HEADLINES Dartmoor National Park warns of continued high fire risk after wildfire destroys 1,230 acres of moorland Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service took nearly 24 hours to extinguish bank holiday weekend blaze that followed warning of uncontrolled moorland fire risk. Read more. 24 hour year-round Sidwell Street “adult gaming centre” allowed at appeal...
A planning inspector has upheld Exeter City Council’s decision to refuse the addition of a fifth storey to a four-storey city centre scheme that was approved twelve years ago but has not been built. Proposals to increase the height of the building, which fronts onto Fore Street but extends down West Street towards Grade I...
A ‘cars and coffee’ venue in Devon has been given permission to serve alcohol. RE: Fuel Southwest, which brings car and motorbike enthusiasts together over food and refreshments, applied for an alcohol and entertainment licence so that it could open as a restaurant and host events in the evening. Mid Devon District Council’s licencing sub-committee...
Sakshi Venkatraman and Imogen James BBC News, Washington DC BBC Jorge Prudencio says the price of his Colombian-imported coffee is rising The price for a cup of coffee in the US is going up as tariffs put the squeeze on local café and bakery owners. Some US businesses say the queues for a morning latte...
Fairtrade was promoted at the recent Lord Mayor’s coffee morning at Exeter’s historic Guildhall. Fairtrade mini Easter eggs were handed out as well as the new Fairtrade bookmarks and copies of a Fairtrade wordsearch were distributed on tables. Around £120 of Fairtrade goods were sold at the Fairtrade stall. The Fairtrade Foundation awarded Exeter Fairtrade...