Drugs worth £90,000 have been seized by police after raids were carried out in Brixham.
PC Dave Thomas, assisted by other members of the Brixham and Paignton Neighbourhood Team, conducted a Misuse of Drugs Act warrant in Brixham on Friday (10 January).
The warrant and subsequent searches in the Furzeham area of the town resulted in over £90,000 worth of cocaine and heroin being discovered along with cannabis and a quantity of cash.
Sergeant Steve Cayless, Neighbourhood Team Leader, said: “This seizure is the result of community intelligence and is the culmination of...
Exeter School is pleased to complete this year’s Oxbridge admissions process with the announcement that seven pupils have been offered places.
In the last five years, Exeter School has received 35 offers from Oxford and Cambridge colleges.
At Cambridge, Dan Armstrong has an offer to read History at Downing College, Jonty Bradley-Thrush has an offer to read Maths at Gonville and Caius College and Hector Newman has an offer to read Natural Sciences at Clare College.
Four members of Exeter School’s Upper Sixth have received offers from Oxford: Gwyneth Everson for...
MENTORING someone who is going through a difficult time in their life can be challenging but rewarding, according to the coordinator of an Exeter charity project.
Laura Callaway at Transitions, a project of Exeter Community Initiatives, is looking for volunteers who feel they have skills to offer people who have been homeless, faced mental illness or experienced addiction.
She is running a training course for people who would be interested in helping others turn their lives around.
She said: "You don't need any special qualifications - just experience of...
Ambulance crew, Police Officers and Appliances from The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to an incident at Stoney Lane Hill, Tiverton to Rackenford Road this morning ( Tuesday 14th January).
One fire appliance from Tiverton and one from Witheridge attended an RTC involving a single vehicle that had left the road and gone into a hedge at around 8.30 this morning.
Crews confirmed all persons free and clear of the vehicle, and made the vehicle safe.
Devon County Council bosses will be signing up to a national initiative this Thursday (Jan 16), to protect its residents’ health from the risks associated with smoking.
The Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control will be signed by Devon County Council Leader John Hart, Chief Executive Phil Norrey, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing Andrea Davis, and Director of Public Health, Dr Virginia Pearson, underpinning the council’s new public health role of protecting the public from preventable diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease.
Brits consider cyclists to be 13 per cent more intelligent, 13 per cent cooler and ten per cent more charitable than the average person, according to research commissioned by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) on the launch of their 39th London to Brighton Bike Ride which raises vital funds to fund research to fight heart disease.
With British cyclists taking centre stage at the Tour de France and Olympics and the splendidly side-burned Bradley Wiggins bringing a cool nonchalance to the sport, it appears that many of us now think cyclists are made of special stuff.
Barrack Road in Exeter will be closed to traffic between the Topsham Road and Wonford Road junctions for essential drainage repairs and associated works, for three weeks from Monday 27 January.
At the same time, resurfacing and other improvement work at the entrance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital on Barrack Road, as well as daytime surface patching between Wonford Road and Haldon View Terrace, will also be carried out under traffic light management.
The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital says services will continue as normal, but is advising patients and visitors to...
A new campaign to change the way people protect themselves while shopping or banking online in order to avoid falling victim to cyber criminals is being launched today by the government. The ‘Cyber Streetwise’ campaign aims to change the way people view online safety and provide the public and businesses with the skills and knowledge they need to take control of their cyber security. The campaign includes a new easy-to-use website and online videos.
With more than 11 million internet-enabled devices received as gifts during the Christmas period, Cyber Streetwise will help in the...
Mickey, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service's live scent rescue dog, recently attended an exercise in Wales along with his handler Paul West.
The team were working alongside the London Fire & Rescue Services own Urban Search and Rescue team.
The exercise was a mine rescue and took place over two days in Dinas in the Rhondda, Wales, involving a simulation of a collapsed three storey building with an unknown number of casualties inside that were either trapped or missing.
Paul explained: “I worked alongside another dog handler from Greater Manchester...
