Blundell’s School announces another excellent set of GCSE results with more than a quarter of grades at A*, a position that equals the school’s best ever results of last year.

From a large and able group of pupils, once again more than half the grades were at A*/A Level and, in an improvement on last year, more than a third of the year group ( 31 pupils) gained at least 8 A* and A grades.

The pass rate was again well over 95%. The following pupils gained 9 or more A*s: Imogen Cotton, Alfie Gardner, Megan Grant, Julia Huntingford, Will McIntyre, Bonnie Price, Kieran Smith...

The refugee crisis has become huge as of late: Around the world there have been many different situations that have forced the local populous to pick up and move, leaving most of their belongings and their former life at home.

These people range from different countries across the globe, most of which are war torn, and those who have become dispossessed include men, women and children.

This has been met with support for those placed in the harshest of situations. Charities have responded to this in Aid of these people, offering funding through fundraisers in order to fund...

Bridge Road in Exeter will be closed from 10pm tonight (Thursday) until 5am tomorrow morning (Friday 26 August) while changes are made to the traffic layout.

From Friday morning, the two traffic lanes will be running on the east (downstream) side of Bridge Road between Glasshouse Lane and the South West Water Treatment Works access road, to enable work to start on the upstream area. Pedestrians and cyclists will be able to use a safe new route formed behind barriers on what is currently road surface.

If you are approaching the area for the first time after this change,...

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) recently held its second annual symposium to highlight research and development successes across the Trust.

People from all over the South West attended the event which was held at the Barnstaple Hotel. The day included a number of speakers who highlighted some of the varied research and development work being done across the region. Topics included older women: the hidden victims of abuse, being a clinical investigator in the South West, and how to embed patient and public involvement and engagement research in an acute hospital setting...

The RSPCA has urged pet owners and farmers to keep their animals cool in the summer heat as temperatures rocket to 30C in some parts of England and Wales this week.

The animal welfare charity is issuing advice after a surge in calls relating to animals and heat exposure last month. The charity’s 24-hour emergency line received 1,606 calls in July - that’s two every hour or more than 50 a day - from concerned members of the public reporting dogs shut in hot vehicles, farm animals out in the heat, and horses without shade.

There have been more than 5,700 calls so far this...

The news that Lloyds Bank has confirmed the closure of its Colyton branch for good on 12 October 2016 is a bitter blow to the local community, as well as businesses in and around the town, says East Devon District Council Chairman, Councillor Stuart Hughes, who is hugely disappointed with the bank’s refusal to reconsider its decision.

“I am extremely unhappy that the Lloyds Banking Group has refused to listen to its loyal Colyton customers and that it has chosen to proceed with the closure of this much valued local facility. I fear that Colyton’s prosperity will suffer as a...

Police are searching a house in Exminster and nearby woods as part of a counter terrorism operation.

A 30-year-old man was arrested in Somerset today [24 August] on suspicion of terrorism offences.

He was arrested at 12.20pm by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15), supported by colleagues from Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police, on suspicion of being involved in the preparation for acts of terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act.

A police spokesperson said: "Today’s arrest was pre-planned and...

The return of grazing livestock after a gap of many decades has put a rare Mid Devon landscape firmly on the road to recovery.

The change is just one of many made by the charity Devon Wildlife Trust to its Clayhidon Turbary nature reserve after winning support of more than £34,000 from Biffa Award - a multi-million pound fund which awards grants to community and environmental projects across the UK.

Devon Wildlife Trust’s Clayhidon Turbary nature reserve forms part of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its 13 hectares were once a heathland and open...

The finishing touches have been made to the the roof at The Point just 10 weeks from the start of construction.

The Point apartments stand slightly apart from the rest of the development at Exmouth Quay and has a unique modernist design developed by GJR architects.

Chris Fayers from developers Eagle One Homes joined Alan Ringe and David Griffin of GJR architects and Jason Willicombe, Midas Construction’s Site Manager to watch the final work to the skylights.

Alan Ringe from GJR says: “We wanted to exploit the perfect position of The Point to the full. The sweeping...