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Okehampton Times
HUNDREDS of children took part in ‘Go Green Discovery Trail’ at Castle Drogo near Drewsteignton over the summer holidays.
CAMPAIGNERS against West Devon Borough Council’s controversial development blueprint for the next 16 years are to stage a protest next week.
A PIONEERING new scheme which aims to get people growing their own food in the Chagford area has got off to a tremendous start, with three offers of land.
FOUR acres of garden will be open to the public for the first time this weekend in Chagford.
THE 100 year old Belstone Village Hall is the setting for a fascinating history exhibition taking place next weekend.
OKEHAMPTON police are asking people to keep their dogs under better control after two incidents of dogs attacking people in Simmons Park recently.
PLANS for a new builders’ merchant facility in Okehampton has been recommended for approval by West Devon planning officers.
WHILE Westminster was in recess for summer, Central Devon MP Mel Stride was back on the campaign trail, meeting constituents in South Tawton.
AN application to extend Betty Cottles holiday complex at Meldon will be discussed by West Devon planners next Tuesday.
Battle of Britain
There will shortly be a fly-past overhead St Paul’s by the Battle of Britain memorial flight to mark the 70th anniversary of that extraordinary struggle — a critical moment when Hitler’s Germany stood poised to destroy the RAF and pave the way for a possible invasion.
A VALUABLE community project in Okehampton is celebrating receipt of a grant towards the running of its weekly drop-in centre.
IT was all nuts and volts for one squirrel who went out with a bang, leaving some residents in Okehampton confused and without power.
A WEST Devon author is the first to be honoured in a series of luxury pens to celebrate the very best in crime fiction.
TWO 13-year-old girls from Exbourne had their hands full during the summer holidays, making home-made gifts to raise money for charity.
THE action plan for Okehampton needs updating, a town councillor urged last week.
TRANSPLANT patient Wendy Sincock is celebrating, after winning four gold medals in the British Transplant Games in Bath.
THREE Okehampton women are celebrating life-changing weight loss, after jointly losing more than 12 stone and winning a slimming competition.
THE minister at Okehampton’s Inspiration Church, Mike Davies, has returned from a trip to South Africa where he visited several churches and a facility for homeless children.
FOUR charities are to benefit from the efforts of three Okehampton bank staff who have raised nearly £2,000.
THE RETURN of a steam train to Okehampton for the first time in two and a half years has been hailed as a great success, with more than 1,100 passengers taking a ride over the past two weeks.
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