Whats on in Devon – Local News
North Devon MP calls for Winter Fuel Payments to be backdated
North Devon’s MP has said the Government should backdate the Winter Fuel Payment for local pensioners who lost out last winter. Under Government plans announced yesterday (Monday, June 9), all pensioners earning £35,000 a year or less will now have their Winter Fuel Payments reinstated this winter. North Devon Gazette | News…
‘Time running out’ to secure Torrington’s Globe Hotel for the community
The team behind a project to bring The Globe Hotel in Torrington back to life is urging local people not to delay in buying a share in the building which will secure its future for the town. It needs to raise £230,000 by June 24 to purchase The Globe or it will go on the open market and a half a mil North Devon Gazette | News…
Campaign to honour unsung RAF wartime heroes takes a step closer to reality
A campaign for a memorial to the forgotten RAF reconnaissance heroes of World War Two – including a North Devon man who is buried in Combe Martin churchyard – is one step closer to fruition. There is no national memorial to the pilots of the PRU – Photographic Reconnaissance Unit – who flew light un North Devon Gazette | News…
Devon MPs urged to back parliamentary motion to rebuild the region’s ‘crumbling hospitals’
North Devon’s MP has urged all MPs in the region to vote for a Liberal Democrat motion in Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday, April 23) calling for the creation of a ‘crumbling hospitals taskforce’ to help fix the area’s NHS buildings. During the opposition day debate in Parliament tomorrow, the Lib Dem North Devon Gazette | News…
Cliff Railway marks 135 years of Victorian ingenuity
The iconic Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is celebrating its 135th anniversary on Monday 7 April, marking more than a century of continuous service connecting the twin towns. Construction began in 1887 and was completed within three years, funded largely by publisher Sir George Newnes. Shocked by North Devon Gazette | News…
Torrington students pitch ideas to improve their town
Students at Great Torrington School have been pitching ideas on how to make their town a better place to live as part of a democracy event – but their ideas could bear fruit too. The Torridge District Council event for Year 11 students at the school on Monday (March 17) was intended to give them an North Devon Gazette | News…
Alliance meets to plan future of North Devon rail line
An alliance of rail groups and specialists will meet in Barnstaple on Friday, March 7, to devise a masterplan for the North Devon line, also known as the Tarka Line. The Northern Devon Railway Development Alliance’s second annual convention will focus on modernising the line and extending it to Bide North Devon Gazette | News…
Barnstaple Library to host free children’s writing workshop with acclaimed author
Aspiring writers in North Devon will have the chance to learn from award-nominated author Polly Ho-Yen as Barnstaple Library hosts a free Writing for Children workshop on Saturday, 22 February 2025, at 12.30pm. The event comes after Barnstaple Library was selected through the All Stories national co North Devon Gazette | News…
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