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Remember, remember… organised displays are the safest place to enjoy a firework display

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have been working alongside the National Fire Chiefs Council and a North Devon family to highlight the potential dangers of having a firework display at home. The Fire Service encourage everyone to attend an organised firework display as they are safer and they have safe and well organised displays . Maisie’s story

On Bonfire night, November 5, 2016, four year old Maisie Roe was badly burned by an ordinary garden firework. Stephanie, her...

Overnight closures will be needed on Sandygate roundabout and the services roundabout at Junction 30 of the M5 for two weeks while essential resurfacing work is carried out.

The closures will take place from 8pm to 5am, and are due to start on the evening of Monday 13 November. The junction and roundabouts will be open throughout the daytime, but during overnight working hours there will be no access on or off the M5 at Junction 30, or use of Sandygate Roundabout. From Monday 27 November to Friday 15 December, there will be night time (8pm-5am) lane closures, some of which will be...

A kennel owner has been prosecuted by East Devon District Council and ordered to pay fines and costs of more than £4,000 after a dog staying at the kennels escaped from its pen and was killed by another dog.

Paul Sparks, the owner of Barn Close Kennels in Combe Raleigh, Honiton, pleaded guilty to five offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Animal Boarding Establishments Act and was sentenced by Exeter Magistrates on Monday October 30. Barn Close Kennels is licensed as an Animal Boarding Establishment by East Devon District Council.

The court was told by Mr Gavin...

British Army veteran, Gareth John, who has recently based his firm at Plymouth Science Park, has been shortlisted for a top accolade at the prestigious national BSI Resettlement Awards, being held in Manchester on Tuesday 31 October.

Gareth trained to be a surveyor when he was in the Army and saw two tours of duty in Afghanistan where he served with 6 Rifles and 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment respectively.

Having left military service, in 2014, he established G John Surveys, which has a growing reputation across the south of England with a newly opened office in London....