The Met Office has issued another severe weather warning for Devon, as heavy and prolonged showers are set to return today.

The warning is valid until noon on Tuesday 5 January.

Some 5-10mm of rain could fall in an hour at times locally. Through the whole period of the warning an additional 10-20mm is expected quite widely across the area and very locally up to 40 mm, mainly over high ground.

Given the saturated ground, surface water flooding is possible.

Strong, gusty winds will be an additional hazard in places with gusts of 50mph possible around some...

Directors and investment managers at Brewin Dolphin Exeter and Taunton office, raised a glass of orange juice to toast Hospiscare as their new charity of the year for 2016.

The wealth management company is kick-starting the New Year with a ‘Dry January’ in support of the local charity’s ‘Lose the Booze’ campaign to help raise funds.

In 2015 Brewin Dolphin Exeter office raised just under £2,000 for The British Red Cross and throughout 2016 they will raise further funds for Hospiscare as their newly elected charity of the year.

Hospiscare is a local charity,...

The Business in Britain report, now in its 24th year, gathers the views of 1,500 UK companies, predominantly small to medium sized businesses, and tracks the overall “balance” of opinion on a range of important performance and confidence measures, weighing up the percentage of firms that are positive in outlook against those that are negative.

Since the last report in July 2015, business confidence in the South West - an average of respondents’ expected sales, orders and profits over the next six months - has declined to 40 per cent, down from 49 per cent. However the index remains...

The New Year tradition of pledging to make big life changes following the festive break shows no signs of slowing, according to new figures released today by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL). Switching to a more fulfilling career in teaching looks set to remain a popular choice for people in Exeter looking for a new challenge and to make a real difference through their work. Last year, January was one of the busiest months of the year for registrations of interest in teaching in the region, with over 50% of all registrations logged with NCTL coming from those looking...

At 5.45pm on Friday 1st January 2016 a report was received by police of a single vehicle road traffic collision on the A38 at Dean Prior, near Buckfastleigh.

Police Fire and Ambulance attended the scene where it was established that a Green coloured BMW 323i motorcar travelling towards Plymouth had left the carriageway and struck a tree.

The driver of the vehicle, a 22 year old man from the Liskeard area and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene.

His relatives have been informed.

The south bound carriageway of the A38 remained...

Carl Rimmer insists Exeter Chiefs can ill afford to dwell on their loss at Northampton Saints as Aviva Premiership rivals Gloucester now loom large on the horizon.

In their first outing of 2016, Rob Baxter’s side suffered only their second league defeat of the season as they went down 8-3 at Franklin’s Gardens.

On a disappointing afternoon for the visitors, the one small crumb of comfort they could take from their trip to the East Midlands was the crucial losing bonus point accrued thanks to Gareth Steenson’s late penalty.

Although defeated, the Chiefs maintained...

The New Year may not be very happy for hundreds of thousands of people in the South West, as research by Shelter reveals a fifth of rent or mortgage payers in the region are cutting back on winter heating and clothing to meet their housing payments. This is the equivalent to 500,000 people.

The study by housing and homelessness charity Shelter and YouGov shows the strain people in the South West face this January, with one in eight rent or mortgage payers fearing they will be unable to meet their housing costs this month.

This is despite the fact that many have already cut...

Couples who feel they have reached breaking point in the aftermath of Christmas can still reach an amicable solution, according to the South West’s largest family law firm.

Rachel Buckley, who heads up the Divorce and Finance team at The Family Law Company, said: “It’s no secret that during January there is a surge in enquiries after unhappy couples take the decision to separate, to the extent that the first working Monday in the month is often termed ‘Divorce Monday.’

“The stress of organising Christmas, the high cost and perhaps even feeling blue with the dark evenings -...

Fire crews rescued a cyclist from a flood in Devon yesterday.

The man was stuck up to his shoulders in flowing water in Jetty Marsh Road, Newton Abbott at 3.10pm.

Fire Control mobilised two appliances from Newton Abbot and the specialist rescue teams from Camels Head and Exmouth.

Crews used a rope to pull the man to safety uninjured.

He was then assessed by ambulance crews on scene.

Travelling abroad with children can be a stressful experience, especially if you’re taking the kids on a long-haul flight, or if it’s their first ever flight and they are very young. Making sure that everything is organised and going smoothly is important if you’re flying with the kids in tow, however this can be a lot harder to achieve than it sounds – after all, any parent will tell you that things don’t always go to plan, no matter how hard you try. If you’re planning a family holiday which departs from Exeter Airport, we’ve got some great tips for you to help make sure that everything...