Temperatures are set to turn cold again across the region this week, with snow showers forecast for some areas on Friday.

The Met Office five-day forecast is as follows:

Today: Cloud and rain will move southeast across the region, then clear through the first half of the morning. It will then be dry with sunny spells. It will feel cool in a northwesterly breeze. Maximum Temperature 10C.

Tonight: Becoming cloudier from the north and west during the evening, but some places continuing to see some clear spells leading to a chilly night with a local frost possible....

Police have released images of some unique jewellery stolen from Sidmouth.

A man broke into the JBM jewellers in Church Street around 3.30am on Monday, January 19th, smashing a front door and a number of display cases.

A quantity of gold jewellery was stolen including four very distinctive rings.

The rings each have an opal in with a number of diamonds on the sides and are hallmarked with the jeweller’s specific mark.

The suspect is described as a white man who was wearing a coat with a hoodie underneath and a baseball cap.

Police are keen to hear...

Culm Valley Sports Centre looks fresh and inviting, and the impressive new equipment in the fitness studio now rivals every other facility in the Mid Devon area. The official opening ceremony is on 7 February.

For everyone with a New Year’s resolution to be more active and healthy, make a fresh start by visiting the new facilities at Culm Valley Sports Centre this January. The Centre has undergone a refurbishment of the customer areas and fitness studio, in time for its 30th birthday celebrations from 7 to 13 February.

The fitness studio now comprises 15 resistance exercise...

A new community photography exhibition was launched last weekend at a celebratory event held at the Glorious Art House on Fore Street, Exeter.

The launch marked the start of the ‘Our Lives, Our Community, Our Voice’ project’s first photography exhibition.

The project, which has now run three courses in Exeter, provides participants with access to photographic equipment in facilitated workshops. It is managed by the Olive Tree Association/Devon Grapevine in partnership with Exeter-based social enterprise Meridian RAW and is funded by The People Health Trust.

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Strength and balance classes have been launched at Moretonhampstead Hospital and are already proving a hit with patients.

The weekly classes, which started in November, are designed to boost the health, wellbeing and confidence of people who suffer from falls or are afraid of falling.

The sessions run for 12 weeks and include a range of exercises aimed at improving balance and preventing falls, with advice from therapists on how best to manage them when they do happen.

Falls account for over half of hospital admissions for accidental injury, and about a third of...

City, national and international law firm Trowers & Hamlins have announced that Rachel Carter, a lawyer based in the firm's Exeter office, has been promoted to partner.

Rachel has over 20 years of experience in the property sector and works in the firm's Housing and Regeneration department. She acts for private developers, social landlords and local authorities, giving her a full understanding of the complexities and commercial arrangements needed to tackle development issues. In addition to development projects and joint ventures, Rachel has experience advising on purchases...

A national survey commissioned by Van Guard, a market-leading British manufacturer of commercial vehicle accessories, has revealed that 97% of van drivers who responded said they were more likely to buy a van accessory if it was manufactured in the UK. Not only that, but 92% said that buying British is somewhat or highly important to them.

The survey, which targeted over 2,500 van drivers in the UK, also highlighted that over 95% of those questioned associated British-made products with high quality, whereas 96% would choose British-manufactured van accessories over foreign-made...

The A379 coast road between Torcross and Strete offers an important transport link between local communities, as well as providing a secondary emergency route to Dartmouth.The road sits atop a shingle barrier between the sea and Slapton Ley.

In last year’s storms, significant damage was caused to the single ridge and bastions. A substantial amount of shingle was washed away from the beach, including up to nearly half from individual bastions which provide protection for the road.

Although seasonal weather usually ensures that the shingle returns during the summer, this hasn...

Stress hormones in the mother can affect foetal development, according to a study published today in The Journal of Physiology.

To test whether high stress levels in pregnant mice had an impact on their offspring, pregnant mice received the natural glucocorticoid corticosterone at different times during pregnancy, either from day 11 to 16 (20 females), from day 14-19 (31 females), or not at all (74 control females).

Researchers found that increased levels of glucocorticoid stress hormones in pregnant mice caused the mother to eat more but reduced the ability of the placenta...

Bishop Robert will be one of two bishops who will present Rev Libby Lane for consecration as the first woman bishop in the Church of England.

The historic service is taking place at York Minster on Monday.

Bishop Robert has worked and known Libby for many years. She is succeeding him as Bishop of Stockport, a post he left to move to become Bishop of Exeter last year.

He said: “I am proud and delighted to be one of the two bishops presenting LIbby for consecration as the first women bishop in the Church of England. She is a person of great warmth and character who...