One fire fighting appliance from Cullompton fire station attended reports of a car on fire outside Mcdonald's restaurant at the Cullompton services at 6.37am today.

Upon arrival, crews found one vehicle well alight.

Crews used two breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire which was located in the engine compartment.

Meanwhile, crews attended reports of a fire at the Red Lion House at Membury in Axminster last night.

Appliances from Chard, Colyton and Honiton were called to the scene at 6.29pm.

The fire was confined to the...

Police are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a suspect (pictured) after an attempted robbery in St Thomas, Exeter. The incident happened on Monday 5 August at around 9.10am outside the Post Office in Okehampton Road. The victim, a 27-year-old woman from Whipton, approached the Post Office to pay in the takings from a local store when she was approached by a white man from behind who was riding a push bike. The victim was pushed by the offender who grabbed at the bag she was carrying and said “give me the money”. A brief struggle then ensued between the victim and the offender...

Fresh from helping England's Under-20s to Junior World Championship success during the summer, Exeter Chiefs youngster Luke Cowan-Dickie has set himself a new aim ahead of the forthcoming 2013/14 campaign. That aim is to follow the lead of close friends Jack Nowell and Henry Slade, themselves other members of the winning Red Rose team in France, and look to work his way into a Chiefs squad in the Aviva Premiership. Last term both Nowell and Slade did just that as head coach Rob Baxter rewarded their efforts in training and on the field itself with appearances in English rugby's top flight...

Despite a solid track record, Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale is taking nothing for granted as his team prepares to face Morecambe away from home tomorrow (3pm).

Tisdale, who has notched up two wins and a draw since the season kicked off, told the club's website: “I take every away game assuming that we can win it just as much as a home game – I don’t view away games any less favourably than a home game and that’s the attitude we will take into the game on Saturday against Morecambe.

“Every game is different. The whistle goes at the beginning of the game, and it’s a fresh...

Farmland prices in the South West hit yet another record high during the first half of 2013 and have now more than trebled in less than a decade, according to the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey H1 2013.

During the first six months of the year, the cost of farmland jumped to £7,250 per acre across the region, hitting a record high for the eighth consecutive period. The cost of land is now more than three times that of the same period in 2004 when an acre cost just over £2,300.

The exponential growth in prices has been driven by the on-going demand from farmers and...

West Exe Technology College is today celebrating its best ever GCSE results and staff and Governors are looking forward to sharing their pride and delight with students when they collect their individual results tomorrow.

A fantastic 65% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at A*- C grade including English and Maths and a staggering 92% achieved 5+ A*- C grades. This is even better than last year’s record results when 56% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at A*- C grade including English and Maths and 90% achieved 5+A*- C grades. The results are also well above ambitious targets...