New bus services linking to Cranbrook will be launched next week. The Services 4, 4A and 4B will be introduced on Tuesday (28 May) and will replace services 60, 60A, 60B, X60 and 380 on the route between Exeter, Clyst Honiton, Cranbrook, Ottery St. Mary, Honiton and Axminster.
Devon County Council is using developer contributions to fund the services, and its existing funding for Service 380 along this route will also continue towards the additional services.
There will be a half-hourly service between Exeter and Cranbrook, with most buses continuing to Ottery St Mary and...
Have you seen the Queen’s Jubilee Sculpture on the side of Honiton Leisure Centre?
The sculpture was designed by six-year-old Alfie Gibbins from Fenny Bridges near Honiton.
Last year, East Devon District Council's Chairman, Councillor Peter Halse, asked young people to draw their ideas for a sculpture to celebrate young people for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Hundreds of enthusiastic children and young people who live in East Devon entered the competition in the hope of getting their drawing made into a real-life sculpture and installed in their local park.
Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish has shown his commitment to protecting animals by pledging his support for the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) campaign against wildlife crime. Neil Parish, who is chairman of the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, hosted the IFAW’s ‘Wildlife Crime – The Fightback’ event at the House of Commons on Monday 29th April. Key speakers included Environment Minister Richard Benyon MP, and Kelvin Alie, Wildlife Crime Programme Director, IFAW. Neil Parish is working with IFAW to highlight animal welfare issues and send a clear message...
East Devon District Council is encouraging local people and visitors to nominate its popular public gallery in Honiton for an award recognising its family-friendly status.
The Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Dowell Street, Honiton, is seeking supporters to nominate it for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award, a national accolade bestowed upon the museum or gallery which is most welcoming, engaging and encouraging of children, young people and families.
Anyone can make a nomination be they visitors, staff, volunteers, trustees or supporters. While the council will be putting...
New and soon-to-be parents in East Devon are being invited to a series of events promoting Real Nappy use around the district next week.
Free real nappy trial kits and expert advice are on offer at a series of drop-in events in many of the district’s towns. It’s all part of celebrating the national Real Nappy Week (15–19 April).
East Devon District Council’s Waste and Recycling Team will be hosting the events, which include community centre drop-ins and ‘Nappuccinos’, which are informal coffee morning chats about nappies. At all the events the team will be on hand to talk...
Motorists in East Devon will soon be able to take advantage of cut price parking deals around the district as several trial offers get underway.
Axminster, Honiton, Sidmouth and Exmouth are all set to benefit from deals in specific local car parks aimed at encouraging longer visits to town centres and visitor attractions. It’s part of a trial which aims to find out what long term parking offers the council might be able to make. It aims to boost local trade and keep high streets healthy whilst not reducing the parking income it receives, as this is used to fund essential local...
Police in Honiton are appealing for information following an attempted robbery. The incident occurred at around 7.55pm on Tuesday 5 March in New Street Honiton. The victim, a woman aged 40 years was approached by a man who assaulted her by grabbing her right shoulder and spun her around to face him. He then grabbed her bag and punched her in the face. The victim kicked the man and was able to get her bag back before the suspect ran off. The victim was conveyed to hospital for treatment but was not seriously injured. The suspect is described as a white man, aged 20 years old, approximately...
Offenders put the lives of police officers at risk by tampering with road signs on a blind bend near Honiton. The culprits dragged two large temporary triangular warning signs and sandbags into the middle of the A30 near Yarcombe in the early hours of Saturday (2 March). The signs had been by the side of the road on a blind bend in a wooded area at Hilltop. A police unit and ambulance on a 999 call to help a person with medical difficulties had to take emergency action to avoid a collision. Sergeant Richard Poole, of Honiton police station, said the signs had been deliberately moved into...
Neil Parish met Scouts from 1st Honiton last week at a unique event inside the Houses of Parliament to celebrate the success of Scout Community Week, which took place in May last year. Neil and 1st Honiton were joined by other Scouts from across the UK who took part in Scout Community week to thank them for their contribution. From 3rd – 9th June 2013 hundreds of Scout Groups will once again participate in a week of community action aimed at improving their local area, raising funds and highlighting Scouting’s need for more adult volunteers.
