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Rallying cry to create new emergency plan for Okehampton
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (183+ words) An Okehampton town councillor is calling on the community to create an official emergency plan to help blue light services work effectively with local groups in the event of a disaster. Cllr Terry Cummings has asked those who could provide…...
West View Care Home is 50!
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (285+ words) West View Care Home celebrates 50 years of family ownership - Sponsored Article Purchased on 24 June 1976 by Reverend David and Mrs Vee Atkinson, West View Care Home celebrated 50 years of family ownership of a "home from home" for generations of elderly on…...
Winkleigh residents invited to enter competition to celebrate local wildlife
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (280+ words) Winkleigh residents have a chance to make their garden flutter and bloom this summer, as national housebuilder Lovell Homes launches "The Wings of Winkleigh" competition. The competition is being held to celebrate Devon"s diverse wildlife, particularly its exceptional variety…...
Whitchurch Wayfarers 1st XI give leaders a fright
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (316+ words) WHITCHURCH Wayfarers 1st XI gave E Division West leaders Babbacombe a fright but were unable to claim victory on their travels. Batting first and finding themselves 55-7, Whitchurch were fearful that there would be a repeat of their heavy defeat against Bridestowe…...
Tavistock 1st XI come up marginally short
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (549+ words) ELLIOT Hamilton's second Premier Division century of the season was not quite enough to earn Tavistock a win on the chase against visiting Sandford. It could not have been much closer though as Tavistock were just three runs short of…...
Opposition grows to huge AI data centre in Devon countryside
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (629+ words) Opposition is growing to a huge AI data centre and battery storage site planned for 850 acres of countryside near Great Torrington. It's the latest proposal by Xlinks, the company behind the project to import solar and wind energy from Morocco…...
TAC ladies boss Erme Valley Relays
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (306+ words) IT WAS girls' night out on Friday (June 26) for Tavistock Athletic Club who fielded four ladies' teams at the Erme Valley Relays on Friday evening. This popular annual race, which this year attracted 84 teams of four, is organised by Erme…...
Nearly 10, 000 Sign Petition to Save 'Little Poland"
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (447+ words) NEARLY 10, 000 people have signed a petition calling on the government to step in and save Devon's own "Little Poland'. The future of the Ilford Park Polish Home at Stover " the country's last remaining "hostel' for Polish veterans who served alongside…...
New six-home plan submitted for former Lamerton farm site
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (254+ words) A new plan to build six homes on the site of a former farm in Lamerton has recently been submitted to West Devon Borough Council. Application 1369/26/FUL proposes demolishing the agricultural buildings at Court Cottage Farm and changing the site's…...
Butterflies extinct in UK for 100 years to be reintroduced with Dartmoor Zoo's help
4+ day, 24+ min ago (310+ words) The female butterflies arrived on June 23 and Dartmoor Zoo is now providing a safety net site for rearing the adults. Within ten minutes of their arrival, one of the females laid a batch of eggs on the hawthorn within their…...