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  South West Water has announced it will be introducing temporary restrictions on hosepipe use for customers in Mid Devon and parts of East Devon including Tiverton, Cullompton, Bampton, Honiton, South Molton, Dunkeswell, Axminster and Lyme Regis, due to current exceptionally high levels of demand in the area.

• Police appeal for information following a serious assault in Exeter

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• Appeal following fatal road traffic collision in Exmouth

  Police are appealing for witnesses and footage following a fatal road traffic collision in Exmouth on Sunday 12 July.

• Andy Burnham’s ‘Number 10 North’ could mean Devon missing the boat

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• This bright idea is how Devon could earn £350 a year per lamppost

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• Update following the Murder of Anne Widdecombe

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• LATEST | Murder enquiry launched following death of Ann Widdecombe, Dartmoor

  A 26-year-old man who was arrested on Friday 10 July on suspicion of murder has since been released from custody and is no longer part of the investigation.

• Traders collaborate to fight rise in shoplifting in their beloved town

  Seventy businesses in Exmouth have joined forces in a bid to tackle rising levels of anti-social behaviour and shoplifting.

• Murder enquiry launched following death of Ann Widdecombe, Dartmoor

  A murder investigation has been launched following the suspicious death of former MP Ann Widdecombe at her home on Dartmoor in Devon.

• Firefighters urge safe outdoor fires this summer

  Firefighters are urging people enjoying their outdoor spaces this summer to ‘stay with it’ when using BBQs, fire pits and during garden gatherings, after recent years have seen an increase in the number of preventable domestic outdoor fires attended by crews.

• Commissioner presents 25 ‘incredible individuals’ with awards

  The crucial efforts of those who give up their spare time to support the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to hold the police to account and help make lives better and safer for those within their local communities has been recognised during a special celebration

• Check-in granted for flats plan at historic Devon hotel

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• Taxi fares in East Devon going nowhere…for now

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• 45-year-old woman remanded over alleged £512k Thai cannabis plot

  Amy Jayne Durban, of Hemyock, Cullompton, Devon, was arrested by Border Force at Heathrow on 6 July after arriving from Bangkok. She is alleged to have carried 51.2kg of cannabis in her suitcases, with an estimated street value of at least £512,000.