Ivybridge & South Brent Gazette

1 month ago | ivybridge-today.co.uk | Guy Henderson

cathedral - LDRS (cathedral - LDRS)Exeter is ready to seize a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity to take control of its own destiny. The city council has unanimously backed a plan for it to become a unitary authority as part of the government’s nationwide shake-up of local authorities and sent its proposals to ministers. So far in Devon, Plymouth wants to go it alone, expanding to absorb more than a dozen parishes in the South Hams.

Jan 8, 2025 | ivybridge-today.co.uk | Ethan Heppell

Telegraph Hill (Spotted Torquay )TELEGRAPH Hill is reportedly at a standstill following a collision as the Met Office upgrades its snow warning to amber. Drivers are having to take the infamous stretch of road at a much reduced speed as traffic starts to build. The disruption to travel caused by the weather has been compounded by an accident reportedly on the northbound carriageway of the A380. The Mid-Devon Advertiser has contacted Devon and Cornwall Police.

Dec 3, 2024 | ivybridge-today.co.uk | Richard Harding

Totnes- Santa by Sirens (Totnes Fire Station)On Saturday December 14, Totnes Fire station is taking Santa Claus on tour. Also in the newsLeaving Totnes Fire station at 5pm starting at Bridgetown and Pathfields at 5.05pm, Higher Westonfields at 5.10pm, Dukes Road/Furze Road at 5.20pm, Home Reach Avenue at 5.35pm, Weston Lane at 5.45pm and The Lamb at 6pm. Next is Follaton and Farewell Road/Collapark at 6.10pm, Punchards Down/Whiteley Avenue at 6.20pm and Follaton Rise/Middle Down at 6.45pm.

Nov 20, 2024 | ivybridge-today.co.uk | Jo Bowery

Dawlish man, Wilfred Owen, died from his injuries in a road traffic collision near Torquay (The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust )The man in his 80s who died in a road traffic collision near Maidencombe on Remembrance Sunday has been named as Dawlish resident Wilfred Owen. Also in the newsEmergency services were called to the A379 Teignmouth Road at around 1pm on Sunday November 10 after a red Nissan Note was reported to have collided with a tree.

Nov 9, 2024 | ivybridge-today.co.uk | Caroline Snow

According to the Sunday Times Rich List, there are 165 billionaires in the UK and Forbes reports 2,781 billionaires in the world. It is hard to appreciate the spending power of a billionaire. If you spent a thousand pounds a day, a millionaire would run out of money in three years, a billionaire could keep spending for 3,000 years! The richest family in the UK, the Hindujas with a fortune of £37 billion, could carry on spending for 111,000 years!