Officers from the serious collision investigation team are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision on the A3079 near Thorndon Cross, Okehampton.
The incident happened at 8.35am on Saturday 13th August 2016 and involved a grey Ford Focus and a red Peugeot 206.
A 25 year old local woman who was the front seat passenger in the Ford suffered serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene
The woman driving the Ford was taken to hospital by ambulance.
The Ford was travelling west away from Okehampton and the Peugeot was heading in the...
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is continuing its winning partnership with the Exeter Chiefs for a fifth successive season.
With rugby becoming an increasingly demanding sport physically, it’s crucial the players have the right medical team behind them.
And for the past five years, the experts at Nuffield have helped several of the squad bounce back to fitness.
Senior player Tom Johnson, who spent three weeks receiving shockwave treatment on an Achilles problem in the off season, was full of praise for the Nuffield team.
Three historic shipwrecks in the South West have been given protection by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England. Shipwrecks have been a source of inspiration to English writers, artists and scholars for centuries – from Shakespeare to Enid Blyton, whose Famous Five spent a whole summer exploring a fictional Cornish wreck. This summer, these wrecks have been given special protection, and they include two that are often publicly accessible from the Devon sands. Shifting sands and weather patterns can allow the public to see sights that are usually the...
Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre, City College Plymouth, Ashfords LLP, Cornwall College Business and Redrok have signed up to support the Devon Chamber of Commerce Awards for 2016.
Having been introduced in 2015 to celebrate the success of Chamber Member companies in the county, the Awards have returned for 2016, and are now open for entries, with companies vying to win a ‘Golden Ticket’ to the glittering black tie awards ceremony in September. The Devon Chamber of Commerce Awards aim to recognise member involvement and engagement with the Chamber and the wider business community....
There is something for everyone at this summer’s Dartmoor Wildlife Festival which takes place at Meldon Old Quarry on Tuesday 23 August.
Discover more about a variety of Dartmoor creatures and their homes through a series of free drop in events and workshops with all ages catered for. Immerse yourself in stream dipping, listen to wildlife storytelling, go on a butterfly walk or learn about wildlife gardening. You can even make your own wildlife homes to take away with you. These are just some of the great things you can do on the day.
Exeter City could not build on an impressive cup win over Brentford on Tuesday as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at home to Hartlepool United on Saturday.
The Grecians took the lead in the first half as Liam McAlinden bagged his first goal for the club, but the home side were hit with a couple of sucker punches midway through the second half as goals Michael Woods and Billy Paynter turned the game on its head in matter of minutes.
City were without a number of first team players going into the game. Ryan Harley, who scored the winner against Brentford in the EFL Cup on Tuesday,...
Rob Baxter challenged his troops to deliver in battle ahead of their opening pre-season fixture against the Scarlets at a sun-baked Sandy Park.
Keen to ensure his class of 2016/17 hit the new season firing on all cylinders, the Exeter Chiefs head coach said it was vital those given their chance against the Welsh region made the most of the opportunity afforded to them.
In an often one-sided encounter, last season’s Aviva Premiership runners-up simply had too much in all departments for the Scarlets, whose scant reward on a sizzling summer’s day was a first half penalty from...
Rob Baxter has warned his Exeter Chiefs squad they can ill afford to ease into the new 2016/17 season as opportunities to impress could well be scarce.
The Devon kick-off the first of three pre-season games tomorrow at home to the Scarlets (3pm) and Baxter is looking to give a large nucleus of his troops the chance to impress.
Although many of the club’s clutch of international names will sit out this first run-out after returning to pre-season training later than their team-mates, Baxter is still able to parade two powerful line-ups for the visit of the Welsh region to...
A playday event run by East Devon’s StreetScene team in Exmouth’s Phear Park in support of National Playday, has proved immensely popular with the local community.
The council-run playday, which took place on August 3, received plenty of support from a number of East Devon services, including the Recycling and Waste team, as well as local organisations such as Exmouth and District Children’s Centre, Exmouth in Bloom and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.
On National Playday thousands of children and their families get out to play at hundreds of community events...
Fire appliances from Tiverton, Cullompton and Middlemoor, along with the water bowser from Danes Castle were mobilised to a report of a barn on fire at Lower Town near Halberton at 1.45 this afternoon (12 August).
Upon arrival the crews requested a further three appliances due to smoke and flames issuing. These cane from Wellington, Danes Castle and Witheridge together with the Incident Command Unit from Honiton.
Below is the fire service log:
At 14:10 a request was made by the crews for the telehandler which came from Special operations at Clyst St George.
