The Met Office has issued another severe weather warning for Devon as heavy rain is set to return on New Year’s Day.
Forecasters say an area of low pressure will bring spells of persistent and at times heavy rain through Friday and Saturday before weakening.
Following a brief respite on Saturday night, a further frontal system will bring more rain to these same areas through Sunday morning before clearing away northeastwards during Sunday afternoon.
There could be some local disruption from surface water and river flooding looks likely.
A man was rescued from his car after becoming trapped in flood water near Exeter this morning.
One fire appliance from Exeter Danes Castle, one from Exeter Middlemoor and the boat from Exmouth were mobilised to Burrow Road in Broadclyst at 5.30am, after reports of a person trapped in their vehicle in flood water.
On arrival, fire crews confirmed that the vehicle was in flood water, contact was made with the person trapped inside.
Crews used water safety equipment to escort the male from the vehicle to safety.
Burrow Road has been closed due to the flooding...
Millions of bank customers across Britain stand to benefit by hundreds of pounds as nine major banks launch fee-free basic bank accounts from 1 January.
The accounts will be available to anyone who doesn’t already have a bank account, is ineligible for a standard current account or who can’t use their existing account due to financial difficulty.
For the first time they will be truly fee-free, helping people to manage their money without fear of running up an overdraft.
The announcement follows last Christmas’ landmark agreement between the government and the...
Landowners behind England’s 5,000 largest rural estates should be called upon to release land for affordable housing, according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The RICS Rural Policy Paper, published today, sets out a number of recommendations as to how central and local Government could better manage rural land and support countryside communities, including offering measures to encourage large landowners to release space on their estates for eight or more affordable houses. This might include partial inheritance tax exemptions, allowing heirs to avoid paying...
Devon County Council is urging people to take care and remain vigilant as bad weather continues in the South West.
High winds and heavy rainfall have caused localised flooding and disruption on many of Devon’s roads, and motorists are being advised to take extra care. People are being urged to avoid coastal and river areas as the severe weather continues to cause water levels to rise and waves to over top seafronts.
Click here for the latest traffic and travel updates.
Flooding has also affected bus services. Follow @stagecoachsw on Twitter for the most up to date...
During the festive journeys to family and friends, why not contribute to The Mammal Society’s new National Mammal Atlas?
It is not unusual to see a rabbit nibbling at the well-tended grass on a roundabout, or deer grazing peacefully alongside the motorway, and mammal spotting provides free distraction to bored children (or adults!).
Providing the first review of where mammals are found for more than 20 years, the National Mammal Atlas is a crucial step towards conserving many species.
The freely available Mammal Tracker App (downloaded from your app store or from...
Three researchers at the University of Exeter are calling for action to cut down on the five and a half million tonnes of plastic being generated globally in the course of scientific research.
In a Correspondence article entitled ‘Labs should cut plastic waste too’ published in the journal Nature this week, they estimate that bio scientific research is responsible for 1.8 per cent of total global plastic production, waste which weighs the equivalent of 67 cruise ships a year.
Drs Mauricio Urbina, Andrew Watts and Erin Reardon estimated that the 280 scientists in their own...
