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Grass cutting on urban and rural roadside verges is underway across the county.

Devon County Council funds four cuts a year on verges in towns and villages, but the latest cut has been slightly delayed due to recent wet weather. The work is undertaken by contractors, or District, Parish and Town Councils, depending on local arrangements.

Two or three programmed cuts are carried out a year on the rural priority network, which serves communities with over 100 people. On minor rural roads, a single cut of visibility areas is scheduled. However, additional cutting of visibility...

Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes, a 7th degree black belt, who runs martial arts schools in Exeter, has received a prestigious martial arts award and has been inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

Fiddes, 35, is the youngest person to ever have been awarded a Martial Arts Superstar award currently run by the renowned magazine, Martial Arts Illustrated.

Previous winners of similar awards include legends Bruce Lee, Jean Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris.

Fiddes took to the stage alongside Expendables actor, Scott Adkins and Elvis Presley’s former...

The 119th Devon County Show is in full swing after an opening day where crowds created a happy atmosphere, livestock exhibitors saw the son of a great champion take glory and traders did brisk business.

Yesterday the 25th Show at the Westpoint showground didn’t so much defy the elements as take advantage of them as relaxed visitors dodged the showers in what Show Secretary Ollie Allen described as “ideal show weather”.

“It’s been a really brilliant day,” she said. “We’ve welcomed big crowds who enjoyed the hot sunshine to watch all manner of entertainment in six arenas and...

Devon and Cornwall Police is preparing for a busy May Bank Holiday weekend with an expected influx in visitors and a number of large public events taking place. The Force is running Operation Cosmos from Friday to Monday (23-26 May) to respond to additional demands placed upon policing the region. The operation will co-ordinate policing activity for organised events such as Devon County Show and Run to the Sun in Newquay, while ensuring that the Force maintains its high level of policing service for the public. Detective Superintendent Glen Mayhew, Force Director of Intelligence, said: “...