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TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham 2026

Live music fans are set for another celebration of amazing entertainment in the Devon countryside as TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham confirms its return for 2026.

Following its debut outing at the historic country estate this July, which saw headline performances from Duran Duran and Basement Jaxx, Live Nation’s Cuffe and Taylor are now planning for a bigger and better event next summer with plans to unveil the first 2026 headliner in the coming weeks.

Cuffe and Taylor have already invested heavily in the venue’s infrastructure, redesigning the site and introducing a...

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South West tenants get worst value for money

Tenants in the South West of England feel they get the worst value for money from their rent than in other parts of the UK, according to a recent poll by the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA).

Just over half (57%) of tenants in the region rated their rent as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ when asked their opinion on whether it represented value for money. However, a third (33%) perceived their rent as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.

In comparison, the findings also show that tenants in Yorkshire and Humber derive the best value for money from their rent, with four in five (83%)...

Construction starts on £60m Exeter development

Construction is underway on the former site of the St Loye’s Foundation in Exeter, following a multi million pound investment from Renaissance Villages Ltd, a specialist developer of age exclusive villages, and Helical Bar plc, which is set to create up to 160 local jobs.

Millbrook Village will comprise a selection of luxury cottages and apartments for the over 55s, as well as a residents’ clubhouse featuring a restaurant, bar and swimming pool. The total investment, including the land purchase, professional fees, build costs and the marketing of Millbrook Village, is set to reach...

Floods: 'Town or Country' warns Environment Agency boss

The UK must make “difficult choices” between protecting towns or countryside from future flooding according to Environment Agency boss, Lord Smith.

Lord Smith argued that there was no “bottomless purse” for flood defences and that current guidance which gives priority to lives and homes “involves tricky issues of policy and priority: town or country, front rooms or farmland?”

Writing to the Daily Telegraph newspaper Lord Smith offered his condolences to badly affected areas such as the Somerset levels but cautioned: “there are no quick fixes in the face of this kind of...

Any guesses what the forecast is?!

It doesn't rain but it pours... and pours, and pours.

The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning of rain today (Monday February 3).

Outbreaks of heavy rain will be accompanied by strengthening south or southeast winds which may also combine with high tides to increase the risk of coastal flooding in exposed locations.

The public should be aware of the risk of further disruption, particularly to travel.

The public is advised to take extra care, further information and advice can be found here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/links.html

Charity hopes 2014 will really be the Year of the Horse

As Friday 31 January 2014 marked the beginning of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese calendar, the RSPCA is announcing a huge rise in the numbers of horses rescued and taken in by the charity in England in 2013.

The charity is also highlighting some of the incidents from the past year that made 2013 unlucky for our equine companions.

Figures show that the number of horses taken in or rescued by the charity in England rose by 69 per cent compared with 2012. In 2013, the RSPCA rescued, collected or took in 1,526 equines, compared with 901 the previous year. These horses...

Motorcycle and car involved in A377 Crash

Appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to an incident at the A377 between Sainsburys and A30 Roundabout, St Thomas, Exeter.

The incident involved the collision of a motorcycle and a car and took place at 5.52 on Sunday 2nd February.

One fire appliance from Danes Castle Exeter attended. Fire crews confirmed a road traffic collision involving one car and one motorcycle.

All persons were free and clear of the vehicles upon the arrival of the Fire Service. Fire crews made the vehicles safe using small tools and left the incident in the...

Man survives 60 ft drop in Dawlish

A man in his seventies suffered only ' minor injuries' after his car plowed 60ft over a cliff like underground.

The incident occured at around 2.30pm near The Mount Pleasant Inn in Dawlish Warren today ( Sunday 2nd February).

Emergency services from the Fire Service, the police and the coastal service were called.

Craig Timms, Manager of the pub, said:

" A man aged about 71 plowed through our car park fence in his BMW. It is about a 60ft drop. It didn't affect us at all, but a fence is replaceable! We wish the man the best and hope he has a speedy recovery...

Crews called to blaze at an Exeter home

Appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to a blaze at an Exeter property this afternoon ( Sunday 2nd February).

Two Fire appliances and the Aerial Ladder Platform from Danes Castle attended the incident, which took place at St Germans Road.

On arrival, crews confirmed the property was heavily smoke logged due to a small fire involving the cooker. Crews got to work to extinguish the fire using two Breathing Apparatus and a Positive Pressure Ventilation Fan.

The fire was extinguished and the cause is believed to be accidental.

Fire service called to Woodbury crash

Appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to an incident at Woodbury earlier today ( Sunday 2nd February).

Two appliances were mobilised one from Exmouth and Middlemoor following a report to the Fire Service Control Room of a road traffic collision with person trapped.

On arrival at the scene crews confirmed a road traffic collision involving one private car on the public highway with no persons trapped.

Crews made the scene safe.

Elderly woman rescued by Fire Service

An elderly woman has been rescued from a lift today by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.

Appliances were called to the incident, which occured at 7.46 this morning ( Sunday 2nd February), in Exmouth.

The Fire Service received a call reporting persons stuck in a lift at Douglas Avenue, Exmouth

Two fire appliances from Exmouth attended.

Fire crews released one elderly female, unharmed, from the lift car using small tools.

Local News

TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham 2026

South West tenants get worst value for money

Construction starts on £60m Exeter development

Floods: 'Town or Country' warns Environment Agency boss

Any guesses what the forecast is?!

Charity hopes 2014 will really be the Year of the Horse

Motorcycle and car involved in A377 Crash

Man survives 60 ft drop in Dawlish

Crews called to blaze at an Exeter home

Fire service called to Woodbury crash

Elderly woman rescued by Fire Service

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