Search and rescue helicopters from the Royal Navy have made more than 25 emergency journeys during the recent storms.
9 people were rescued in the West Country with helicopter crews from Royal Navy Station Culdrose battling with the extreme conditions.
These conditions made the journeys far more dangerous and saw 50knot (57mph) head winds triple the journey time of some flights requiring extra stops for fuel in North Devon.
Search and rescue helicopters from across the UK saw what the government described as “almost non-stop” activity during the storms as people...
Forty young people from Devon have been honoured for achieving their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
The young people have completed their Gold award and were presented with their awards by Deputy Lieutenant, Sir John Evans QPM DL LL.B at a ceremony at County Hall in Exeter.
The ceremony was attended by Helen Jenny MBE, Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme in Devon, and Devon County Council's Head of Child and Adult Protection, Fiona Fitzpatrick
The DofE is a personal development programme undertaken as part of leisure time activities. It challenges young...
The future of three of Devon’s Children’s homes- including one at the centre of a sexual abuse investigation- are in doubt as the council reviews its care of vulnerable children.
The Birchen Road home in Tiverton currently closed after concerns were raised about the potential sexual exploitation of residents outside the home and the placements to the Rifford Road home in Exeter suspended due to a critical Ofsted report.
Blossom Corner in Exeter, the councils third children’s home has been rated good by Ofsted but it currently has only three young people living there despite...
Help us wake up the apple trees in our orchard for our next cider crop in the autumn. Bring something along with you to make a loud noise, featuring live music.
Free entry for national trust members, please visit nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton for further details.
During the chilli fiesta, we will be hosting a special photography competition. The theme is chillies!
We will be offering prices for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and the judges will be the general public who attend the event. However you do not need to attend to enter.
A shortlist of 20 pictures will be selected by a panel of judges from the entries and then these photos will be blown up to prints measuring 18 inches by 12 inches. We will be working in conjunction with a local digital media specialist to help with this.
These prints will then be mounted and displayed in...
A new zebra crossing is to be installed on the A3126 in Tiverton.
Work on the Devon County Council scheme, which will create a crossing at Leat Street, is due to start on Monday 13 January.
Crossing Leat Street is difficult for pedestrians at present, due to limited visibility of traffic exiting the roundabout with Kennedy Way.
The crossing is south of this roundabout and will provide a walking route linking the western area of Tiverton to the hospital, Tiverton High Street and Petroc Community College.
The £45,000 scheme, funded through the Local Transport...
Forecasters are warning that waves upwards of 30ft as “Winter Storm Hercules” hits Devon. The storm has been confirmed to be the same weather system responsible for the recent “Deep-Freeze” in the US by the Met Office.
The latest storm is expected to see 60mph and 70mph winds and higher than usual waves.
According to the Met Office’s, Chief Forecaster: “A large, deep depression in the Atlantic is whipping waves up out at sea on Sunday, these coming into western and southern coastal areas of the UK as a large swell on Monday.
A Flybe plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Paris on Saturday due to “minor technical” difficulties.
The service from the Exeter-based airline was returning skiers from Geneva to Cardiff when the flight was forced to land at Paris Orly international at around 4pm (January 4).
On landing fire crews treated the plane’s left engine with hoses and passengers were unloaded from the plane.
All 68 passengers were unhurt and taken on a later flight from Paris to Cardiff
Passenger Luke Broadley, who was returning from a Skiing holiday praised the Flybe...
Firefighters from Crediton and Devon and Somerset's Fire and Rescue Service's Specialist Rescue Team from Exeter were called in to save two Bullocks stuck in 4ft of water near Crediton.
On arrival crews found the animals stuck in a slow moving semi-stagnant stream and used water safety equipment to rescue the animals.
A bulllock can cost anywhere between several hundred to several thousand pounds depending on the breed and age of the animal.
