THE last thing guests expected when they attended a 'Come Dine with Me' style dinner party in Bude on Saturday, was the arrival of two fire engines and approximately 11 firefighters.

Bude crews were called to a house fire on Valley Road, at 8.43pm, when an oven caught fire during a dinner party.

It was the last thing Carl Norton (aged 21) he hoped for when he was cooking toad-in-the-hole for his guests.

For the full report, and a round up of the area news and sport, please see this week's edition of the 'Post'.