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Highlighting community immunisation

A TOTNES mum has spoken of the agony the word measles causes her because of the danger it poses to her three-year-old son.


Louisa will wear carnival crown for the next year

Louisa will wear carnival crown  for the next year
NEWTON Abbot’s new carnival royalty have been introduced to the public.


Quits party over ‘flawed plan’

A NEWTON Abbot councillor has quit the Conservatives claiming they want to silence critics and concrete over the district for no good reason.


Road-rage motorcyclist mows down car driver

POLICE are hunting a road-rage motorcyclist who deliberately ran down a motorist he had been antagonising between Buckfastleigh and Ashburton.


Council leader proposes new £2m plans for care home site

TEIGNBRIDGE Council leader Cllr Jeremy Christophers has drawn up £2 million plans to expand his Ashburton care home business and build a six-bedroom house for himself in the grounds.


Killer plague decimates Muscovies

A VIRULENT plague has virtually wiped out the population of 30 Muscovy ducks which have thrived for years at Buckfastleigh’s Millennium Green.


Making a big splash!

Making a big splash!
THE sun shone on these swimmers at the Chudleigh Community pool when it opened for the summer season on Saturday.


Hitch in plans for fire-hit town pub

ENGLISH Heritage has rejected a town council plea to remove listed building status from a Bovey Tracey property.


Skate ramp hit by vandals

Skate ramp hit by vandals
VANDALS have attacked Kingsteignton’s popular skate ramp.


Vandals go on wrecking spree at sports club

Vandals go on wrecking spree at sports club
A COUPLE who have put their heart and soul into a successful community sports facility on the edge of Newton Abbot have been mortified by a brutal assault on their venture by ‘tooled up’ vandals.


Councillors welcome £40k grant to beat the floods

A FLOOD prevention grant – worth as much as £40,000 – is being given to Buckfastleigh in the wake of the drenching the town took six months ago.


Cycle race: brighten up town call

A call has gone out to ‘brighten up Chudleigh’ for the forthcoming Tour of Britain cycle race.


Bench marks doctor’s dedication to patients

A BENCH has been installed at Oakford Lawn, Kingsteignton, in memory of one of the founder members of the trust which secured the popular park for the community.


Jobs bonanza as £1.8m plan gets go-ahead

MORE than 500 jobs could be created after three separate business expansion plans were this week given the go ahead.


100-year-old opens pool for new season

100-year-old opens pool for new  season
SUNNY weather and warm temperatures brought swimmers flocking to the opening of Kingsteignton’s open air pool.


Back new mayor and take council forward

THE outgoing mayor of Kingsteignton bade farewell to the role he held for two years by appealing to fellow council colleagues to support his successor, Cllr John Foxwell.


Golf club hotel drama

Golf club hotel drama
FIRE chiefs say lessons could be learned at national level after a 16-bedroom golf club hotel burnt to the ground in the Teign Valley.


Man taken to hospital after attack

A MAN was punched and head-butted in the face after being dragged to a Newton Abbot bookmakers from a nearby shop.


Lambs die in dog attack horror

Lambs die in dog attack    horror
A Newton Abbot family whose touching story of a rescued lamb featured in the Advertiser has been left ‘gutted’ after horror dog attacks in which the young animal was mauled and others killed.


Seeing red over bright pink cottage

The owner of a listed cottage in Kennford has had to apply for planning permission to keep the bright pink paint scheme she likes.


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