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Final stage of £70,000 Barnstaple cycle path completed

Barnstaple cycle path completed with section connecting to Pilton Community [...]

Teigbridge chief exec takes on Torridge leadership role

Teignbridge chief executive Nicola Bulbeck will be a joint chief executive of Teignbridge and Torridge District Councils as Torridge’s interim chief until an appointment is [...]

Inspector upholds planning decision at Hartnoll Farm

An independent inspector has ruled that Mid Devon District Council’s Planning Committee was right to refuse a retrospective application to retain a compound that is currently used for storage of portable buildings and to retain a landscaped earth bund which has been constructed around the buildings at Hartnoll Business Park, [...]

New recycling e-zine to be launched in Mid Devon

Mid Devon District Council is launching a new quarterly newsletter (e-zine) on recycling that will contain information regarding recycling in the district; updates on any forthcoming changes to the collection service and will provide; and recycling tips and helpful [...]

An urn of human ashes has been handed in to police at IIlfracombe. Can you help return the urn?

An urn of human remains was handed into Ilfracombe police, who are looking to return it to the rightful [...]

Barnstaple out of the loop with new Devon train proposals for Avocet line from Exmouth

Devon train proposals from Network Rail on the Avocet line from Exmouth to Exeter have it only going to Paignton, not as far as [...]

Gates in Bideford alley could ease fear of crime

A controversial application to reinstall gates in an alley used for 20 years could ease fear of crime for [...]

North Devon MP’s dog third in Westminster Dog of the Year competition

Lib Dem MP Nick Harvey’s dog, Crumpet, was third in the Westminster Dog of the Year [...]

Surf’s up for British surf museum at North Devon’s Sauton Sands

North Devon’s Sauton Sands could become the home of the Museum of British [...]

Tiverton’s Canal Basin gets £240,000 for new visitor centre for Grand Western Canal Country Park

Canal Basin in Tiverton has secured £240,000 for a new Grand Western Canal Country Park visitor [...]