A real problem for the seas is the plastic pollution from ‘ghost gear’: LOST & ABANDONED FISHING GEAR Ghost gear refers to any fishing… Read More »Remembering Joanna Toole – of Exmouth and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative
Last weekend’s Countryfile on BBC One looked at how the high cost of land is affecting farmers and would-be house buyers: This week the team… Read More »High land values in the Sid Valley
The new District Council’s cabinet met on Wednesday: Cabinet – Wednesday, 5th June, 2019 5.30 pm This is from the notes of the… Read More »Central government plans to introduce consistent waste collections threaten East Devon’s recycling system
Like every town, Sidmouth needs to look after its shops: More shops to close on Sidmouth’s high street Who will be filling the empty shops… Read More »The social role of our shops
The hearing into the appeal to build an industrial estate on the edge of Sidford will be heard next month: Sidford Business Park: public hearing:… Read More »Sidford Business Park > it’s all about the traffic
The Herald has just broken the news: Could autumn referendum be on the cards for neighbourhood plan? The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan has taken… Read More »Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan passed by examiner
The popular bus service is back: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatch_Green_Coaches_YJ59_GEK_(28958323224).jpg As reported by the Herald: Hopper Bus launches to positive feedback Sidmouth’s Hopper Bus officially launched at… Read More »Hopper Bus returns to Sidmouth
How much of our ‘recycled’ rubbish ends up as rubbish on the other side of the world? There are Freedom of Information requests asking… Read More »Where exactly is our ‘recycled’ plastic ending up?
Kennaway House is an important feature in the Sidmouth landscape: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sidmouth_Kennaway_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1494840.jpg As its website says, it’s A beautiful setting for Events, Weddings, Exhibitions, Workshops… Read More »Kennaway House: community hub
Last week in Exeter there were a couple of events asking a few questions: “So you’ve declared a Climate Emergency, now what?” > Exeter University… Read More »Climate change > how we should proceed before it’s too late
The three new District Councillors from Cranbrook are independents Results of District Council elections – and are clearly not big fans of ‘development’: Three new… Read More »Cranbrook expansion plans
The Otter estuary is an important area for biodiversity: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otter_estuary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1138681.jpg With projects to restore the estuary itself: Lower Otter Restoration Project Climate change: The… Read More »Axe and Otter Estuaries become Marine Conservation Zones
Ah, the good old days of subsidised buses: The so-called Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire … in the early 1980s had a publicly subsidised public… Read More »A universal zero-fare bus service
The latest episode of Costing the Earth on Radio 4 looked at the links between current farming practices and why we’re losing so many insects:… Read More »An ‘integrated approach’ to using pesticides on our farms
When does a housing estate become a ‘village’? Proposals for blocks of flats in Exeter are being provided with a ‘village green’, as reported by… Read More »Plans for a new ‘village green’ for Exeter – plus 400 homes