The Met Office has issued a Yellow Weather Warning, indicating heavy rain in the South West today (Monday).
A Yellow Weather Warning indicates the public need to be aware of their weather conditions. Periods of rain, heavy at times, will affect parts of southern England later on today and more particularly on Monday 16th December.
Forecasters say there may be some localised flooding.
The Met Office forecast is as follows:
Monday:
Outbreaks of rain are likely to linger throughout the day. There will be some dry interludes but the rain may turn more...
Sixteen-year-old Holly Morwenna Rawlings from Exeter has made it through to the Grand Final of the national music competition Open Mic UK!
The finalists will now perform in front of an audience and celebrity judging panel at The NEC in Birmingham.
Young singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist, Holly Morwenna, says the competition has opened up so many new opportunities for her and thanks her family, music teachers and committed friends and fans for supporting her throughout the competition.
She also thanks Robert Williams Estate Agents for sponsoring a fan bus to...
National Apprenticeship Week is back for the seventh year running, and 2014 will offer even more ways for employers to show their support of apprentices.
National Apprenticeship Week, which will run between 3rd and 7th March 2014, will see hundreds of events taking place across the South of England.
The week aims to show the postive impact apprentices have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy.
Karen Woodward, Interim National Director of Apprenticeships at the National Apprenticeship Service, said:
The Fire Service received a call reporting a fire in the downstairs of a building in Flowerpot Lane, St Thomas on Saturday 14th December.
One fire appliance from Danes Castle Exeter and one fire appliance from Middlemoor Exeter attended. Fire crews confirmed a fire in a ground floor flat involving a chip pan. Fire crews extinguished the fire using two breathingapparatus wearers, a fire blanket and a positive pressure ventilation fan.
One elderly female was led to safety by Ambulance crews prior to the arrival of the Fire Service and was checked over by Ambulance crews on...
Horseracing is Britain’s best value day out for sports fans, according to a new report published by the Racecourse Association. The research, conducted by Deloitte shows that racing consistently costs less than other major sports, such as Twenty20 cricket, Football League games, a round of golf, domestic rugby and Premier League football and other competing leisure activities. A sports fan can enjoy a midweek race meeting for as little as £4, or a Saturday high-profile fixture for just £13. In contrast, the lowest priced adult matchday ticket for a Premier League game was £33, and cost as...
More than 4,000 tench and bream were released into the Tiverton Canal this week to help replace fish lost following a spectacular bank collapse near Halberton in November 2012.
Thousands of fish including pike, perch, bream, tench, roach and eels were washed out of the canal after a section of bank gave way following torrential rain. Water from the canal flooded surrounding fields creating a temporary lake.
Environment Agency officers assisted by members of the Tiverton Angling Club launched an emergency rescue and successfully returned more than 400 fish to the canal, but...
Benenden Health and charity Beating Bowling Cancer have revealed some shocking statistics that show many residents of the South West ignore or hide their health concerns.
Their research has shown residents of the South West hide their health concerns for fear of burdening their loved ones or making a fuss.
Almost half of those surveyed in the South West region by Benenden health in partnership with the charity, Beating Bowel Cancer, say they have even kept their partner in the dark about health issues because they don’t want to worry them, or they think they can handle the...
Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish joined with the head of the National Apprenticeship Service Karen Woodward and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at the launch of the River Cottage Apprenticeship programme on Friday 6th December.
Neil Parish praised River Cottage in his constituency for the positive impact their Apprenticeship programme is having on the South West and urged more employers in Devon to consider how Apprenticeships could deliver for their organisations.
During the visit to River Cottage headquarters Neil Parish was able to witness firsthand the benefits that...
