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Firefighters were called to tackle a fire in the kitchen of Exeter's Cavern Club just after 10pm last night (Tuesday).

One fire appliance from Danes Castle was mobilised to a fire alarm sounding. On arrival smoke was seen coming from the property, and crews requested further assistance. Appliances from Danes Castle and Middlemoor were mobilised.

Crews got to work with two breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet.

The incident report is as follows:

At 2232, crews requested a further 3 appliances for assistance. These were mobilised from Topsham, and two from...

Police are concerned for the welfare of Christopher Lock, 44, who has been missing from the Newton Abbot area since around 7.30pm on Sunday 4th August 2016. They are appealing for the public’s help in finding him.

He may be in the Dartmoor or Bovey Tracey area but any sightings elsewhere will be very helpful to police.

Christopher is described as white, 44 years old, 5’8’’ to 5’9’’tall, weighting about 12 stone and of medium build. He has short dark brown and grey hair and likely to have facial stubble.

He has a small black cuff tattoo at the top of his left arm....

Gareth Steenson says a return to home comforts can help provide the perfect lift he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates need after losing to Wasps in their seasonal opener at Wasps at the weekend.

Rob Baxter’s side will kick-off their home campaign this Sunday with a testing engagement against reigning English and European champions Saracens at Sandy Park (3pm).

With just one defeat on home soil in 20 months – that incidentally against Saracens last February – Steenson admits delivering on home turf is a key incentive.

“It’s a good test to put things right,” said the...

A Crown Prosecution Service report on crimes against women shows that 206 people were prosecuted for disclosing private sexual images without consent in the year 2015 -16, ending March. Abuse online is pervasive, and young victims are particularly vulnerable.

Alexandra Whiston-Dew, a solicitor at Mishcon de Reya, notes that increased convictions under the new law demonstrate that victims and the police are becoming increasingly confident in tackling revenge porn. She states that it is important that victims are encouraged to report online abuse, despite the uniquely humiliating...