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Guy_Henderson published Police 'vigilance' warning as opportunist thief strikes

August 15, 2017, 12:52 am
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Householders in Dartmouth have been warned to be vigilant and look out for each other after an opportunist thief struck at a house in the Townstal area of the town, taking a handbag and mobile phone. The warning follows a police helicopter search at the weekend after which officers issued a tongue-in-cheek 'sorry we woke you up' apology.Now they have revealed that a house in Davis Road was burgled last night. A spokesman said: "We believe that this male has discarded the property that he...

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Patrick Phelvin published South West Trains crash - everything you need to know from...

August 15, 2017, 12:59 am
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Rail passengers face massive disruption this morning after a train crash. The South West Trains service collided with a freight train at Waterloo in the early hours of this morning.The accident, which resulted in a derailment, happened at low speed and there are no reported injuries.Rail passengers travelling to London on the Waterloo line face major disruption because of the accident, which took place during major engineering works at Waterloo.Passengers from Exeter Central and Exeter St...

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HannahFinch published Women needed for the Devon tech boom creating thousands of jobs

August 15, 2017, 1:07 am
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The tech boom in Devon is set to create more than 2,000 jobs in the next eight years.Dr Sally Basker, the woman leading Exeter Science Park, said that embracing innovation is do or die for the region, with major plans in place to expand the park site on the outskirts of the city.This month, the next phase begins to create two 27,000 sq ft office buildings opposite the Science Park Centre. It will create the first street on the site that will soon be connected by its own link road. And, where...

Women needed for the Devon tech boom creating thousands of jobs

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DanielClark published Ten year plan to restore Teignmouth's Grand Pier to its former...

August 15, 2017, 1:18 am
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Teignmouth's Grand Pier will be restored to its former glory – but only with the support of the public.The owners of the Grand Pier have set out a ten year plan that notwithstanding catastrophes, aims to get their 152-year-old pier back to her former elegance.But directors of the Pier say that they need people to come and use the Victorian Pier or else they won't be able to fund the necessary works.They say that this summer numbers of visitors to the Pier have been down which has meant...

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C_Abbott commented Opening of Paignton's Greggs shop delayed by a week

August 15, 2017, 1:34 am
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Greggs has said the opening of its new shop in Paignton has been delayed.The store in Victoria Street was due to open on Saturday, August 19, but a spokesman for the bakery chain has confirmed that it will now open on Saturday, August 26. No reason was given for the delay.She said: "Our new Paignton shop will now open a week later than planned. We look forward to meeting the local community and welcoming customers on August 26."The Greggs store, in premises formerly occupied by Stokes...

Opening of Paignton's Greggs shop delayed by a week

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HannahFinch published This Exeter firm wants to employ another 14 people to become...

August 15, 2017, 1:39 am
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A £12.5million company that specialises in background checks is setting its sights on becoming the UK's number one.uCheck is currently England's second largest employee background checking company, performing over 300,000 checks a year for clients in a variety of sectors including care and education.Last year, it recorded total sales growth of 37 per cent with a turnover of £12.5million and now employs 26 staff at its new customised offices on the Marsh Barton trading estate in...

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DanielClark published Take Me Out is looking for Devon contestants - here's how to...

August 15, 2017, 1:43 am
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Producers of hit ITV show Take Me Out are looking for people from Devon to take part in the next series of the show.The popular dating show, which is fronted by funnyman Paddy McGuinness, sees single men come down in the love lift to vie for the affection of 30 single girls.If the man manages to survive three intensive rounds he bags himself a date and the pair jet off to the Isle of Fernando's, which is actually in Tenerife.Over the past few years the show has produced several marriages and...

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Devon Live published £1 fine for mum who spat in police officer's face and...

August 15, 2017, 1:45 am
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A woman was fined £1 for assaulting a police officer and using racial abuse on the same day.Kayleigh Thornton, aged 31, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court for sentencing after admitting to the offences on February 2.Judge Paul Darlow, heard how the mother-of-three spat in a police officer's face and was racially abusive to police and paramedics, Plymouth Herald reports.In mitigation, Thornton's advocate Nick Lewin said the incident took place just a matter of weeks after a fire at her home,...

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Jamie_Hawkins published Torquay United v Boreham Wood: Match preview as injury-hit Gulls...

August 15, 2017, 1:46 am
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Kevin Nicholson says his Torquay United players cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves as they tackle Boreham Wood at Plainmoor tonight (7.45pm) in the middle of a clutch of early-season injury and illness problems which have reduced the squad to bare-bones proportions.Player-manager Nicholson, 36, who hasn't featured in first-team action since last October, is poised to name himself on the subs' bench this evening because he expects that a wrist injury will see winger Jamie Reid join Liam...

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Zoe_Stevens published Water supply problems hit South Devon village

August 15, 2017, 1:48 am
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Water supplies were disrupted in a South Devon village on Monday morning as South West Water carried out urgent repairs.Disruption in Liverton was expected to last between one and two hours between 11.30am and 1.30pm.A South West Water spokesman said: "Supplies in this area may be disrupted as we are currently doing urgent repairs."We would like to thank you for your patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Water supply problems hit South Devon village

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Lewis_Clarke commented Poo on the tracks at Tiverton Parkway prompts reminder to...

