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Aerial images from scene in Buckfastleigh, Devon show roof and walls completely blown to pieces Neighbours felt the ground shake when explosion happened at 7.50am today and thought plane had crashed ...
Marilyn Rice, 65, was brushing her teeth when the blast devastated her home in Buckfastleigh, Devon, on Saturday morning. Her neighbour Jake Huntley, 27, rushed to rescue her.
Emergency services in Devon were kept on their toes after a flurry of incidents over a 24-hour period, including attending a house fire and the scene of a car crash involving a family. Firefighters ...
Buckfastleigh Town Council says its Christmas lights are old, redundant and beyond safe use.
Firefighters were called to a solar farm after smoke erupted from a substation on the site. A crew from Buckfastleigh, south Devon, said they were called to the solar farm near Rattery on Thursday ...
A38 Buckfastleigh likely to remain close for the rest of the day National Highways have said on their website that the A38 Westbound near Buckfastleigh is likely to remain closed this afternoon ...
The poisoning of a bird of prey using a banned pesticide is being investigated in Devon. The young female peregrine falcon was found at Whitecleaves Quarry near Buckfastleigh in July, but ...
Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed that officers found the body of a man in Buckfastleigh on Sunday (21 August). Police were searching for Kenneth Hinkley, who was reported missing from his home ...
Here Buckfastleigh Primary School, Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DD, is put into focus to show its scores in relation to other schools in the area. You can also see how the primary school ...
A Buckfastleigh pub closed it doors for the last time almost 60 years ago. It has stood almost completely unchanged ever since. On September 27 1965, landlords Mr and Mrs Roberts locked up the ...
A man, 68, who went missing from Buckfastleigh in South Devon has been found safe and well. Police located Douglas, who was was last seen around 7pm on Wednesday 14 June.
A "huge explosion" has destroyed a bungalow and injured two people. The suspected gas blast happened in Barn Park, Buckfastleigh, Devon, at about 07:50 GMT. A woman in her 70s was airlifted to ...