Devon law firm Kitsons Solicitors has been unveiled as the new headline sponsor for Teignbridge District Council’s Sports Personality of the Awards.
The Teignbridge, Torbay, Exeter and Plymouth business responded to a plea from the district council which was looking for a new primary sponsor for the annual ceremony which celebrates the best in community sport, physical activity and health.
This year’s Sports Personality Awards will be held on Friday 28 November at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren.
The awards gala has become one of the largest of its kind,...
Police in Lancashire have launched a murder investigation after the bodies of a mother and baby from Devon were found at a home in Chorley, Lancashire.
Police said Angel Hudson, 26, and her son Arthur Hudson-Cardy, were discovered at a house on Princess Way in Euxton on Wednesday evening.
The case is being treated as a murder inquiry but police are not looking for anyone else.
Ms Hudson and her son went missing from their home in Teignmouth in 2013.
Police said the family had been informed.
Det Supt Eddie Thistlethwaite, who is leading the...
The reopening of the walkway between Teignmouth and Smugglers Lane in Dawlish has been delayed until next week, after stormy weather at the weekend damaged the temporary works used to construct Sprey Point ramp.
Network Rail had originally planned to reopen the walkway today, Tuesday 12 August.
Tom Kirkham, project manager at Network Rail, said: “This delay is very frustrating for all of us, not least local residents who I’m sure were looking forward to being able to use the walkway again.
“While we were prepared for the storms and took the necessary precautions,...
Margaret Cooper, from Woodbury, would like to send her thanks to the good samaritan who came to her aid on Wednesday 7th May.
Margaret and three friends were travelling along the Bishopstainton Road in Teignmouth when their car broke down.
A young woman with blonde hair, who mentioned she was on her way to university, stopped to help the ladies, even waiting with them until the RAC had been contacted.
Margaret described the woman as her 'knight in shining armour' and said she was saddened to have not taken her name.
The RNLI has released footage today of the dramatic moment a lifeboat crew from tackled an out-of control motorboat in Teignmouth Harbour.
The video shows a crew from Teignmouth RNLI lasso the boat under their control before getting to the boat’s controls.
The small motorboat lost control after the boat’s owner fell overboard whilst leaning over the side to recover his mooring near Polly Steps
The owner had unclipped the 'kill-cord'-which stops the engine if disconnected- from himself and somehow managed to push the throttle lever to full power.
Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.
Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they were!
Home truths fly like confetti, an old flame returns and other uninvited guests start to call. With a...
The Teignmouth Players 50th Anniversary Production: When we are Married by J B Priestley, directed by Jenny Brittan
Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.
Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they...
A woman who sustained head injuries following a crash on Exeter Road, in Teignmouth yesterday has been transferred to Derriford Hospital.
A female casualty was initially taken to Torbay Hospital after the vehicle she was travelling in crashed into a lampost just before 1pm on Friday 14th March.
Due to the severity of her injuries she has now been transferred to Derriford Hospital.
A police spokesman said:
" We recieved a report of a Road Traffic collision at Exeter Road in Teignmouth at 12.55pm. The car, a Black KIA Picanto, had crashed into a lampost...
Devon & Cornwall Police are appealing for information following a high-value burglary in Teignmouth.
The incident took place between Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 29 January 2014 at a property on Second Avenue.
During the burglary, property worth a total of almost £7,000 was stolen. The haul included jewellery which was of sentimental value to the 65-year-old disabled victim.
A garden shed was also burnt to the ground.
The stolen property included:
Silver HP laptop Probook 6560B – serial number 4CZ12812YY
