Ottery St. Mary, England News

This Westcountry otter is likely to be the fattest in the whole of the UK, even though he has been on a weight-loss regime.

Sgt Paul Roberts is based in Ottery St Mary but his patch includes Cranbrook, and he will be overseeing peace and order in the area along with PC Buffie Cavin.

The polls are open today for the county council elections with 10 wards in East Devon including Sidmouth and Ottery up for grabs.

Senior Tory and Lib Dem party officials privately admit they have no idea how voters will react to the policies of the national Coalition.

At the meeting of East Devon District Council's Development Management Committee on Tuesday, May 7, members will consider an application for the restoration and redevelopment of Ottery St Mary's former mill complex into around 100 houses or apartments.

SEVEN members of Devon County Council who between them have clocked up a total 166 years working in the public interests of their local communities, have been thanked by authority chairman Jerry Brook.

Local residents in Tiverton have been told to be on their guard following a series of burglaries across Devon and Cornwall that have netted fraudsters thousands of pounds.

Parish councillor Gillian Evans said she had photographs which were only recently taken of lorry loads of aggregate being taken to the site on the edge of Uffculme.

FIRE CREWS spent more than five hours tackling a major blaze last night at a row of thatched cottages in Littleham, Exmouth.