Community news from across East Devon and Exeter – including crime news and police appeals, photos, plus what’s on from Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Seaton, Axminster, Beer, Poltimore, Cranbrook, Colaton Raleigh. Exmouth A pair of neighbours in Exmouth have been jailed after they got ‘sucked into the drugs culture’, a court has heard. Friends Tom Sellick and Ayden Barrier, of Nursery Mews, Withycombe Raleigh, spent months dealing in cocaine to fund their habit after they became addicted to the class A drug. A judge sitting at Exeter Crown Court earlier this month told the pair their dealing was a ‘lucrative operation’.…
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A round-up of community news, events, photos, celebrations and what’s on from across East Devon and Exeter – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Honiton, Cranbrook, Beer, Branscombe. Cranbrook Celebrations were held in Cranbrook when the town’s country park was presented with a prestigious Green Flag Award for the second year running. Cranbrook Town Council said it was ‘delighted’ the area had again been highlighted as one of the very best parks and green spaces in the UK. The council said thanks to volunteers and a maintenance crew, the last year had been ‘significant’ in boosting the park’s wildlife and biodiversity through tree…
Community news and photos from across East Devon and Exeter – what’s on, school celebrations, events, awards – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Beer, Honiton, East Budleigh, Cranbrook. Send your news to newsdesk@eastdevonnnews.co.uk Exmouth Exmouth Festival makes a welcome return from Friday, July 11 until Sunday, July 13, with a host of free entertainment and live music. Music, theatre, dance, circus, fitness, craft and creativity are among the events planned, which organisers say will be the ‘greenest’ festival yet, aiming to run on a lower carbon footprint than last year. Headline acts announced include Samantics, Cable Street Collective, The Scribes, First Time…
Dad and daughter paddleboarders took a sharp intake of breath amid a ‘wow’ moment when a sea turtle swam with them off East Devon. The plucky sea creature swam alongside paddleboarders Geoff, 45, and 17-year-old Lilly, at Beer, East Devon, before the pair spotted it again later in the day, off Seaton. Animal lover Geoff, who recently returned to East Devon after living in America for 23 years, saw the creature gobbling up jellyfish before it sped off out to sea. Geoff, who quickly filmed the sea turtle as it swam underneath the paddleboard, initially thought the dark shape floating…
Dog walkers spotted walking pets in no-go Exmouth beach ban areas became abusive when challenged by council workers, it has been revealed. The district council said ‘friendly conversations’ struck up with the majority of dog walkers at the start of May’s beach ban resulted in ‘unacceptable verbal abuse towards officers.’ East Devon District Council (EDDC) said it could take action against the abusive dog walkers once it has identified who they are. The East Devon seasonal dog beach ban began in Exmouth at the start of May, until the end of September. Dog walkers spotted walking their pets on the…
News in brief, stories, photos, what’s on from across East Devon and Exeter. Send your community news and events to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Beer Music hit man Pete Waterman last week visited East Devon to celebrate the 20th birthday of a steam train at a tourist attraction in Beer. The music mogul and railway enthusiast led the rededication of locomotive Claudine, kept at Pecorama, and named after one of the attraction’s founders, Claudine Pritchard who opened the attraction around 50 years ago with her husband, Sydney. Honiton Runners are invited to join the Poppy Appeal 5k family fun run through Honiton on…
News in brief from across East Devon and Exeter – including community stories, photos, what’s on, fundraising appeals, club news. Send your community news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk East Devon An East Devon charity that plants trees and builds classrooms in Africa has received £1,000 to help with its work. The Benefact Group, a grant-giving organisation, announced the Tipton St John-based charity Word Forest Organisation had received a grant following ‘overwhelming support from people in the area’. Eco retreat Embercombe, in Exeter, also received grant funding. The money was awarded after almost 5,000 Devon residents nominated good causes. Nominate a charity here…
Numbers of East Devon voters turning out to the ballot boxes amid the county elections has fallen while postal votes increased, it has been revealed. Voter turnout at the ballot box is down in the biggest district of Devon’s county-wide elections, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Figures for the nine divisions that make up the East Devon district show the percentage of voters has dropped in all but one. The biggest drop was witnessed in the Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton division, with a turnout of just 23.7 per cent, a steep fall compared to the 38.1 per cent turnout…
Polling cards have been dropping through letterboxes in time for next month’s Devon County Council elections 2025. Here is a full list of candidates from all the wards. Devon goes to the polls on Thursday, May 1, 2024, to elect members of Devon County Council, even though the authority may cease to exist soon, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. The council is the only complete authority holding elections, although by-elections are taking place on the same date in Exeter. Devon is on the brink of the biggest local government reorganisation for decades, and will almost certainly be disbanded in…
Services and communities could suffer across East Devon once the Government’s new ‘super councils’ replace local authority powers. East Devon’s full council backed a proposal to create two unitary councils covering the whole of Devon, with one including Exeter, East, Mid and North Devon as well as Teignbridge, and the other including Plymouth and notionally the rest of Devon. That proposal has been submitted to the government. A host of concerns have been raised about the potential impact creating new super councils in Devon could have on residents, staff and even councillors, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard Possible issues…
