Heanton

Several days later, the squadron marched up the narrow country road across from the station to St. Augustine's Churchyard at Heanton Punchardon to lay their commanding officer to rest among his crew and so many others buried there. Following this ...

A deputy headmaster and church organist in North Devon has been jailed for 21 years for subjecting boys in his care to physical and sexual abuse. John Downing, now 74, was deputy head of Heanton School, near Braunton, North Devon, from 1968 to its ...

Downing, aged 73, was a teacher and deputy headmaster at Heanton Court School at Heanton Punchardon, near Braunton from its founding in 1968 until it closed in 1985. The school was privately run and catered for children from troubled backgrounds ...

THERE is still time to sign up to a charity abseil which could see you scaling the 90ft St Augustine Parish Church spire in Heanton. The event in aid of the Chemotherapy Appeal promises the 'best abseil view in Devon' and fundraising manager Ian Room ...

Downing is on trial at Exeter Crown Court accused of sexual assaults on five boys aged seven to 12 during his time at Heanton, which was a privately run boarding school. He told the jury it was common for teachers to have physical contact with children ...

Downing is on trial at Exeter Crown Court accused of sexual assaults on five boys aged seven to 12 during his time at Heanton, which was a privately run boarding school. He told the jury it was common for teachers to have physical contact with children ...