News in Sidmouth

East Devon District Council has approved a £5 rise in council tax for next year as political slanging matches broke out over possible future borrowing proposals to upgrade council homes to tackle the climate emergency.

Following previous debates by the council's overview, scrutiny, housing review board and cabinet committees, the proposed 2020/21 budget was almost unanimously supported at Wednesday night's full council meeting.

Storm Jorge is on the way with heavy rain forecast for Sidmouth tomorrow, followed by rain and strong winds at the weekend.

Devon County Council is reminding people to take care on the area's roads as the Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for heavy rain from 3am tomorrow (Friday 28 February) morning until 6am on Saturday morning and a Yellow Warning for strong winds from midday on Saturday until midday on Sunday.

It is now a year since the council moved from its former headquarters in Sidmouth to purpose built modern offices in Honiton and refurbished premises in Exmouth.

At the council's March Cabinet meeting, councillors will consider a report that reflects on the move and what it has achieved.

When I talk to business about their risk planning, they generally haven't thought about it and don't have a plan for what they will do if a crisis happens.

Business continuity planning doesn't sound the most exciting pastime, but as a business owner you will want to plan for what might happen to your business in the event of a crisis and have a plan to ensure that it affects your business for the shortest possible time and that you know what you will do to minimise disruption.

The MET Office has issued Yellow weather warnings for Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Sidmouth.

The weather system has been identified as yet another weekend storm, going by the name of Jorge.

Children starting reception in Sidmouth from September will take a new teacher-led assessment.

Following successful pilots across the country, the reception baseline assessment (RBA) is now being rolled out nationally and will be taken by all children in their first six weeks of primary school.

Welcome to this week's planning briefing from Sidmouth Nub News. Every week your Nub News team will put together a report on the planning applications, big and small, submitted to the area's planning authority, East Devon District Council, from the Sidmouth area.

The applications featured in this report have been verified by EDDC but decisions on the applications have not yet been made.

Sidmouth Sea Fest will be taking place at a different location this year due replacement bridge works taking place at The Ham.

Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub, organisers of Sidmouth Sea Fest are busy planning, consulting and preparing for Sea Fest on May 16th.

We have compiled a list of jobs currently hiring in and around Sidmouth to give you a helping hand in your job hunt!

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Investors in People has awarded East Devon District Council with its 'We invest in people', platinum accreditation.

Platinum is the highest level of accreditation possible to achieve on the 'We invest in people' accreditation and is something only 2% of organisations achieve.