NHS and council organisations in Devon added their voice to the ‘Stop TB in my Lifetime’ TB campaign, to mark World TB Day (24 March).
And as part of its work with local partners across Devon, the public health team, which will shortly become part of Devon County Council, has been working with partners in Teignbridge District Council to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis, otherwise known as TB, and help spread the message that the disease is treatable.
John Wales, a 62-year-old married father of five who lives in Newton Abbot, was diagnosed with TB in...
Motorists have been rescued from their cars after more heavy rain deluged the county.
Traffic control teams also reported several landslips and a road collapse in Devon.
Fire crews rescued people from cars in Teigngrace and Sidmouth and in Colyford one person was rescued after being found on top of their vehicle in 2ft of flood water.
St James' Road in Exeter was this morning closed in both directions between the Oxford Road junction and the Old Tiverton Road junction, because of a landslip.*
Roads in Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey, Exton and parts of east Devon...
The Diocese of Exeter is tweeting the whole passion story, from Palm Sunday to sunrise on Easter Sunday. The story has been rewritten for tweeting in the first person and from Jesus’s perspective and will be sent out in ‘real time’ throughout Holy Week. Canon Andrew Godsall said: “The idea with tweeting the passion is to help people relate to a familiar story in a contemporary way. Jesus used contemporary phrases all of the time. He wanted to make people sit up and listen so he used provocative words. Sometimes people got the wrong end of the stick – and maybe he did that deliberately -...
At around 7.15am on Friday 22 March 2013 a serious road traffic collision took place involving two vehicles. Police have confirmed that the driver of the silver VW Polo, a woman in her forties from the Bude area, has been declared deceased at the scene by paramedics. Her next of kin have been informed but other family members are yet to be told.
A man, understood to be in his early forties and from the Bideford area, who was driving a Ford Maverick was air-lifted to Derriford hospital in Plymouth where he is said to be stable and not thought to have life-threatening injuries....
The Exeter Daily can reveal that the next Lord Mayor of Exeter will be Labour councillor for Polsloe, Rachel Lyons. Councillor Lyons will take over from present incumbent, Councillor Rob Newby in May.
Ms Lyons, a previous Deputy Lord Mayor, was re-elected to the Polsloe seat in 2012 having previously held the seat for two terms of office between 2000 and 2008. Her deputy will be Labour councillor Rob Hannaford who serves as both city councillor for St. Thomas and county councillor for Exwick/St. Thomas and is the present City Council portfolio holder for Housing and Community...
Devon & Cornwall Police have reported that Alistair McWilliams, aged 27, from London was arrested on Wednesday 20 March in connection with the high value armed robbery of Ernest Jones jewellery store, which took place on 11 February. He has since been charged with robbery and remains in custody to appear before Exeter Magistrates Court this morning (Friday 22 March). Enquires are continuing to locate other suspects, as there were reports of three men involved in the incident. The thieves ran off in the direction of John Lewis and got into a black Jaguar. Following an extensive search...
Problems abound on the roads in and around Exeter this morning due to flooding. Drivers are advised to approach the A3015 Topsham Road in Countess Wear at Countess Wear Roundabout with care due to a Traffic light failure.
Drivers are also requested to take care on the A376 which is reported to be partially blocked in both directions between the A3052 junction in Clyst St Mary and the Featherbed Lane junction in Exmouth, because of flooding.
Flooding is also affecting the A3052 in both directions between the B3180 junction in Hawkerland and the A375 School Street junction in...
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Devon will make history as the first stage of The Tour of Britain to host a summit finish when Britain’s premier cycle race returns to the county in September to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
The organisers of The Tour and Devon County Council have this evening announced that Devon will host Stage Six from Sidmouth to Haytor in Dartmoor National Park on Friday 20 September. It will be the first time a stage has finished with a SKODA King of the Mountains climb in the modern era of the race.
It will be the seventh consecutive year that The Tour will have visited Devon. In...
