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Police officers from Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly have been working through the night after being called to a high number of flood related incidents. Devon and Cornwall Police have said their control room took around treble the average number of calls yesterday ( 14th Feb).

The force also saw a record number of police generated incident logs at 1549 up until midnight on Friday night (14th Feb). (The previous highest was 1542 during Christmas 2012).

The majority of the calls the police recieved were relating to weather incidents. Police were called to help with...

DEFRA Minister George Eustice MP praised the Heart of the South West Rural Growth Network (RGN) pilot on a recent visit to Devon.

The Food and Farming Minister spoke on support for rural business at the “Growing the Rural Economy” event at Cullompton Community Centre.

The event, organised by Devon County Council, was part of the work of the Heart of the South West LEP Rural Growth Network (RGN) pilot. The pilot was awarded £2.9 million from DEFRA to develop a network of rural enterprise hubs to support micro and small businesses across rural Devon and Somerset, and is...

Devon County Council is urging people to take care on the county’s roads as storm force conditions are set to continue throughout the rest of today and into tomorrow.

Traffic is likely to be busy with the start of the half term holiday, and although the heavy downpours will gradually turn to showers later, the county will be hit by strong winds and gales reaching up to 80mph on the South coast and up to 70mph inland.

Showers are forecast to gradually peter out over the weekend and gusts will become lighter during the course of Saturday.

Surface water is affecting a...

A widespread lack of understanding of the global scale and impact of the First World War has been revealed in a new report.

Research by the British Council in the UK and six other countries shows that knowledge of the conflict - which began 100 years ago is largely limited to the fighting on the Western Front.

University of Exeter historian, Dr Catriona Pennell acted as historical consultant to the report ‘Remember The World As Well As The War’. It explores people's perceptions and knowledge about the First World War and highlights the truly global nature of the conflict...