abbot and Torquay. A number of small operators were bought out (see below), but area agreements with larger neighbours set out the company's area of operation. While the boundaries changed in detail from time to time, the area was largely set out in two agreements. Most of the directors of the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Company came from the London area and so the company offices were established"
"of White Horse and South Oxfordshire districts of Oxfordshire, but excludes Slough and Eton, which were historically in Buckinghamshire. Berkshire County Council was the main local government of the county from 1889 to 1998 and was based in Reading, though the County Borough of Reading was administered separately until 1974. In 1974, the county's administrative boundaries were significantly altered. The towns of Abingdon, Didcot, Faringdon, Wallingford and Wantage were transferred to Oxfordshire, while Slough was added from Buckinghamshire. Since 1998, Berkshire has been governed by the six unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and"
"operations were sold to Reading Buses. In 1993 Beeline purchased the Slough operations of Luton & District Transport, until 1986 the Slough depot of London Country Bus Services and later part of the London Country North West division. In March 1996 Beeline was sold to CentreWest who in turn was sold to FirstGroup in March 1997. Initially trading as First Beeline, in 2001 it was rebranded as First Berkshire & The Thames Valley. Following the loss of nine Bracknell Forest Council supported services to Courtney Buses on 13 July 2015 and the sale of route 90 Bracknell to Reading to"
"including telemarketing. The company has also been a significant winner in the 'Kickstart competition', a directly government funded initiative to provide and upgrade to services which should eventually become self-supporting. Stagecoach Devon won three such bids, the Culm Valley connect services in September 2004, the 12A South Devon College services in September 2005 and the upgrade of Exeter City services in spring 2006. The company won tenders outside the traditional boundaries of the Devon General area and has had buses based in Yeovil since 2005, and from September 2006 opened depots at Barnstaple, Bude and Torrington after gaining tenders in"
"when it was divided into between East and West Berkshire District Authorities. Regional Health Authorities were reorganised and renamed Strategic Health Authorities in 2002. Berkshire was part of Thames Valley SHA. In 2006 regions were again reorganised and Berkshire came under NHS South Central until that was abolished in 2013. There were two Primary Care Trusts for the area: Berkshire West and Berkshire East. In March 2016 Sir Andrew Morris, Chief Executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, was appointed the leader of the Frimley Health Sustainability and transformation plan footprint, which covers the areas of Bracknell and Ascot CCG,"
"(once every two hours) in the January 2018 timetable. Most services run to Exeter St Davids railway station and Exmouth. The railway between Exeter and Barnstaple is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the ""Tarka Line"" name. Three pubs at Barnstaple are included in the Tarka Line rail ale trail. Barnstaple railway station Barnstaple railway station is the northern terminus of the Tarka Line and serves the town of Barnstaple, Devon. It is down-line from via . It is managed by Great Western"
"takes 41-56 minutes with a change of train at Slough. Eton, Berkshire Eton ( ) is a historic town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, but within the historic boundaries of Buckinghamshire, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, two miles west of the town, and has a combined population of 4,980, reducing to 4,692 at the 2011 Census. Since 1998 it has been part of the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead. The town is"
"passenger because of fears over swine flu. Courtney moved its depot from Downmill Road, Bracknell to Hogwood Lane Industrial Estate in Finchampstead in late 2010. The company announced a change of trading name to Courtney Buses in late 2011. In November 2011 Courtney began operation of a new Christmas park & ride service in Windsor. There was more expansion in early 2014, when four contracted routes in the Bracknell area were taken over by Courtney following the withdrawal of Thames Travel. In July 2015, Courtney Buses took over the operation of nine routes in Bracknell previously operated by First Berkshire"
"and others by First Bus. National Express operates long distance routes, for example to Heathrow and London. Exeter is considered to be a rail hub within the south-west and is linked to most branch lines in Devon, including to Paignton, Exmouth, Barnstaple and Okehampton (by a special service). This makes it possible to reach most stations in Devon directly from Exeter St Davids, although only during the summer months. Exeter is served by three main railway stations. Exeter St Davids is served by all services and is a major interchange station within the South West Peninsula's rail network, whilst Exeter"
"another footbridge and another entrance, again on the south side of the line, from New North Road. Ticket barriers were installed in early 2011 both at the main entrance and at the New North Road Entrance. Exeter Central is the third busiest station in Devon, but handles around 400,000 fewer people than St David's. Comparing the year from April 2007 to that which started in April 2002, passenger numbers increased by 29%. Exeter Central is served by trains on the West of England line operated by South Western Railway from London Waterloo station to . Local services are provided by"
