A PAIGNTON man and two teenagers charged with robbery will appear at Exeter Crown Court.

David Vinnicombe, 21, from New Street, Paignton, and the two teenagers from the same town, who cannot be named, entered no pleas when they appeared at Torquay Magistrates' Court yesterday.

All three are charged with robbing Hilda Alcock of a shopping bag and using force to do so at Paignton on September 24.

All three were released on unconditional bail until March 6 when they will appear at Exeter Crown Court.

FOUR people quit their Paignton home when a flatmate burnt his clothes by putting them in the cooker instead of the tumble dryer.

No-one was hurt in the drama which happened in Garfield Road next to the town's multi-storey car park just before 11pm on Wednesday.

Firefighters arrived to find the man's clothes burnt to a cinder in the oven.

They cut the appliance's electrical wiring to remove it from the ground floor flat and place it outside where it burnt itself out.

The rest of the property was smoke-logged with scorch marks left around the kitchen where the cooker had been.

A fire spokesman said afterwards: "The occupant appeared to be a bit confused after he put a pile of clothes in the cooker thinking it was the tumble dryer."

The fire crew who responded to the 999 call at 10.45pm used a ventilation fan to clear the fumes from the property.

"Four people left the building of their own accord as did a neighbour just to feel safe," said the spokesman.

Damage was confined to the cooker.

A NEIGHBOUR alerted firefighters after a smoke detector sounded at a property in Paignton yesterday.

Firefighters rushed to Shepherd Close, off King's Ash, where they rescued a dog from the fume-filled address after a pan had been left on a cooker which had not been fully switched off.

They had to force their way into the secured property after establishing that the occupants were out.

A fire spokesman said: "Fortunately the neighbour heard the smoke detector and contacted us. The dog was fine."

He said the incident illustrated once again the value of fitting smoke alarms.

A FORMER able seaman died of cancer caused by working with asbestos while in the Royal Navy, an inquest heard.

The inquest was told that Allan Clegg, who lived at Pennsylvania Road in Torquay, came into contact with asbestos when his ship, HMS Newfoundland, underwent a refit in 1954.

His family, giving evidence at the inquest, said a number of Mr Clegg's Royal Navy shipmates were also said to have contracted mesothelioma, formerly known as asbestosis.

Mr Clegg, a retired chef, died at his home, aged 72, on August 20, 2008.

Ian Arrow, South Devon coroner, recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease.