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Communities in Cranbrook will soon begin to feel the benefit of money from East Devon District Council and Devon County Council after Broadclyst Parish Council successfully bid for £4,000 from the Parishes Together Fund.

Broadclyst Parish Council has allocated another £1,500 to the fund, so there is £5,500 available.

East Devon District Council and Devon County Council worked together to put the sum of £1.10 per elector into a ‘Parishes Together Fund’ grants scheme that Town and Parish Councils can apply for. To qualify, parishes have to work together to apply for the...

A motorcyclist has died after being involved in a collision with a milk tanker on the A35 near Honiton.

The accident happened yesterday (Sunday) about one mile from Honiton on the Axminster Road shortly after 3.45pm.

The 49-year-old male motorcyclist from Honiton, who was riding a 750cc Kawasaki motorcycle, was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin for have been informed.

The road was closed for over seven hours while an investigation of the scene took place and the vehicles were recovered. The tanker containing milk had to be pumped out before it could be...

A Mid Devon farmer, who pleaded guilty to a range of animal welfare offences, has received a life-time ban on keeping all animals and a 12 month suspended sentence.

Philip Govier, 69, of Willtown Farm, Clayhidon, on the Devon Somerset border, pleaded guilty to offences in January after allowing the carcases of dead animals to be eaten by dogs and predators, and leaving his cattle in such condition that they developed inflammation of the skin.

Officers of Devon and Somerset Trading Standards found, during visits between January 2013 and April 2013, rotting remains of sheep,...

Firefighters from both Middlemoor and North Tawton were called to tackle a forage harvester fire which took place at Ruxford Barton, Sandford, Crediton last night.

The incident, which occured just after 10pm, saw firefighters extinguish the harvester which had become extremely alight.

Crews used two hose reel jets and small tools to extinguish the fire. Mobile lighting was also used to make the harvester safe.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service confirm this was an accidental fire, believed to be caused by an electrical fault.