Nadderwater

Mayo, aged 49, of Rowhorne Road, Nadderwater, near Exeter, admitted reckless arson and was jailed for two years by Recorder Mr Philip Mott, QC, at Exeter Crown Court. He told him:"This was potentially very dangerous. You were waving the blowtorch ...

A judge has ordered a psychiatric report on a man who used a blowtorch to set light to a house in a Devon village. Peter Mayo, aged 48, of Rowhorne Road, Nadderwater, near Exeter, admitted arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

Staff at the Royal Oak in Nadderwater near Exeter were astonished to discover that the ashtray they put up for their smoking customers has become home to a family of blue tits. They were even more surprised to learn that the dirty box proved to be an ...