Local News

On Sunday 24 November, A la Ronde, near Exmouth, launches its third annual community Christmas Tree Festival.

Local organisations are invited to bring a decorated tree to be displayed in the grounds until 15 December.

The idea is to raise awareness of your organisation in the local area and to convey key messages about what you do to other participants and A la Ronde’s many visitors during the run up to Christmas.

If you’re local and would like to know more about how to get involved, just give Hilary Burrow a call on 01395 265514. We would love to hear from you and...

A Mid Devon District Councillor has stepped down from his party after allegations of assualt have emerged.

Cllr John Squire, who serves the Yeo Ward near Crediton is alleged to have committed the offenses at a Crediton Address in July earlier this year. He has yet to be arrested or be formally charged but it has been confirmed that Squire has stepped down from the Conservative group.

A council spokesman said “Councillor John Squire has received a summons in relation to an alleged assault. This is being dealt with by the courts. He has tendered his resignation from the...

Last night, Neil Parish MP, presented the Rural Fair Share Petition signed by the residents of Tiverton and Honiton. The Rural Fair Share campaign is calling on the Government to address the ongoing disparity in funding between rural and urban areas.

The campaign is set up to counter policies such as the rural penalty which sees urban areas receive 50% more support per head than rural areas. The Campaign is set up by a group of MPs which regularly argue for a fairer funding balance between urban and rural areas. The group’s Secretary Graham Stuart MP, said: "The Rural Fair Share...

Following the long-running success of BBC Two’s living history series, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm, a new series will be exploring life at the end of the Middle Ages in Tudor Monastery Farm. University of Exeter historian Professor James Clark was the programme consultant for the six part series in which he features onscreen as the team’s guide and mentor from the monastery, dressed in an authentic medieval habit. The first episode of the new TV series will be broadcast on Wednesday 13 November at 9pm.

The programme will turn the clock back to the year 1500, as a team of...