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...
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.
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...
Power is being given back to the people by the Conservative Party in Exeter. They are giving voters the chance to choose the next Conservative challenger in the 2015 General Election.
In an exciting move voters in the Exeter constituency are being invited to help choose the new Conservative challenger in this key constituency.
The Exeter Conservative Association has decided to choose a “primary” selection process which will enable every registered voter to apply to attend the selection meeting, where they will be given the opportunity to quiz candidates and vote on who the...
Police have rescued a woman in her 70s who was walking on Dartmoor and managed to get trapped in a bog.
At about 1.45pm on Saturday 11 January police received a call from a woman who said she was stuck on the moors.
Mobile phone reception was poor and it was not clear initially where she was or why she was stuck.
After several calls it became evident she was stuck in mud and things became more serious when she was heard to say: “It’s now up to my...” and then the line dropped out.
After a lot of rapid enquiries, including requests to mobile phone providers,...
Devon and Cornwall Police are asking for the public’s views on the new Force website. Anyone using the internet via a standard terminal or any mobile device can follow http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v5 to see the new version of the Force website and give feedback on its style. Police are also asking people to complete a short online survey so we can best shape the new site to people’s needs and views. This can be found at http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/websiteSurvey . The survey will ask you to locate certain types of information and then grade how easy it was to find it - so you...
State of the art toilets are set to be built on Exmouth seafront following the go-ahead from planners last week.
In addition the new East Devon District Council toilets will be open all year round and include both disabled and baby changing facilities.
The existing toilets, that are costly to maintain and do not meet current British Standards, will be demolished this week. The new toilets will be constructed and open by Easter.
During construction and as an ongoing additional facility, EDDC is making the toilets at The Pavilion available to the public, subject to...
Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man found collapsed in a Laundrette on Well Street, which is being treated as unexplained.
A 38 year-old man form Exeter was arrested in suspicion of manslaughter and a 44 year-old man, also from Exeter, was arrested on suspicion of supplying a class A drug. Both men have been released on bail until February 27th while investigations continue.
Neighbourhood officers discovered a the man while on their patrols at around 12.30pm on Saturday 11th January 2013. Neighbourhood officers carried out CPR until an ambulance...
