The RSPCA has urged pet owners and farmers to keep their animals cool in the summer heat as temperatures rocket to 30C in some parts of England and Wales this week.
The animal welfare charity is issuing advice after a surge in calls relating to animals and heat exposure last month. The charity’s 24-hour emergency line received 1,606 calls in July - that’s two every hour or more than 50 a day - from concerned members of the public reporting dogs shut in hot vehicles, farm animals out in the heat, and horses without shade.
There have been more than 5,700 calls so far this...
Police are searching a house in Exminster and nearby woods as part of a counter terrorism operation.
A 30-year-old man was arrested in Somerset today [24 August] on suspicion of terrorism offences.
He was arrested at 12.20pm by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15), supported by colleagues from Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police, on suspicion of being involved in the preparation for acts of terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act.
A police spokesperson said: "Today’s arrest was pre-planned and...
The return of grazing livestock after a gap of many decades has put a rare Mid Devon landscape firmly on the road to recovery.
The change is just one of many made by the charity Devon Wildlife Trust to its Clayhidon Turbary nature reserve after winning support of more than £34,000 from Biffa Award - a multi-million pound fund which awards grants to community and environmental projects across the UK.
Devon Wildlife Trust’s Clayhidon Turbary nature reserve forms part of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its 13 hectares were once a heathland and open...
On Friday 26 August, an extraordinary high-tech 3D infographic rhino will be visiting the Indian botanical drawings in the Flower Power exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM).
From 10am to 5pm visitors will be able to see and interact with the rhino, find out how it was created and learn more about the plight of the world’s rhinos, one of the most endangered large mammals in the world.
Dubbed TechnoRhino, the dazzling artwork uses a medium-size rhino figure, data on wild population numbers and some very clever computing. One side of the fibre glass rhino...
Plans for the possible transfer of management of some of Exeter’s best known public green spaces are to be discussed at the meeting of the Scrutiny Committee of Exeter City Council.
The meeting to be held on 8 September will consider a proposal that the long term management of parts of Riverside, Ludwell, Mincinglake, Duryard, Belvidere, Barley Valley and Whitycombe Way be transferred from Exeter City Council to the charity Devon Wildlife Trust.
Exeter City Council will continue to own the sites.
Cllr Rob Hannaford, Lead Councillor for Place, said communities and...
A test has been developed that could help to diagnose bacterial infections, including meningitis in minutes. If made available through the NHS, this test would significantly reduce the time taken to diagnose the disease and minimise the risk of misdiagnosis.
The new test, developed by a team at Imperial College London, is a major breakthrough in the rapid diagnosis of meningitis and sepsis in children. If made available through the NHS, it could allow treatment to begin much earlier, saving hundreds of lives and reducing the risk of life-changing after-effects.
Thanks to overwhelming support from the local community 24-year old Mark Wakely, a plumber at Fords in Sidmouth, has made it through to the final five in the 2016 UK Plumber of the Year competition. Thank you Devon!
Mark was one of 15 plumbers shortlisted in the nationwide competition having been selected for his outstanding work on the restoration of The Landmark Trust’s property, Belmont House, in Lyme Regis.
Following the shortlist announcement members of the public were invited to vote on who they thought should reach the competition final. Mark was one of the five with...
Edita Berger will be visiting Exeter and Plymouth in September to give talks on Buddhism. Edita is from Hamburg and has been a student of Lama Ole Nydahl for 33 years. Since Lama Ole asked her to travel and start teaching, she has travelled to many countries sharing the inspiring and timeless teachings of Buddhism. Edita has an independant psychotherapeutic naturopath practice in Hamburg which she started in 1998. After the talk there will be opportunity for questions and a short meditation to finish. There is no previous knowledge or experience needed of Buddhism and all are welcome. ...
Alphington Road was closed this afternoon after a lorry carrying bales of hay collided with the railway bridge.
Police were informed at 2.05pm (Tuesday 23 August) of a road traffic collision on Alphington Road, the A377, in Exeter involving a single vehicle.
Drivers are advised to avoid the area due to tailbacks.
A spokesman for Devon & Cornwall Police said: "A lorry carrying hay passed under the railway bridge near County Tyres but en route through collided with the bridge. Some of the load spilled on the road and the rest of the load was deemed unstable."...
