MERTON Parish Council has been given a grant of £500 to put towards community celebrations and projects to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The donation has come from the Lord Clinton Charitable Trust, which seeks to support worthy causes in Devon. The Trust is donating £500 to eleven parish and town councils on the Clinton Devon Estates across North and East Devon.

Merton and Torrington councillors were informed of the gift by letter and are now being asked to write to the Trust with details of how they plan to spend the money for community celebrations.