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The data centre site plan for farmland at Great Torrington, Devon, contained within Freedom of Information documents.Image: Xlinks.

Army of campaigners battle against ‘monstrous’ Devon AI data centres the height of Exeter Cathedral

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By on East Devon, Farming, News

An army of campaigners battling against two ‘monstrous’ AI data centres the height of Exeter Cathedral proposed for Devon farmland have uncovered how detailed plans were for more than a year being discussed behind closed doors by the authority. Campaigners against the giant AI data centre proposed at Great Torrington – believed to be the largest of its kind in Europe – have discovered that the developers behind the project created detailed plans for the site some 15 months before minimal information was made public, writes local democracy reporter Alison Stephenson. A raft of documents obtained by the Devon Data &…

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East Devon
East Devon farmers rallied to help stop the spread of a blaze when a fire broke out at a solar farm. Photos: L to R: Ed Rhodes/Nathaniel Vanstone.

‘I could see a line of flames’ – East Devon farmers rally to stop solar panel blaze spreading to a cottage

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By on East Devon, Exeter, Farming, News

East Devon farmers with tractors spread slurry and ploughed fire breaks in a bid to stop flames spreading to a home after a blaze broke out at a Broadclyst solar farm. Organic farmer Ed Rhodes, aged 60, from Martinsfield Farm, in Broadclyst, on Monday morning (August 24) spotted smoke on opposite side of the village and went to investigate. When he found a blaze had broken out in a stubble field of solar panels, he made a quick trip home to get his tractor and joined other local farmers in containing the fire, stopping it from spreading to a neighbouring…

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Ottery St Mary
The water leak in Ottery St Mary, was the result of a blockage. Photo: East Devon News.

Probe into ongoing water leak in Ottery St Mary finds blockage, sparking county council action plan

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By on East Devon, Farming, News, Ottery St Mary

A probe into an ongoing water leak on a main route in Ottery St Mary found a blocked gully, prompting an action plan to prevent future problems. Water was seen leaking from a drain in North Street and Paternoster Row for several weeks from late July, sparking concern from residents after areas in East Devon were slapped with a hosepipe ban amid multiple heatwaves. The leak twice occurred, where water was seen running from a drain over several days. Concerned residents reported the reoccurring leak to South West Water, who investigated, but found no trace of drinking water. The leak…

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Exeter Law Courts. Stock photo: EDN.

Honiton woman, 60, is jailed for swindling £200,000 from charity

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By on Business, East Devon, Farming, Honiton, News

A Honiton accountant has been jailed for swindling £200,000 from a charity using funds to pay for a holiday, home improvements and to clear her credit card. Geraldine Coates, aged 60, of Kings Road, Honiton, earlier this year was found guilty of fraud after standing trial at Exeter Crown Court where she denied syphoning off funds from Honiton Show organisers,  the Honiton and District Agricultural Association (HDAA) Coates, who runs an accountancy business in Chapel Street, Honiton, on Monday (August 10) was jailed for three years and nine months after it was revealed she had taken advantage of the charity’s…

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East Devon
Hosepipe stock image: EDN.

Hosepipe ban for Devon as South West Water urges customers to ‘play their part’ to avoid being fined

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By on East Devon, Exeter, Farming, Lifestyle, News

South West Water (SWW) has slapped a county-wide hosepipe ban on Devon blaming prolonged dry weather, below average rainfall and high demand. The ban comes into force after midnight, meaning anyone caught ignoring the rules from the early hours of Saturday (August 8) could face a fine of up to £1,000. South West Water urged caution before reporting any potential rule breakers, saying it hoped to avoid issuing fines, calling on everyone to ‘play their part’ during the ban. A SWW spokesman said: “A hosepipe ban carries legal force and ultimately, we are authorised to issue fines of up to…

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East Devon
Harry Burrough, aged 17, from Clyst Hydon, recently returned from Ireland and the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers, taking part in a practical challenges and competitions. Photo: with permission.

