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Detectives are seeking witnesses after a bogus telephone engineer tricked his way into the Axminster home of an elderly woman and stole her purse.

The man called at the property close to Waggs Plot around 10.30am on Saturday 30 December pretending to be working on the local phone lines.

Once inside the offender stole the woman’s purse containing cash and fled the property when the victim, who is in in her 80s, said someone else was at home.

Police are investigating and urging anyone who may have seen the suspect in the area at the time to come forward. He is...

Our local Ocean Rowing team Row For The Ocean, are taking on an additional challenge to their upcoming 3000 mile row across the Atlantic in December 2018.

In order to raise further awareness of the ocean plastics crisis and make a difference in the place they live and love, Ros, Kate and Kirsty have pledged to create a Plastic Free Exeter by 2020.

Upon asking the team why they have decided to add to their already monumental challenge they said, 'the more we delve into the subject of Plastic pollution the more shocking it gets, with new stats, images, and videos coming out...

Devon and Cornwall Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 33 year old male from Brixham.

Lee Cooper was last seen in Brixham at 6pm on 29th December 2017 by his brother.

He is described as being 5 foot 11 inches tall, of chubby build, with short black hair, clean shaven face and scar in one eyebrow, wearing a black beanie hat with peak, dark green camouflage jacket with hood, dark blue jeans and black trainers with blue laces.

Anybody with information as to Lee’s whereabouts is urged to call 101 quoting log reference 733 29/12/17.

Two researchers from the University of Exeter put elf before beauty to prepare to cycle 350 miles from London to Paris for the charity Alzheimer’s Society.

Drs Mark Tarrant and David Llewellyn launched their fundraising bid in full festive style, as they burned off the mince pies through starting their training for the epic cycle challenge.

Dr Llewellyn knows how tough preparation can be. He had planned to join a team of six dementia researchers on the ride last summer – but had to withdraw after breaking his wrist when he fell off his bike during training.

Dr...