News in Honiton

Clarence House have confirmed that Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will visit Honiton

The incident happened at lunchtime on Saturday

Date: 16.07.2018
Time: 20:01
Location: Broadway, Woodbury

3 fire appliances from Middlemoor, Honiton and Newton Abbot were mobilised following calls from occupants of a flat above a post office, saying their kitchen was on fire.

Within minutes of the first appliance arriving and gaining entry to the first floor flat kitchen of the semi detached property, they located the fire involving a gas cooker. They set to work extinguishing it with 2 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 hose reel jet and a safety jet as a precaution.  

At 20:37hrs crews confirmed that whilst all occupants had been accounted for, 2 adults (a male and female in their 30s) and a 5 day old baby were suffering from smoke inhalation. They were initially checked over by fire service crews, until the arrival of the ambulance crew. 

At 20:41hrs the incident was confirmed to be under control. After extinguishing the fire, which started accidentally, the gas cooker was removed to open air. Damage was confined to the cooker and there was no fire spread. After making the scene safe, duty of care was left with the residents of the privately rented flat and Ambulance crew.  

Date: 18.07.2018
Time: 14:44
Location: Bakers Gate, Northleigh

One crew from Honiton was mobilised to a report of vehicle on fire at the side of the road.

Date: 18.07.2018
Time: 22:19
Location: Farm in the area of Mutterton, East Devon

Two pumps from Cullompton and Middlemoor stations, along with a water carrier from Bridgwater were initially mobilised to a report of an agricultural building on fire at a farm near Mutterton. A Hazardous Materials and Environmental Protection officer and a supervisory officer was also mobilised.
On arrival the officer in charge confirmed a barn that was filled with hay and straw well alight and shortly after requested an additional pump for extra personnel to help tackle the fire. The third pump was mobilised from Topsham.
Crews used two hose reel jets to cool the boundary of the building to prevent further escalation, and a light portable pump to relay water to the incident.
Throughout the night crews were mobilised from Honiton, Ottery St Mary and Wellington to relieve the crews in attendance, and they continued to use hose reel jets and water from the water carrier dam to cool the building.
At 0825 crews confirmed they were assisting the farmer in maintaining a watch on the barn, and allowing the contents to burn naturally.
At 1100 a pump from Middlemoor attended to relieve the Wellington crew. Steady progress was being made, and fire crews assisted the farmer using a telehandler to remove the saveable contents of the barn.
Full and final details were received at 16:49:
The building, which measures 23m x 18m and contained approximately 300 bales of hay and straw, was severely damaged by fire. Approximately 40sq m of the barn was damaged by fire and a further 40sq m was damaged by heat and smoke. A further 30 bales of hay in an adjacent property were damaged by fire.

In total 2 hose reel jets, 1 jet, a dam from the water carrier and a light portable pump was used to extinguish fire, cool the boundary of the building and prevent the incident from escalating.
The cause of ignition was determined to be accidental. 

Mental health services for adults in Devon have been rated as 'good' overall, but inspectors found some staff were 'stressed, exhausted and burnt out' due to the pressures of the Covid pandemic.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its inspection report on services provided by the Devon Partnership NHS Trust.

'A friendly walk and a chat' is on offer to Honiton residents, in an initiative to combat loneliness and boost mental wellbeing.

The mental health team at the Honiton Surgery have been organising fortnightly 'Walking into Wellbeing' events since March, and now they want to spread the word.

Just over a week ago, Honiton's Jake Bonetta became the first Labour candidate elected to East Devon District Council for 20 years, after winning the by-election for the St Michael's seat with an impressive 807 votes. It's being seen as a landmark victory for the local Labour party – but Jake is adamant that his priority is to serve everyone in the community, regardless of their political leanings.

And he said he's looking forward to making the most of his position on the district council to benefit the Honiton community.

OK, so the question 'did you spot them?' was a bit of a con itself. Because all the text messages in this image are scams, sent by fraudsters to try and get the recipients to click on fake links and divulge personal and financial information.

Cyber crime isn't new – email phishing, ransomware attacks and so-called 'romance fraud' (conning people into thinking they're in a relationship with the fraudster, who then asks for money) have all been around for a while. Online fraud involving banks has been made easier for criminals by the large-scale closures of High Street branches, forcing more people to use Internet banking.

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