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East Devon District Council is launching a series of regular advice surgeries where residents who have queries about Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support can get help and guidance.

The Benefits Team will be at the following venues every week:

• Axminster Guildhall, every Thursday, 9-11.30am
• Honiton, Senior Citizens’ Centre, New Street, every Thursday, 1.30-4.30pm
• Seaton Town Hall, every Wednesday, 9.30-11.30am.

From 3 February, the Benefits Team will also be at the following venues every week:

• Cranbrook Younghayes
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It has been another busy weekend for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, with crews being called to a second blaze near Exeter city centre.

Crews attended the incident at the A38 B Carriageway between Splatford Split and Pearces Hill due to a Land Rover fire.

The incident, which occured at 1.36pm today ( Sunday 26th January), resulted in two fire appliances from Middlemoor and Danes Castle being mobilised.

Crews used 2BA and 2 hose reel jets to extinguish the fire, which started accidentally and caused severe damage.

Duty of care was left with the...

Polar bears and Inuit communities have become victims in the public war of words on climate change and wildlife conservation, according to researchers from Britain and Canada.

University of Exeter geographer Dr Martina Tyrrell and Dr Doug Clark from the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability examined the fallout from a media campaign in the run-up to the March 2013 proposal to severely limit or prohibit trade in polar bears under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

The researchers found...

Forecasters are warnng of possible icy patches again tomorrow morning as temperatures dip.

And if you thought you'd seen the last of the rain, think again.

Yesterday bookmakers William Hill cut the odds of 2014 being the wettest year on record from 8/1 to 6/1.

Yesterday the Environment Agency said 148 flood alerts and 11 more serious flood warnings were in place. Somerset council declared a ‘major incident’ for flooded areas. The authority has provided a boat service for the communities of Muchelney and Thorney, whose access roads have been cut off since January 2...