Here are all the big stories in this week’s Okehampton Times:

• A youth hub providing vital outreach support and a meeting place for young people in Okehampton has been safeguarded after the county council voted to keep funding its youth service for the next five years.

• Okehampton Medical Centre patients and staff recently bid a fond farewell to GP Dr Amanda Cox who has retired from the practice after more than 30 years.

• A mental health charity that supports adults in Okehampton has received a cash boost of almost £15,000.

• Okehampton’s new police cadets have donned their new uniforms for the first time ready to step out into the community.

• Preparations are in hand for this year’s Okehampton Food Festival.

• A flower festival was held at Fairplace Church on the theme of ‘Celebrations’ last weekend.

• Okehampton Hamlets Parish Council has voted to contribute £1,000 towards keeping the public toilets at Fairplace in Okehampton open this year.

• A kidney patient who was caught with £33,000 worth of cannabis after using the drug to treat his illness has been spared an immediate jail sentence.

• Two pairs of rare and endangered birds are successfully breeding in West Devon, thanks to the hard work of national trust rangers.

• SEVEN pages of local sport, including Okehampton Golf Club crowning its champions, Okehampton Otters holding their own in county competition and much more.