News in Sidmouth

A Sidmouth woman is looking for people interested in taking part in a 'flash mob' event.

The flash mob event, a large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and then disperse, will take place in Sidmouth in Easter 2020.

East Devon District Council will give additional weight to all its policies that seek to address climate change.

Councillors on the Strategic Planning Committee on Tuesday morning backed a series of recommendations that aim to ensure that the Council is doing all it can to progress planning policies to address climate change as quickly as possible.

The concept of a 'network of linked villages' being built in the North West Quadrant area of East Devon will be investigated.

East Devon District Council's Strategic Planning Committee on Tuesday morning unanimously recommends to the Cabinet that East Devon supports the Exeter and East Devon garden communities status.

House prices in East Devon could rise 'considerably' if proposals for a new 'Jurassic' national park covering East Devon and Dorset are successful, warns the former leader of East Devon District Council.

According to councillor Ian Thomas the creation of a national park spanning Devon and Dorset could have a 'massive effect on the Jurassic Coast area'.

The campaign to stop the creation of Sidford Business Park has shifted focus after the UK's Planning Inspectorate upheld an appeal by developers to build the park.

Despite the decision some campaigners have written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government asking that the decision be "called in".

Bikeability cycle training will be provided to more than 7,000 children in Devon next year thanks to a successful bid by Devon County Council.

Devon is receiving a £280,000 grant through the initiative as part of the Government's announcement of £13 million funding nationwide for next year's programme.

Councillors will have a chance to block controversial plans to hike car parking charges by 20 per cent in several East Devon car parks.

Earlier this month, the council's cabinet agreed to go out to consultation on plans that would see car park charges rise from £1 to £1.20 per hour in high demand car parks.

There were fewer crimes reported in Sidmouth and the surrounding area this year compared to last year.

This week Devon and Cornwall Police released its crime statistics for 2019 and Nub News trawled through the data to bring you the figures for Sidmouth and the surrounding area.

Anglican Christians in Sidmouth are being asked to pray for Brexit 'unity and reconciliation'.

The Bishop of Exeter, the Right Reverend Robert Atwell, and the two Suffragan Bishops of Plymouth and Crediton, the Right Reverend Nick McKinnel and the Right Reverend Jackie Searle, have written to all the churches in East Devon for which they have responsibility with guidance about how to respond to Brexit anxiety in local communities.

Police have issued a warning to under-18s not to drink at this year's Ottery St Mary Carnival after two teenagers had to go to hospital last year after becoming 'very intoxicated'.

Police in Ottery St Mary are asking parents 'to have a conversation with their children' about the dangers of drinking at such events.