Twenty pupils from Sidmouth Primary School had a go at taking Planning decisions when they visited East Devon District Council.
The seven-year-olds, with their teacher Mrs Hammond, spent a morning at EDDC’s Knowle headquarters learning about Planning and Development as part of a school topic. They received help and guidance from council staff and from Councillor Christine Drew, EDDC Member Champion for Children and Young People (see photo).
The children had a look at current maps of Sidmouth and found where they lived, then were given maps from 80 years ago and 130 years...
Update: A 41-year old male from Sidmouth, Nicholas Jameson, has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old Nottingham man, Brian Kemp. Jameson appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court on Saturday 28 September 2013, where he was remanded in custody to appear before Exeter Crown Court.
Reported 27 September: Police in Devon have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man who was allegedly assaulted in a Sidmouth pub.
Officers were called shortly after 10pm on Thursday 26 September to the Blackhorse Hotel after receiving a report that a man had been assaulted...
Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular comic opera set in Japan, but satirising British politics and institutions, and presented by the society which was brought you The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Half a Sixpence and My Fair Lady in recent years.
Starring well known local artistes Sarah-Jane Berry, Debbie Broome, Kathy McLaughlan, Vicky Campbell, John Burgoyne, Steve Vernon, Selwyn Kussman, Nigel Broome and Brian Rees.
7.30pm daily, 2.30pm matinee on Saturday.
Tickets: £14/£10 children in full time education (matinee only).
Sidmouth Amatur Dramatic Society presents Calendar Girls
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI,persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! Based on an uplifting and inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious.
Guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and come out singing Jerusalem!
Beginning a new venture used to mean applying for funding or getting a loan from the bank, but Ian Clifford from Sidmouth took a gamble on a new way of raising money for a new online venture called YouRock. He decided to try crowd-funding, a method of pitching an idea to the internet and gathering multiple pledges of support.
Ian said, “Asking people on the internet to back your idea is a very rewarding way of raising money for your project. You know that they will only part with hard earned money if they see real merit in what you are trying to do”. In August local papers ran...
Stagecoach South West has today confirmed that, while South West Water carries out essential water main replacement work, its buses will not be able to run through Newton Poppleford for approximately three weeks from Saturday 5 October.
For the duration of the closure services 52A, 52B and 157 will be subject to lengthy diversions, with journeys between Exeter and Sidmouth and Seaton taking an additional 25 minutes and journeys between Exmouth and Sidmouth taking an additional 16 minutes. Services 52A and 52B will be diverted via the A30 and Honiton and service 157 will alternate...
