The Fire Service were called to a report of a property fire in Kingsteignton Road, Chudleigh at 20.44 yesterday.
Initially three fire appliances were mobilised from Bovey Tracey and Newton Abbot along with an Operational Assurance Officer. On arrival crews confirmed the property was well alight and requested a further fire appliances which proceeded from Ashburton, Torquay and Teignmouth.
Below is the fire service report to date:
21:05 A water bowser was requested which proceeded from Torquay.
21:15 Crews confirmed this is a detached building well alight,...
Few things in digital marketing can be more frustrating than spending time, energy and money on putting together a great email campaign only to find that half the time your message gets blocked by spam filters and does not even reach the intended recipient’s inbox.
Don’t get the wrong idea, spam filters are great things, and we would be drowning in thousands of junk messages if we did not have them. The problem is that certain filters, particularly the free ones provided by providers like Gmail and Yahoo can sometimes come up with “false positives.” This is the equivalent of...
A new community space that will benefit thousands of people is rapidly taking shape in Topsham. Work on the Estuary Community Hub started in May and is scheduled to be completed and ready to open next summer. A Grass Roots grant – money raised through local developments like IKEA – is helping towards the construction and fitting out of a new two-storey contemporary building on the site of the old Topsham Library. The Hub will have 18 fully accessible rooms and a community garden. “Once complete, we will have a facility to be proud of,” said Rachel Gilpin, of the Estuary League of Friends...
The largest Olympic-style youth sports event in the region has awarded its 20th anniversary finals to Teignbridge district for 2018. Dawlish is set to host the South West Rotary Youth Games finals on Saturday 7 July. The annual multi-sport event was launched as the Devon Youth Games in 1999 and has since expanded across the South West to include teams from Cornwall and every Devon District competing in 20 sports. Around 10,000 young people aged 8-18, both able-bodied and disabled take part in the journey towards the Games each year. South West Youth Games Trust Chief Executive Chris...
An Exeter primary school and a solicitors’ office have joined forces to bring some Christmas cheer to people in the poorest country in Europe.
Children at Kenton Primary School and staff at Gilbert Stephens solicitors have put together dozens of festively decorated boxes of presents for those living in poverty in Moldova, formerly part of Romania.
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Dartmoor Zoo, renowned for its international conservation and education programmes, has welcomed 167 young women and schoolgirls to an evening of inspiring talks, expert advice, and close-up encounters with some of the zoo’s smaller amphibian and invertebrate residents.
Arranged by Women in STEM Plymouth (WISP), and sponsored by Babcock International, the event, which was designed to encourage school girls and young women into careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), was heralded as a tremendous success.
Inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story 'A Christmas Carol', Humbug! will transport audiences back in time to the world of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Featuring live music, video projections and plenty of surprises, Humbug! is an immersive, multi-sensory Christmas experience that takes place throughout Exeter's atmospheric St Nicholas Priory.
Tickets are selling fast so book soon to avoid disappointment! https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/FDJGDI
Local independent and entrepreneurial restaurateur Lloyd Gardner, well known for his award-winning restaurant ‘Lloyd’s Kitchen’ located in the City-centre, announces his exciting new venture ‘Lloyd’s Lounge’ is coming soon to Exeter, and they are recruiting for 12 new members of staff.
The Café Lounge Bar, with 80 covers, including indoor seating and outside space, is set to be one of the favourite meeting destinations in the City. The impressive new all-weather glass structure in Catherine’s Square, is built by contractor Morgan Sindall and due to be finished and fitted out, ready...
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Property Search Group’s Southernhay Life campaign has won the Silver award for best Corporate and Business Communications Campaign, at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards in Bristol.
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The awards cover the whole of the South of England from Kent and Sussex to Cornwall and the Isles of...