East Devon teenager is buzzing after third-place victory representing the UK in an international beekeeping competition

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By on Business, East Devon, Editor's Choice, Farming, Lifestyle, News

An East Devon teenage beekeeper plucked to represent the UK in an international competition is buzzing his team scooped third place. Harry Burrough, aged 17, from Clyst Hydon, recently returned from Ireland and the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers, where youngsters took part in a practical challenges and competitions to showcase their skills. After Harry and his two teammates went head-to-head against 28 countries, the trio achieved the UK team’s highest placing in more than a decade. Harry, who secured his place on the UK team after a ‘rigorous’ selection process of interviews and training sessions under the scrutiny of…

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East Devon
The mobile sauna was captured on CCTV being towed away. Image: D&C Police.

East Devon business is ‘completely overwhelmed’ by community support after being reunited with its stolen mobile sauna

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By on Business, East Devon, Exmouth, Farming, News

Exmouth police have given themselves a pat on the back after reuniting an East Devon business with its stolen mobile sauna found 85 miles away in Wiltshire. The mobile sauna had been on loan to Darts Farm, at Clyst St George, when it was stolen at the end of May and later discovered in Trowbridge. Police said CCTV footage showed two men in a van forced the mobile sauna’s hitch lock to tow it away. Exmouth police said the property was recovered and returned as a result of enquiries by the town’s neighbourhood team following a public appeal for information…

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Sidmouth
L to R: The existing barn near Sidmouth and the design rejected by district planners. Images: MRM/East Devon District Council.

District planners refuse barn conversion on ‘little oasis’ near Sidmouth

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By on East Devon, Farming, News, Sidmouth

District planners have refused the conversion of a derelict barn dating back decades into three-bedroom home on a ‘little oasis’ near Sidmouth. A project to transform a tumbledown farm building near Sidmouth into a modern home has been turned down, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Members of East Devon District Council’s  (EDDC) planning committee decided by a margin of a single vote to reject the plan for the redundant barn at Burnthouse Cottage in Northmostown. Chair Cllr Eileen Wragg (Lib Dem, Exmouth Town) warned that allowing the development would ‘open the floodgates’ for similar proposals, but Cllr Ian Barlow…

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Exeter
The Devon County Show has a 'Doctor of Tree Hugging' at this year's event. Photo: with permission.

The doctor will tree you now! Horticultural hugs at Devon County Show

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By on East Devon, Exeter, Farming, News

A ‘doctor of tree hugging’ on tap at this year’s Devon County Show, near Exeter, is welcoming visitors to his tree surgery with a difference. Kenny Raybould, dubbed the show’s own doctor of tree hugging, will be at the Westpoint showground, Clyst St Mary, near Exeter, on Saturday, May 23, with the aim of connecting visitors to nature. The ‘tree surgery’, with horticulturalist Kenny, who on Friday appeared as a guest on Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine talking about the art of tree hugging, is inviting show visitors to hug a specially-selected tree. He said: “We’ve got lots of lovely…

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East Devon
Photos show, L to R: Slurry running across the yard, runoff downstream (top, right), sewage fungus in the grass. Photos: The Environment Agency.

Court slaps ‘reckless’ farmer with a fine for polluting an East Devon river with sewage fungus

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By on Axminster, Business, East Devon, Farming, News

A farm manager has appeared in court and slapped with a fine for his ‘reckless attitude’, which led to polluting an East Devon river with a thick blanket of sewage fungus. A Devon farm partnership has been fined almost £16,000 after slurry discharges from two different sites polluted the River Yarty last May, writes Isabelle Pinnock, OPCC court reporting scheme. The partnership, known as DI and R Dyer, of Crawley Farm, Yarcombe, pleaded guilty to two offences of causing water pollution discharges into inland freshwaters, at Street Ash Farm, near Chard, and at Crawley Farm. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard that organic manure…

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