Fire crews tackled a blaze at a Devon residential home last night.
The alarm was raised at the property in Court Street, Moretonhampstead at 9.37pm.
On arrival crews discovered smoke pouring from the building.
Firefighters used three hose reels, three thermal imaging cameras, ladders and six wore breathing apparatus set to extinguish the fire. At the height of the incident five crews were in attendance.
The fire involved one first floor bedroom which was 100% damaged and part of the adjacent landing which was 20% damaged.
The spring flowers in Moretonhampstead gardens Sutton Mead and Mardon must have loved the driest winter for decades.
The colours of the apple blossom, wisteria, rhododendrons and azaleas have never looked better. Both of these four acre gardens will be open in aid of The National Garden Scheme on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 19, 20, 21 May. 2-6pm.
There will be a sale of plants raised in the gardens and delicious homemade teas. Parking is available at both gardens and for anyone wishing to combine their visit with a walk on the moor, dogs on leads are welcome.
The spring flowers in Moretonhampstead gardens Sutton Mead and Mardon must have loved the driest winter for decades.
The colours of the apple blossom, wisteria, rhododendrons and azaleas have never looked better. Both of these four acre gardens will be open in aid of The National Garden Scheme on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 19, 20, 21 May - 2pm-6pm.
There will be a sale of plants raised in the gardens and delicious homemade teas. Parking is available at both gardens and for anyone wishing to combine their visit with a walk on the moor, dogs on leads are welcome.
A new bridge on Dartmoor has been named in memory of the late Professor Ian Mercer.
The bridge at Steward Wood, near Moretonhampstead, was installed by Devon County Council earlier this year as part of the latest section of the Wray Valley Trail.
The Moretonhampstead History Society requested that the newly installed bridge be named in memory of the late Professor Ian Mercer CBE, who died in September, aged 83, and the dedication ceremony was organised with the support of Dartmoor National Park Authority and Devon County Council.
A new £500,000 bridge will be lifted into place over the A382 near Moretonhampstead later this month.
The A382, south of Moretonhampstead, will be closed from 8.30am on Thursday 22 September while the structure is installed at Steward Wood.
Devon County Council has funded the scheme which will extend the Wray Valley Trail cycle route from Moretonhampstead to Bovey Tracey. The 25-metre span bridge, which has been constructed by Kent-based steel fabricators Nusteel Structures, will be delivered in two halves, spliced together on site, and lifted into place using a 200 tonne...
One Day, Four Stages and Forty Bands, Music Day 2016, Sunday 19th June 2016 is back. It all takes place in The Horse, St Andrew’s Parish Church and the Central Cafe. The programme is packed with all genres of music, some new acts and regular favourites. Its a family friendly day with face-painting, a fabulous raffle and auction.
To give you a taster of the music, there are two stages in The Horse, with bands from all over Devon playing everything from rock, rocky folk, indy, blues, funk, punk and swing. There is even a ceilidh if you like dancing.
The world premiere of a new composition, inspired by Dartmoor and composed by Michael Alec Rose, will take place on Saturday 18 June at a Summer concert in Moretonhampstead.
Il Ritorno: A Perambulation for Unaccompanied Violin will be performed by internationally renowned violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved on a 1629 Girolamo Amati violin (Amati’s son taught Stradivari the craft of violin making).
The concert is being held on Dartmoor at the express wish of the composer, whose work has been performed widely in Europe, the United States and South America.
Strength and balance classes have been launched at Moretonhampstead Hospital and are already proving a hit with patients.
The weekly classes, which started in November, are designed to boost the health, wellbeing and confidence of people who suffer from falls or are afraid of falling.
The sessions run for 12 weeks and include a range of exercises aimed at improving balance and preventing falls, with advice from therapists on how best to manage them when they do happen.
Falls account for over half of hospital admissions for accidental injury, and about a third of...
Twelve communities across Devon have been chosen to take part in a pioneering new partnership project to test how they can support their local libraries and expand the services they provide.
Devon County Council will work with the dedicated community groups to help shape the new organisation and try out new ways of involving local people so they can have more say on how their library is run.
Those chosen include Colyton, Bampton, Moretonhampstead and Ottery St Mary.
Topsham Library has been working with the Estuary League of Friends and will also form part of the...
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for information after a white van collided with an eight-year-old boy in Moretonhampstead and then failed to stop.
The incident took place at around 4.10pm on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 on a narrow country lane between the village of North Bovey and Moretonhamstead.
The van collided with the boy as it passed him and his two siblings in the lane but left the scene without stopping.
The boy sustained a fractured leg.
It is possible that the van in question had signwriting and a flourescent stripe on the side.
