Are we nearing a ‘plastic free’ East Devon? Seaton goes on the march against plastics pollution

This is quite an achievement – as covered on the District Council’s news pages:   Handbagged is a play by British playwright Moira Buffini that… Read More »The UK’s longest standing weekly rep season @ Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre

In Colyford and Colyton, there is determination that a large site include a good amount of affordable housing – as reported in the Herald: Trust… Read More »Colyford and Colyton Community Land Trust launched to ensure there are enough affordable homes for local people

“Another change to recycling collections in East Devon is on the cards.”   As reported by the Express & Echo: More changes coming which could… Read More »More changes coming which could revolutionise rubbish collection in East Devon

Are you passionate about good food? Would you like to support people in your community to reduce food waste? Or perhaps you’d like to help… Read More »Love Food Hate Waste & Food Surplus Cafe workshop @ Crediton

Last month, we blogged a piece on the putting-together of a film on the Folk Festival: Sidmouth Folk Festival film The Herald has quite a… Read More »Crowdfunding ‘A Small, Quiet, English Town’ – an homage in film to the Sidmouth Folk Festival

It looks as though the Sidmouth Folk Week will have a fair bit of international flair: El grupo de baile tradicional asturiano ´Noceu´ representará a… Read More »Sidmouth’s international Folk Week

It’s that time of year – when German tourists flock to ‘Rosamunde-Pilcher-Land’: Wie in den Pilcher-Filmen Der letzte Wandertag war bei bestem Wetter von Budleigh… Read More »Rosamunde Pilcher Land @ Sidmouth

Sidmouth’s high street is not doing so well: Sidmouth loses another high street shop As chronicled on the FF blog: High Streets @ FuturesForumVGS But… Read More »Businesses in Honiton are ‘seriously considering their future’ amid pressures facing Britain’s high streets

Exeter’s on-street city electric bike hire scheme is set to expand into East Devon. Councillors from Sidmouth, Axminster, Seaton and Honiton all said that they… Read More »Exeter city electric bike scheme to expand into East Devon

Last month, Ottery St Mary approved its neighbourhood plan: Ottery votes overwhelmingly for its neighbourhood plan Feniton has just done the same – as reported… Read More »Feniton votes overwhelmingly for its neighbourhood plan

Over the weekend, there was an impressive exhibition at Kennaway House: Sidmouth Flood exhibition The Express & Echo carries a review:     The deadly… Read More »Sidmouth Flood exhibition – a review

From Sustainable Crediton today: Please see below details taken from the Exeter University website of a project which may be of interest to you, investigating… Read More »Looking for volunteers on using renewable energy

The Sidmouth Folk Week will soon be upon us: “There are festivals…and there’s Sidmouth. Still uniquely glorious and gloriously unique after all these years.” Colin… Read More »Volunteer at the Sidmouth Folk Festival

The Herald reports: Scientists have found traces of pesticides banned in the UK and EU in the River Otter, along with a number of other… Read More »Scientists’ concern over combinations of pesticides found in River Otter