"Exeter St David's railway station Exeter St David's is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England. It is from on the line through Bristol which continues to Plymouth and Penzance. It is also served by an alternative route to London Waterloo via Salisbury and branch lines to Exmouth and Barnstaple. The station opened in 1844 as the terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It is currently managed by Great Western Railway and is served by trains operated by Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and CrossCountry. The station was opened on 1 May 1844"
"107.3 Radio Exe Radio Exe (formerly Exeter FM) is an independent locally owned radio station based in Exeter in Devon. Radio Exe is a locally focused radio station for Exeter and the surrounding area that is designed to appeal to a broad range of adult listeners, particularly those aged 35–54, with a full service of comprehensive news and local information, engaging speech features and conversation and a wide variety of music from the 60s to the present day. Exeter FM launched on 18 February 2008 as part of the London-based Sunrise Radio Group. In June 2011, the station was taken"
"services, as well as intercity services north to London Paddington and south to Plymouth and Penzance. Other intercity services are operated by CrossCountry north to Manchester Piccadilly, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, Dundee, Aberdeen and south to Plymouth and Penzance, and South Western Railway,operating services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids via the West of England Main Line. All Devon services are diesel-hauled, since there are no electrified lines in the county. The Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR needs to be reopened to connect Cornwall and Plymouth to the rest of the UK railway system on an all"
"England and Wales, requiring a by-election. Follett's death caused a by-election. Divett's death caused a by-election. Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) Exeter is a constituency composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Independent and Labour representation and has been represented since 1997 by Ben Bradshaw of the Labour Party, who served in government as a Health Minister and as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2009–2010). 1918-1950: The County Borough of Exeter."
"Courtney Buses Courtney Buses is a bus company based in Bracknell, Berkshire, England. Founded in 1973 it operates a network of commercial and contracted local bus services and school buses in Berkshire, north Hampshire and small parts of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The company is known for its use of alternative fuels, having been the first bus company in the United Kingdom to operate a bus run on 100% soya oil. The company was formed in 1973 as a taxi hire firm in Bracknell by Bill Courtney-Smith, who still manages the company, and moved into coach hire in the 1980s. In"
"A restructuring of services led to the creation of the Devon Heritage Service in November 2011 with the aim of integrating the collections of the DRO and the Westcountry Studies Library, and from autumn 2012 the Westcountry Studies Library that had been housed in Exeter city centre, moved into Great Moor House which was renamed the Devon Heritage Centre. On 1 November 2014 Devon Heritage Services was transferred from the County Council to the management of the South West Heritage Trust (an independent charity, which also runs Somerset Archives and Local Studies), and was rebranded as the Devon Archives and"
"and lack of a concerted economic strategy (although use of European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund monies have been deployed in an attempt at restructuring). The Met Office is in Exeter as is Pennon Group, the water company, Pedigree Dolls & Toys (Sindy doll), and Thrifty Car Rental UK is at Ashton Business Centre in St Thomas on the A377 opposite the Exeter Retail Park. The airline Flybe is based at Exeter Airport; Plymouth City Airport closed in 2011. Chatham Marine clothing and footwear is off the B3123 on the Marsh Barton Trading Est, near Alphington. Eclipse Internet"
"Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (commonly referred to as RD&E), is a large teaching hospital situated in Exeter, Devon, England. The hospital has two sites, situated in Wonford and Heavitree, Exeter, and is part of the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is used for the clinical training of medical students from the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter. In the mid-18th century, Alured Clarke, the newly appointed Dean of Exeter who had already helped with the establishment of a cottage hospital in Winchester (which has since become the"
"part of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II Exeter was chosen to receive the title of Lord Mayor. Councillor Granville Baldwin became the first Lord Mayor of Exeter on 1 May 2002 when Letters Patent were awarded to the city during a visit by the Queen. The Lord Mayor is elected each year from amongst the 39 Exeter city councillors and is non-political for the term of office. Policing in Exeter is provided by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary who have their headquarters at Middlemoor in the east of the city. The fire service is provided by the Devon and"
"Bracknell railway station Bracknell railway station serves the town of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. It is down the line from . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway. It is on the Waterloo to Reading line. The station was opened in 1856 by the Staines and Wokingham Railway which was taken over by the London and South Western Railway in 1878. British Railways closed the goods yard in 1969. The station was redeveloped in 1975, and the entrance is now under the Bracknell Quintiles building. Trains run between and every 30 minutes, seven days"