Mid-Devon Advertiser News http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk All the latest news from Mid-Devon Advertiser Wed, 17 Feb 0012 07:39:00 GMT Public ‘at risk’ with bargain taxi rides http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5034 PASSENGERS using unlicensed taxi drivers offering cheap fares are being warned they are putting themselves at risk. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Three firms set to open as town bucks trend http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5033 RETAILERS in Newton Abbot are bucking the trend when it comes to empty shops. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Record way to raise awareness of difficulties of deafness http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5032 pupils at Chudleigh Knighton Primary School hope they have become part of a world record after joining hundreds of other schools up and down the country signing and singing at 2. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT 11 elderly face homelessness as care home closes http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5031 Social services has been called in to help find beds for 11 vulnerable elderly patients after the owner of a Moretonhampstead care home told officials she had run out of money. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Bishop opens new offices http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5030 The Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, the Rt Rev Christopher Budd, has opened and blessed new diocesan offices in Pridhamsleigh. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Parish poll a step nearer http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5029 Buckfastleigh residents are a step closer to a parish poll about a waste processing plant proposed for Whitecleave Quarry. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Club aims to improve facilities http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5028 CHUDLEIGH Sports Club is aiming to increase its social space, improve catering facilities and increase the area in front of the clubhouse, which it hopes to screen. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Now ‘hidden agenda’ jibe in wrangle over future of town land http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5027 SOME of the 70 residents attending Bovey Tracey Amenities Society meeting in the Methodist Church Hall on Tuesday were convinced the town council had a hidden agenda regarding its land off Le Molay Littry Way. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT Charity could pull out of town if Core Strategy goes ahead http://www.newton-abbot-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5011 A LEADING west country charity and a farmer are threatening to pull the plug if plans go ahead for 2,500 homes at Houghton Barton, on Newton Abbot's outskirts. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:39:00 GMT