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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...

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...

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.

February is expected to begin as January ended... wet and windy! As if we hadn't seen enough of the rain, forecasters say there is more to come for at least the next five days. The Met Office forecast up to Wednesday is as follows: Today: Showers or longer spells of rain, occasionally wintry at first, will spread eastwards to all parts during the morning, lasting through the afternoon. Widespread gales, severe near the coasts, will combine with high tides, bringing a risk of coastal flooding. Maximum Temperature 8 °C. Tonight: Remaining wet and windy at first however the winds will ease...