Police were called to Ivybridge around 3.30pm yesterday (10th January) after the discovery of a man’s body in Long Timber Woods.
The deceased is thought to be an 18-year-old man from the Ivybridge area.
Next of kin have been informed although formal identification has not yet taken place.
Police are making enquiries into the circumstances of this incident and are preparing a report for the coroner. There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances at this time.
Western Power Distribution are reporting two separate incidents of power loss this morning in Exeter. The first initially affected 1,096 households and business establishments in the Countess Wear area, of which 289 are still waiting for their power to be restored, hopefully by 12.30. This was due to 3rd party damage.
In a separate incident, 877 properties were affected in Haven Road, which is affecting the South Street area of the city. Western Power Distribution engineers are currently en route and hope to restore power as soon as possible, but could not give us a time.
As the weather gets colder over the weekend, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service reminds you to stay safe as well as warm in your home.
There is nothing like a cosy open fire or the added warmth of an electric blanket, but these and other winter must-haves can bring an increased risk of fire into the home.
Check that all your winter essentials are fire-safe and remember a smoke alarm is the single most important piece of safety equipment in any home. Remember to test your smoke alarm on a regular basis as working smoke alarms save lives.
Devon County Council has teamed up with BBC Radio Devon to help make it easier for residents to take part in the station’s big ‘Test the County’ quiz and raise money for BBC Children in Need.
This year quiz packs, which cost just £6, are available to purchase from all 50 of Devon County Council’s Libraries, as well as by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a cheque to Radio Devon.
Test the County will start at 7pm on Thursday 17th January 2013 with the questions asked live on the radio by Judi Spiers.
Those taking part will be playing against teams all...
Devon County Council’s Leader John Hart says the Council wants to engage better with people and give communities more choice and control over the way local services are shaped and delivered.
It has a new draft strategy, setting out how the Council will go about its business of engagement, and is inviting people to tell them what they think about it and how it might be improved upon.
Engagement, with the public and communities, businesses, other public and statutory authorities, voluntary sector organisations and a whole host more, is at the heart of the Council’s decision...
Equality South West has said it is "unacceptable" for academies to pick and choose pupils.
A report, released today by the Academies Commission, reveals evidence that some academies secretly attempt to select and exclude pupils.
ESW's Colette Bennett said: "If academies are picking and choosing their students , then the potential for discrimination is huge. Even if it is unintentional, things such as unconscious bias may lead to children being excluded on the basis of their or their parents' skin colour, their religion or the fact that they are disabled or gay.
Government plans to build Britain’s biggest prison are a titanic waste of money that will do nothing to cut crime, the Howard League for Penal Reform said today (10 January).
In a move which echoes the ill-fated Titan jail proposal of the last decade, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that it is to start feasibility work on a new prison that could hold more than 2,000 prisoners.
The project - combined with the planned construction of four new mini-prisons - follows the opening of the G4S-run Oakwood Prison near Wolverhampton, which has been dogged with problems...
This Christmas period has been tinged with sadness as new statistics released by the RSPCA reveal that three pets were abandoned every hour during the holiday period.
In the past, instead of being left on the streets, pets were given to animal shelters. For many different reasons, however, such as a lack of animal shelters, between 2007 and 2012 the number of abandoned pets went up by 7 million.
Cemeteries have now become a ‘hot-spot’ for leaving dogs and cats, where recently three dogs were left at the Veterans Cemetery in Exeter. Rather than being abandoned at a young age...
John Lewis in Exeter has announced the next three charities it will be supporting as part of its Community Matters Scheme.
It has been revealed the chosen charities selected by Partners are SOCOPS, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity and Nightstop Devon.
SOCOPS (Social Opportunities) is a charity group created in 2005, by parents with children on the Autistic Spectrum.
They decided to set up a youth club in Exeter providing social opportunities for their children and others with the same condition as they felt the children were missing out.
