Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an elderly woman was the victim of a distraction burglary in her home in Newton Abbot.
The woman, aged 90, had around £50 stolen from her purse after letting the suspect into her home.
Police are keen for anyone who saw the man to get in touch as soon as possible.
The theft took place on Sunday 24th April between 2pm and 3pm when a man knocked on the woman’s front door in Wolborough Street saying he had been running and asked to use her toilet and have a drink. The woman let him in and the following day he...
A stoneware flagon which used to contain a lethal ‘cure-all’ is to be auctioned at Chilcotts next Honiton sale.
Radam’s ‘Microbe Killer’ was hailed as a panacea in the late 19th century, when William Radam, a native of Prussia living in America, invented it as a way to kill microbes in humans.
As a gardener, Radam approached the theory in a similar way to killing pests on plants. His resulting medicinal compound was patented in 1886. Although it was 99% water, the liquid also contained 0.59 sulphuric acid, 0.016 sulphurous acid and ash.
George Peterken, the world renowned meadows expert, is returning to Dartmoor for a celebration of wildflower meadows.
Wildflower meadows - bees love them, butterflies love them, people love them. Nothing sums up summer like the experience of walking through a species-rich meadow, carpeted with flowers and alive with insects.
Yet across the country, wildflower meadows have all but disappeared – 97 per cent of them have gone since the second world war. And Dartmoor is no different. Fortunately, there are still some wonderful survivors.
Fuss Free Phones, a mobile network recently launched across the South West, which makes phones designed for older people and those who struggle with technology, has branded the government’s new proposals on nuisance calls as half-baked. “It's a step in the right direction but so many call centres rotate the numbers they display so it won’t do much to protect the old and vulnerable,” says Simon Rockman, founder of Fuss Free Phones. Baroness Neville Rolfe, minister responsible for data protection, has announced that from Monday 16 May 2016, direct marketing companies registered in the UK...
Are you a local landlord in East Devon with a family sized property that is currently vacant? If so East Devon District Council would like to hear from you as soon as possible.
This is because Central Government has asked local councils to help provide accommodation for Syrian refugees as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme (VPR).
Housing that would be suitable for families is urgently needed, so properties with two bedrooms and upwards would be ideal. Obviously, any houses suggested to the council should be in good order and well maintained....
People travelling to next month's BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle near Exeter are reminded that they need to book public transport well in advance of the event.
The Big Weekend takes place on 28 and 29 May and 50,000 ticket holders will have the unique opportunity to watch performances by world class bands and artists including Coldplay, Mumford and Sons and Ellie Goulding.
The event is being hosted by Radio 1 DJs and is being delivered in partnership with Teignbridge District Council and Exeter City Council.
Officers investigating an unprovoked attack on a teenager in Exeter have released images of a young man they would like to speak to in connection with the assault.
The 18-year-old victim, from Cullompton, was punched in the face by an unknown man, believed to be a teenager, outside the Holland and Barrett store on the High Street.
He suffered serious facial injuries as a result of the assault that happened at around 5pm on Thursday 24 March.
The suspect is described as a black male, aged between 17 and 18, of slim build and around 5ft 8-9ins tall, with a strong...
The Heart of the South West LEP is running a series of free Pop-Up Business Cafés at established café venues across the area and will be coming to Exeter on 27th April at Fresha Cafe between 8am and noon.
They are informal events co-hosted with local business organisations offering one-to-one ‘no pressure, no sales pitch’ advice from volunteer business experts, White Bruce, Elm Hansard, Step Up Business, Coombe Reed Associates, Claire Cooper HR, Spring South West, Satellite Finance, Francis Clark Chartered Accountants, Stephens Scown, Plymouth Software, Hinkley Point Nuclear Power...
My name is Zeshan. I am a junior doctor working in London.
The upcoming junior doctor strikes are the first ever full-walk out from hospital in the history of the NHS.
I have to ask myself, how did we get to this stage?
I come from a family of doctors. People that believe in what the NHS stands for, care based on clinical need, not ability to pay. My dad was a doctor. He grew up in Pakistan.
The walk to medical school lectures was two hours each way. He studied under street lights in the evenings because of the lack of electricity. He was utterly dedicated...
Inpatient diabetes care at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has been highly rated in the 2015 National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NADIA).
The audit, undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), looks at the care of all inpatients with diabetes on a single day in all Trusts across England and Wales. It focuses on key staffing and organisational issues, clinical outcome measures and patient satisfaction levels.
At the RD&E, 133 inpatients with diabetes took part in the 2015 audit. In the hospital-level results, the RD&E’s Inpatient diabetes...
