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Newton Abbot post office, the £40,000 ‘moth-ball’

The pile-loads of money spent on bringing the town up-to-date has avoided Newton Abbot post office. And the cost of this ‘moth-balling’ of the old post office has cost tax payers almost £40,000.

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Locally and nationally, 2016 shows we can conquer prejudice and hate with tolerance and love

‘One of the great pluses of 2016 has been the evolution and growth of Newton Crisis Aid’ As a Liberal it would be the easiest thing to reflect on 2016 with a huge degree of pessimism; it would also be predictable and unproductive. (more…)

Night of victories for Lib Dems in South Devon

Richard Keeling and Sally Morgan Teignbridge Lib Dems were celebrating last night after two spectacular By-election wins in Bovey Tracey and Chudleigh. (more…)

Two new pay rises worth extra £6,600 for Teignbridge Council chief executive

Devon’s highest paid district council boss has been awarded two more pay rises worth an extra £6,645 – just 12 months after seeing her basic salary jump by £13,354, it’s been revealed. (more…)

Recycling targets falling and a Devon council still can’t meet them

Remember the pre-Coalition hay days when Teignbridge was flying high in national recycling tables? Sure, trying to avert the premature death of the Earth was a tough task – not helped by all those climate change deniers – but at least they were doing something. And doing something on a local level. (more…)

Devon’s Conservatives know best (obvs) as they reject WHO advice on neonicotinoids

It seems Devon’s Conservatives know best; at Thursday’s Devon County Council meeting they rejected, not once but twice in an afternoon, the highly professional advice of the World Health Organisatio (WHO). (more…)

Devon’s skiving Tory Councillor does no work but still claims the cash

Newton Abbot’s absent councillor Eve Barisic is having an increasingly negative impact as time goes by, and still no condemnation for anyone in her party about her behaviour – it’s almost as if the whole South Devon Tory machine is full of pretty shallow people with disregard for the electorate. Almost. (more…)

Teignbridge Lib Dems blamed for Tory Council Tax rise… Plus Teignbridge pays £100,000 for ‘Exeter’ festival

Road inside Powderham Castle estate. © Copyright Chris Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence Teignbridge Council Tax is set to go up, and it seems the fault lies with the Lib Dems rather than Tory cuts or budget shifts, if the local press is to be believed. (more…)