North Devon and Torridge MPs join forces to grill Health Secretary on ...
Peter Heaton-Jones and Geoffrey Cox have told Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that a loss of services in North Devon would be 'unacceptable'. North Devon and Torridge's MPs have joined forces to raise...
View ArticleBideford salon offers treatments for cancer patients
Colorseum in Bideford is supporting cancer patients with a new line of treatments, as well as offering free head shaves and donating to local charity, ChemoHero. Colorseum has been providing wigs and...
View ArticleAverage Barnstaple household will pay an extra A 78.18 in council tax
North Devon Council has approved a 2.89 per cent rise in its share of the council tax - equivalent to A 5 a year for a Band D property. The decision, rubber-stamped at a budget meeting on Wednesday...
View ArticleAge Concern Barnstaple saved from closure
The charity had been faced with the prospect of closing its doors at the end of March, but in December grant funding was found to help it continue until the end of this year. It provides help and...
View ArticleTown council turns on district over vision for Seven Brethren
A row has erupted over plans to build new riverside restaurants and a multi-screen cinema at Seven Brethren in Barnstaple. Town councillors have expressed 'alarm' at the North Devon Council's latest...
View ArticleNorth Devon MP calls for rejection of Mannings Pit development
Peter Heaton-Jones has written a letter to North Devon Council's planning officer, asking him to consider refusal of the 41-home application. North Devon MP Peter Heaton-Jones has urged North Devon...
View ArticleParts of North Devon remain 'high risk' for spread of bird flu
Nationally, restrictions on the keeping of poultry were relaxed on Wednesday after a national prevention zone was put in place in December. However, in North Devon, Barnstaple and Bideford remain a...
View ArticlePrince's Trust 'transform' Barnstaple school garden
The group brought a garden back to life at Ashleigh Road Primary School and also redecorated one of the school entrances. To complete both projects the group of 16 to 25-year-olds raised A 840 to buy...
View ArticleDrunk Barnstaple man shouted homophobic abuse and urinated over custody cell
North Devon Magistrates' Court heard urine was 'seeping under the door' as Barnstaple man is forced to pay compensation for criminal damage of custody cell. A drunk man who shouted homophobic abuse at...
View ArticleCrowd of nearly 150 turns out as Barnstaple Town Council recommend refusal...
Plans for 41 homes to be developed at Pilton's Mannings Pit have been recommended for refusal by Barnstaple Town Council. The council's planning meeting at the Guildhall last night was attended by...
View ArticleCharity cycle ride and walk in Taunton - enter now
THE Rotary Club of Taunton 's 22nd annual 50/50 charity cycle ride and four-mile walk is taking place on Sunday, May 7. The event is in aid of the Children's Hospice South West, with money going...
View ArticleSgt Tangye slams 'disgraceful' sentence for drunk thug... 1
A Devon and Cornwall Police officer says he is "dismayed' by the the sentence given a drunken thug who attacked one of his colleagues. Cider drinking Cory Jools Allsford, 21, of Lethaby Road,...
View ArticleGreen light recommended for Barnstaple museum plans
Revised plans for the extension of the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon are recommended for approval when they go before councillors tomorrow . In their report to North Devon Council's planning...
View ArticleCelebrations as Barnstaple Tesco store turns 30
To mark the occasion, manager Dan Fowler and colleagues cracked open the Champagne and handed out slices of birthday cake and glasses of orange juice to customers. Store manager Dan Fowler said: "We...
View ArticleBarnstaple parking barrier system to be scrapped
North Devon Council also plans to spend 300,000 on new pay and display machines in shake up of parking system North Devon Council's executive has approved plans to do away with the 'pay on foot' system...
View ArticleBarnstaple man who drowned in River Taw had radioactive substance in his flat
An 89-year-old man who drowned in the River Taw had been in possession of a radioactive material before killing himself. Derek Clough, who lived in Riverside Court in Barnstaple until his death, was...
View ArticleVolunteering at the Terrace Cafe: Doing our bit for North Devon Hospice's...
Gazette reporters have been busy finding out how volunteers play such a vital role at North Devon Hospice. This week, editor Andy Keeble rolled up his sleeves at the charity's Terrace Cafe.
View ArticleGreen light for housing plans that have 'divided' North Devon village
Villagers made passionate pleas for and against the outline application for 12 homes, including four affordable homes Kings Nympton at a planning meeting in Barnstaple on Wednesday. Some said the...
View ArticleBarnstaple museum extension given the green light
Revised plans for the extension of the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon have been approved by North Devon Council. District councillors have approved plans to extend the Museum of Barnstaple and...
View Articlea Spring Flower Competitions at RHS Garden Rosemoor this weekend
AS if winning awards wasn't enough, a prize-winning garden in North Devon will be handing out accolades during its Spring Flower Competitions this weekend! Competitors from all over the South West will...
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