Members of the public are being asked to keep an eye on their neighbours at Christmas to help keep them safe from fire.
The appeal follows a fire in Mount Dinham, Exeter, on 10 December, during which firefighters discovered the body of a man.
Three fire crews attended the incident and extinguished the fire. The 89-year-old man was found close to a gas fire in a ground floor lounge.
Investigations are continuing into the incident and a report will be prepared for the Coroner but there have been several fire-related deaths that Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue...
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As part of a scheme to prevent coastal flooding, a large area of saltmarsh has recently been established on the Steart peninsula.
We will start early today, with the aim of seeing flocks of waders at high tide at the Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve. In the afternoon we will visit the new nature reserve, which is managed by the WWT.
Investigative work is due to continue today at the scene of a light aircraft crash near the village of Churchinford in Somerset.
The aircraft was travelling towards Dunkeswell Aerodrome in east Devon when it came down.
The six-seater plane crashed into a field near Buttles Lane at just before 11.44am yesterday morning.
Four people who were on board the plane were pronounced dead at the scene.
Although formal identification has not yet taken place, we believe the four people are from the same family – and were a 56-year-old man, a 55-year-old woman, a 23-year...
Strike action will cause disruption to trains running through the South West over the bank holiday weekend.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at First Great Western are due to walk out for three days from Saturday 29 August after the latest talks between the railway operator and the rail union broke down.
The union is in dispute over the threat to jobs, services and safety with the introduction of new high-speed trains.
RMT members have been told not to work between 12.01am on Saturday 29 August and 11.59pm on Monday 31 August.
Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) today announced major plans to make superfast fibre broadband available to 20 more business parks across the two counties.
It means that a further 1,000 businesses will have access to speeds of up to 80Mbps* by the end of 2016.
The 20 new locations are in addition to more than 200 business parks across the two counties where CDS has already delivered fibre broadband or has plans to do so.
The news comes on the same day as the Government’s announcement that the nationwide rollout of superfast broadband has now passed more than...
More than 170,000 businesses and households now have access to faster, more reliable broadband due to Connecting Devon and Somerset programme Latest communities to get fibre broadband include (Devon - South Brent, Colyton, Lifton, Buckfastleigh, Cheriton Bishop, East Allington and Exborne) Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) has passed the halfway mark in its rollout of superfast fibre broadband. More than 170,000 households and businesses in the two counties now have access to fibre broadband as a result of the CDS programme, of which nearly 150,000 are estimated to be able to get...
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are supporting Arson Awareness Week (May 3-9) by focusing on their Firesetter Intervention Programme aimed at young children who are drawn to lighting fires.
Our Firesetter Intervention Programme helps children and young people understand and control the feelings and circumstances that lead them to set fires.
Most children show a natural interest and curiosity in fire, even if they do not display any firesetting behaviour. Children may be fascinated by the glow from a real flame from when they blow out their birthday candles,...
Seaton Fire crews receive a presentation from Seaton District Lions Club of a £200 cheque to be used to aid Seaton’s Co-responder unit in the support of the local Community.
Mike Markham, Crew Manager said: “The local Lions do a lot of fund raising and good work in our community and often support local services with the proceeds of the fund raising events that they hold. This time they have chosen us in recognition of the good work Seaton’s Co-responders do in our community on behalf of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and South West Ambulance Service.
Leading South West distribution group Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Ltd. has acquired the business of Framptons Transport Services Ltd based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, through the purchase of its parent company PF Holdings Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.
This acquisition further expands Gregory Distribution Ltd.’s activities within the West Country, and positions the company for continued future growth. The Frampton business will operate as a stand-alone business unit within the distribution area of the Gregory Group.
Framptons has an annual turnover of around £17 million...
Thirty businesses in Devon and Somerset have received around £800,000 of grant money to help boost the region’s economy and create jobs.
Funds were secured in 2012 by Devon County Council from Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the RDPE (Rural Development Programme for England) for the Heart of the South West Rural Enterprise Grant Scheme at the beginning of last year.
84 jobs will have been created by March 2015 and a further 33 by March 2017 totalling 117 giving a GVA (Gross Value Added) increase of £4.9m by March 2017
