The refurbishment of Northam Burrows Visitor centre has continued at pace during February as part of a 14-week refurbishment project being undertaken by Pearce Construction. Outwardly the most striking change has been the reinstatement of the roof which means that now the building is water-tight work to re-model the interior […]

From Torridge Council: The pandemic has changed many things, maybe in some cases, forever. From social distancing to mask wearing and working from home, Zoom to sanitiser, our habits are very, very different from a year ago. But what will life be like in a year’s time? Will you be […]

From Devon & Cornwall Police: Police have been informed that the seven-year-old girl who was left critically ill after a house fire in Exeter, has sadly died from injuries sustained. The family members who tragically lost their lives in the fire on Clayton Road, Sunday 21 February, were Kaylie Rudge, […]

The controlled detonation of a suspected World War Two bomb unearthed near Exeter University on Friday, occurred at 6.10pm, Saturday 27 February.   Upwards of 2,600 properties in the Glenthorne Road area, where the device was located, were evacuated by 10.30am yesterday and told to stay away from the area […]

From Devon & Cornwall Police, in a crackdown on drugs in the SW: Fifty Devon & Cornwall Police officers conducted seven warrants at addresses across Plymouth yesterday, Thursday, 25 February, as part of the ongoing crackdown on County Lines drugs supply into the South West. A total of 14 men […]

From Devon & Cornwall Police: Police are treating the cause of a fatal house fire in Exeter, during which two adults and a child died, as non-suspicious. They were alerted to the fire, at an address on Clayton Road in the St David’s area of Exeter, at around 5.30am on […]