August 15, 2017, 7:49 am
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Great Western Railway has reminded customers on board their trains not to flush the toilets at stations after angry customers alerted them to human excrement on the tracks. Andrew Broderick was travelling through Tiverton Parkway Station this morning and tweeted GWR to say: "Repulsive to see human excrement on the track at Tiverton Parkway. How is this acceptable? Is it legal to flush waste onto the line?" Read More: Rumours badger culling may return to Devon this summer The...

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DanielClark published Road closures and traffic lights in Exmouth for South West Water...

August 15, 2017, 7:54 am
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A £324,000 scheme to upgrade the sewer network in Exmouth is set to start this month.South West Water will be refurbishing over 1,000 metres of sewer in the two areas between Tuesday, August 29, and December 2017 to improve the service to residents.The project is part of an ongoing programme to ensure the sewers in Exmouth are in good condition, reducing the risk of collapses and blockages leading to pollution and flooding. Read More: Where are the nudist beaches in and around Exeter? Work...

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Zoe_Stevens published Police patrol school grounds after spate of break-ins and...

August 15, 2017, 7:58 am
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After a spate of break-ins and vandalism at South Dartmoor Community College, police and dogs have been sent to regularly patrol the grounds.Both the Golf Academy and Ashburton Cricket Club, on the site of the college, have been broken into, and a 'large amount' of theft and vandalism has been carried out.Ashburton Cricket Club has been broken into on two separate occasions and was particularly badly hit.On the first occasion, between 4.30pm on August 13 and 6pm on August 14, a door panel was...

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David_Byrom published When is Football Manager 2018 released? All you need to know...

August 15, 2017, 8:03 am
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SI Games have revealed when Football Manager 2018 will be released.The popular management simulation series sees players take charge of their favourite clubs, going through all the daily stresses and strains of life in a football manager's hotseat.After the success of 2017, the latest edition of the game will be released on November 10, although anyone who pre-purchases the game, which will be released on PC, Mac and Linux, will be able to play a Beta version of the game two weeks earlier on...

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DanielClark published Meet the man who wants to re-launch Budleigh Salterton Farmers'...

August 15, 2017, 8:03 am
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Every month Tom Garner, wildlife ranger for Clinton Devon Estates, sets up a stall at Budleigh Salterton Farmers' Market and sells the venison he culls a few miles up the road.The 40-year-old is responsible for the roe deer management programme over 18,000 acres of nearby Estate land as well as the butchery and creation of burgers, sausages and other venison products which, such is their popularity, typically sell out within an hour at the event.Tom is also the event organiser, but he is now...

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C_Abbott published Dog and owner injured in unprovoked dog attack in Torquay park

August 15, 2017, 8:14 am
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A 73-year-old woman has said she has never been so terrified in her life as when she and her small dog were injured in a savage attack by another dog in a Torquay park.Virginia Anderson, from Babbacombe, Torquay, is urging other dog walkers to beware of a large, black or dark grey Staffordshire Bull Terrier which carried out an unprovoked attack in the park off Cricketfield Road on Friday evening.Her dog, an eight-year-old Shih Tzu named Jonty, needed to go to the vet for extensive treatment,...

Dog and owner injured in unprovoked dog attack in Torquay park

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DanielClark published Heartbroken owners of cat killed by airgun appeal for information...

August 15, 2017, 8:22 am
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The owners of 'beautiful, soft natured' rescue cat Connor, who was shot and killed by an airgun in Paignton, are appealing for anyone with information about the 'deranged person' who shot him to go to the police or the RSPCA.The young rescue cat, named Connor, was found by its owner between 5pm and 9pm in the Barcombe Road area of Preston on August 6 with severe wounds to his abdomen and shoulder.Despite the vet's best efforts, Connor couldn't be saved.Now, Connor's owners have urged anyone with...

Heartbroken owners of cat killed by airgun appeal for information...

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DanielClark published Speed of technology changes presents us huge challenges - Ben...

August 15, 2017, 8:24 am
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BEN BRADSHAW IS THE LABOUR MP FOR EXETER AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1997"The latest edition of the Economist magazine has a striking image on its front cover. It is of a car engine, drawn to resemble a dead animal, flat on its back, under the headline "Roadkill"."The implication is that the internal combustion engine, which has powered vehicles on land for most of the last hundred years is dead, or at least heading that way."Inside, the magazine publishes an in-depth news report...

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DanielClark published Chamber of trade support auction room plan and say refusal 'would...

August 15, 2017, 8:29 am
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Plans to convert an empty hardware store in the centre of Axminster into an auction room have been backed by the town's Chamber of Trade.The premises in Lyme Street were vacated in April by hardware store Lawsons after 24 years of trading.Plans for an auction room were submitted to East Devon District Council in June and the Axminster Chamber of Trade have supported the application, and said that refusing the planning application would be "grossly negligent".Read More: Chyna Crew jury...

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Jamie_Hawkins published EFL to discuss possibility of closing transfer window before...

August 15, 2017, 8:29 am
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The EFL is to discuss the possibility of closing the summer transfer window before the start of the season.The Football League's board announced that it will hold talks with its clubs in September to explore the possibility of the transfer window's closing date being brought forward.The news comes after the majority of Premier League clubs announced that they will be pushing for a new deadline, which would prevent players being signed after the season gets underway.On Tuesday, the EFL also...

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