Fire crews tackled a blaze in a double decker bus in Exeter last night.
The Fire Service Control Room received numerous calls report a large vehicle fire and two appliances from Exeter were mobilised to the incident.
Crews located a double decker bus well alight and immediately got to work using two breathing apparatus and two compressed air foam jets. All passengers were free and clear of the vehicle.
Steady progress was made with the fire, the vehicle was 70% destroyed by fire 2500l of water and 14l of foam was used to extinguish the fire.
Seventeen-years-old is the age when our creativity peaks, according to a survey out today by BIC®, the leading stationery brand in Europe , similarly those in Plymouth think that their creativity also peaks at 17-years-old. After this, British adults let their creativity die with a staggering 63% of over 30s claiming their talents have fallen by the wayside.
However, of those surveyed in Plymouth, nearly a third of people argued that they are still very much creative.
Researchers took a detailed look into the nation’s creative talents, aspirations and regrets – and revealed...
In the end there was to be no record-breaking accolade for Exeter Chiefs.
Instead, Rob Baxter’s defending Aviva Premiership champions - who were trying to make it a record 18 games unbeaten in English rugby's top flight - were floored by a late knockout blow from Gloucester new-boy Jason Woodward.
The New Zealand-born full-back, who last season tasted top flight relegation with Bristol, sealed an opening day victory for the Cherry & Whites by stealing over for a last-gasp try at a packed Kingsholm
His score, coupled with a brace for compatriot Jeremy Thrush and...
Ken White Signs (KWS), went back to its roots to celebrate its golden anniversary with an event held at Tiverton Golf Club, popular with golfers and considered to be among one of the best 18-hole parkland courses across the region. It brought back fond memories for Ken White, as it was exactly 50 years to the very day that he, and his late wife Jean, signed their very first business contract, which was for Tiverton Golf Club in 1967, and golf has continued to be Ken’s passion.
A keen artist, Ken is revered as one of the most skilled, traditional sign writers in the South of England...
Exeter School is delighted to announce an exciting development in its participation in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
As of September, pupils will be able to carry out their Gold Award expedition by sea kayak.
Duke of Edinburgh Manager Mark Schramm said sea kayaking would provide an alternative to the usual walking expeditions.
"This will involve canoe and kayak training at Haven Banks, a practice expedition on the Devon or Cornwall coast and a qualifying expedition in the Isle of Skye area," he said.
"As part of the training, the participants will be...
A man who died following a collision on the A38 on the outskirts of Exeter has been named.
Daniel Harrison, aged 36 from Exmouth was involved single vehicle collision on the A380 Telegraph Hill, Kenford.
Mr Harrison was riding a blue Honda motorcycle when at around 6:35pm on Wednesday 30 August, he was involved in a single vehicle collision.
He was treated at the scene before being taken by Ambulance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where shortly after arrival he was pronounced deceased.
Local officers as well as officers from the Roads Policing Team,...
Devon Air Ambulance will be celebrating 25 years of lifesaving service in style at Darts Farm this September.
Why not pop 9 September in your diary now to make sure you don’t miss coming along and enjoying the fun from 9.30am to 4pm. Heléna Holt, CEO of Devon Air Ambulance said “It’s hard to believe the service is approaching 25 years of service. In that time we have flown over 24,500 lifesaving missions. She added “It’s important to us to remember our roots. Devon Air Ambulance was born from great sadness. Ann Ralli tragically lost her son Ceri, aged just 18, in 1986, after he was...
Many English people do not appear to be too media-literate. We do not read beneath the words or images presented to us, nor think about the intentions of those who communicate with us. We take too much at face value and do not appreciate the deeper or more complex subtleties of what we are being told. Many of us prefer to believe a more immediate or literal understanding of what is in front of us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the newspapers we read, the stories we follow on television or our uncritical use of social media. Though we intuitively know that our own life experiences are...
Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (1-3 September).
THEATRE
Rime Friday & Saturday, Nothcott Theatre, Exeter Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Young Company re-launches with this re-imagining of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Following a week long residency exploring the themes of Coleridge’s classic work, the young actors combine the original text with physical theatre techniques to present a version of the poem which speaks to them as 21st Century teenagers. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/
Initiatives to get Cranbrook residents fit and healthy are getting underway, after it was chosen as one of ten demonstrator sites for NHS England’s ‘Healthy New Towns’ programme.
The programme aims to put ‘health at the heart of new communities’, and radically rethink how we approach housing development.
Cranbrook has three times the national average of 0-4 year olds, and the programme will focus on developing a supportive environment to encourage healthy lifestyles from birth – whether that be the provision of cycle paths, bike storage and places to meet and socialise or...
