Sally Chapman from Chudleigh celebrated her birthday this year by having her head shaved to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity.
Sally, who turned 55, was inspired by her father who had vascular dementia.
In the build up to her head shave, Sally raised over £1300 for Alzheimer’s Research UK, which powers world-class studies focusing on prevention, diagnosis and treatments for dementia. There are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this number is expected to rise to over 1 million by 2025.
The Fire Service were called to a report of a property fire in Kingsteignton Road, Chudleigh at 20.44 yesterday.
Initially three fire appliances were mobilised from Bovey Tracey and Newton Abbot along with an Operational Assurance Officer. On arrival crews confirmed the property was well alight and requested a further fire appliances which proceeded from Ashburton, Torquay and Teignmouth.
Below is the fire service report to date:
21:05 A water bowser was requested which proceeded from Torquay.
21:15 Crews confirmed this is a detached building well alight,...
Local lady Wendy from Chudleigh will be hosting her annual, fun-filled street party on Saturday September 2nd.
This year she will be raising money for a charity close to her heart, Pancreatic Cancer Action.
Wendy, owner of the Bishop Lacy Inn on Fore Street organises the community event to bring everyone together for a day of celebration that anyone can come along to free of charge.
The road will be closed from 12pm – 12am so the party can take place. There will be live bands from 2pm to 11pm and a raffle with local companies helping out for free.
Eleven men from across England and Wales sentenced for sickening acts of deliberate cruelty
Members of a gang of animal abusers who tortured and killed wild animals with their dogs have been jailed.
One piece of sickening footage seized during the investigation by the RSPCA shows a badger screaming in pain as it is torn apart by two dogs. Other clips show a fox trapped in a cage being tormented by dogs, as well as one where a terrier type dog is put in the cage to fight with the trapped fox, giving neither animal the chance to escape.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Chudleigh yesterday (Wednesday 16 November) in which a 60-year-old local woman died.
Emergency services were called at 3.40pm after the collision between a Ford Fusion and a Mitsubishi L200 Trojan at Milestone Cross.
The Ford was heading along Milestone Lane from Chudleigh and the Mitsubishi was travelling from the direction of the Whiteway Estate when the collision happened at the crosswords.
The Ford driver, a 60-year-old woman from Chudleigh, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the...
Chudleigh Town Council has submitted an application for their whole Parish to be designated as a Neighbourhood Area with a view to producing a Neighbourhood Plan.
Local people who live and work in and around Chudleigh are being invited to comment on the application to create a Neighbourhood Plan area for Chudleigh.
The consultation runs for four weeks, until 4.30pm Tuesday 30th August 2016.
A Neighbourhood Plan is a community-led process for guiding the future development, regeneration and conservation of an area and is about letting the people who know about and...
Saturday 9th July in the Chudfest Marquee. 7.30pm -11pm.
Tickets: £7.00 to include Ploughman’s Supper, available from Chudfest Box Office.
60s fancy dress optional: prizes for the chick and guy with the coolest threads!
Come on and have a gas, groove to the hippest sounds from the 60s and 70s!
Devon Discos return by popular demand to play all the classics from the 60s and 70s, with great lighting and lasers producing stunning shapes and patterns.
The Ploughman’s Supper will be served during the evening, and drinks will be available from the bar....
The sirens are wailing and the talented townsfolk of Chudleigh invite you to “Hits from the Blitz” on the evening of Friday 8th July, 6.30pm for 7pm till late.
Take refuge in the Chudfest Marquee with your hosts Gaynor Seager and Paul Hurrell for a night of 40s and 50s entertainment.
You will be keeping good company with:
Chudleigh Shanty Men
Chudleigh duo ‘Sophisticats’
AJ’s Burlesque Dancers and songs by Sunny Van der Pas, Girls Allowed Out, plus CADS and 2Fired up
No rations here ! Your bellies will be filled with hot jacket spuds and...
