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Bella May Culley Has Been Found: Is the British Youth in Crisis?

A British teenager, Bella May Culley, 18, from Billingham, County Durham, who was reported missing while traveling in Thailand, has been arrested over 4,000 miles away in Tbilisi, Georgia, on serious drug smuggling charges.

She is accused of illegally purchasing, possessing, and importing a large quantity of narcotics, including approximately 14 kilograms of cannabis and hashish, found in her luggage at Tbilisi International Airport.

Bella had been traveling in Southeast Asia, spending three weeks in the Philippines after Easter before arriving in Thailand around May 3. She...

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This £2.3m mansion could be yours by next Christmas for a tenner

You could be living in this stunning £2.3m Devon home by next Christmas - for just a tenner*!

It is just part of a competition prize, worth some £3m in total, which also includes £50,000, all the Stamp Duty paid and funding for a gardener and housekeeper for a year.

The property, near Tiverton, features a sweeping driveway, 10
acres of immaculately landscaped grounds,
three-hole golfing greens, a separate leisure complex with a swimming pool and gym and a
self-contained apartment with its own garden.

Furnishings, fixtures and fittings, and even a tractor and quad...

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Ex burglar reveals how to keep your home safe this Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/05/2017 - 9:35am

Posting our plans on social media, leaving gift boxes we have bought in outside bins and forgetting to lock doors and windows… the simple mistakes that are inviting burglars into our homes.

As Christmas approaches, homes become filled with expensive gifts and gadgets. This sadly means that the festive season is also the peak time that domestic burglary increases due to opportunistic intruders.

New research from Verisure revealed it can take a long time to recover from a burglary. According to the research, 45% of victims felt angry for six months to over a year. A third...

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Rare dormice discovered at Holyford Woods Local Nature Reserve near Seaton

A dormice nest box scheme in Holyford Woods, near Seaton, has discovered a number of rare dormice living in the woods as well as other small mammals.

The East Devon District Council’s countryside rangers who run the scheme, check the boxes on a monthly basis, under licence from Natural England. They look for evidence of dormice as part of the People’s Trust for Endangered Species National Dormouse Programme.

The scheme was first established in the woodland in 2003, and found a handful of dormice annually. This spring, the woodland had a fresh set of boxes installed, all of...

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Devon Contract Waste helps holiday park bridge the gap to Zero to Landfill

Exeter-based Devon Contract Waste has secured a new contract worth circa £3,000 per year with Harford Bridge Park Ltd of Tavistock. The innovative waste management company now provides a full Zero to Landfill waste management service for the award-winning camping and touring park set in Dartmoor National Park.

As a holder of the gold standard David Bellamy Conservation Award for 18 years, Harford Bridge Park has a long-running commitment to responsible waste management. Now, with the services of Devon Contract Waste, the family-run business could see up to 98% of its waste diverted...

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RSPCA and Gumtree uncover true shocking scale of illegal puppy trade in England

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/17/2017 - 6:00am

The RSPCA saw its busiest year tackling the underground puppy trade in 2016, receiving more calls than ever before from people reporting questionable breeders and dealers.

The UK’s largest and oldest animal welfare charity is seeing a steady rise in the number of complaints* coming in about the underground puppy trade. In 2016, the RSPCA dealt with 6% more calls than the previous year, and 132% more than five years before - 87% of those calls came from people who purchased the puppy online.

“We urge anyone thinking of buying a puppy to be extremely careful when they’re...

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Devon Contract Waste celebrates launch of new distribution hub

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Wed, 07/05/2017 - 12:30pm

Exeter-based waste management company Devon Contract Waste is celebrating the launch of its new £1.2 million Distribution Hub on Matford Business Park.

The construction of the 1.2 acre facility has been supported by the South West Growth Fund with a grant of £80,000, and ensures the company continues to drive its market leading position as the only provider of Zero to Landfill services in the South West.

Devon Contract Waste’s previous facility on Marsh Barton Trading Estate was destroyed by a devastating fire in March this year. The new Distribution Hub is equipped with...

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Residents in South West to share views of police in anonymous study

Authored by AbiEnjoy
Posted: Wed, 07/05/2017 - 7:23am

A first-of-its-kind, national study has launched calling on the people of the South West to share their views and experiences of the police and emergency services.

The anonymous study is hosted online by Hudgell Solicitors, legal specialists in civil liberties cases, and will gauge the nation’s perceptions of the police and other emergency services.

The study’s findings will explore themes including safety, trust and overall reputation, investigating the experiences Brits have had with the police, how the nation feels about the force and what has impacted on their...

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Exeter firm lends its support to rising stars of women’s cycling

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Tue, 06/27/2017 - 2:13pm

Exeter-based Wide Eye Communications, one of the south west’s leading video production companies, has taken on the role of raising the profile of a group of young female cyclists vying to take the British Cycling HSBC National Women’s Road Series and National Road Championship by storm in 2017.

Through the creation of a new film telling the back story behind this team of determined amatuers, Wide Eye Communications aims to help the cyclists, who ride as Bianchi Dama UK, find additional sponsors interested in supporting their long-term competitive goals. The film, which can be seen...

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Armed officers patrolling our streets for the first time

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 05/26/2017 - 6:07am

Armed officers will be patrolling Devon's streets for the first time, it was announced today.

Assistant Chief Constable Russ Middleton said: “In response to the recent change in the threat level to critical, armed officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police will be seen out and about in our communities, throughout both Force areas.

“Armed officers will be doing overt foot patrols, carrying a long-armed firearm, which is the first time this has happened in our area.

“This is not based on any change in intelligence or threat for the South West, but the...

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New book will share inspirational stories of people with cancer

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/10/2017 - 2:33pm

Two Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School are behind an upcoming book that aims to empower people with cancer by sharing their inspirational stories.

Students Bogdan Chiva Giurca, 23, and Navin Nagesh, 25, raised funds for a project to help people with cancer share their personal inspirational stories. They came up with the idea of a book written by people with cancer to inspire others affected by the disease.

The two students enlisted support from the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and FORCE Cancer Charity, which provides support to...

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