“A golden opportunity to provide accommodation, facilities for the town, jobs and goodness knows what else besides.” [Our Belper Mills campaign] Spaces owned by local… Read More »No trouble at Mill: repurposing abandoned buildings into social housing
“Publicly owned toilets could soon become a thing of the past.” [Comment to VGS] . At the Annual Meeting of Sidmouth Town Council earlier this month, most of… Read More »What’s the future of public toilet provision in the Sid Valley?
“Earth’s growing fever has obvious repercussions for human health.” [Imagine: The Conversation] . A lot of the effects of climate change seem rather abstract, from “harming health, through… Read More »In sickness and in health: the effect of the climate on our everyday lives
The first coastal ‘tourist tax’ in the UK is set to be introduced in Dorset, targeting visitors to Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole from July 1st.… Read More »Should Devon charge a ‘tourist tax’? part two
“Diminishing public services, inadequate infrastructure, and housing which has become increasingly unaffordable resulting in hidden poverty and ageing communities.” [Rural Services Network] “The farming vote… Read More »Winning the rural/farming/countryside vote: ‘what the next government must do’
“He was a visionary.” [Alan Bennett] . Poet Laurette John Betjeman was associated with several places – from Slough to the West Country – and, famously,… Read More »John Betjeman: forty years on
“30,000 people are killed or seriously injured on our roads every year, and less than three of those are involving cyclists.” [National Active Travel Commissioner… Read More »‘Death-traps’ on our roads
Looking beyond ‘cow pat’ development to success stories elsewhere. A pioneering community-owned shop, in West Sussex, a trailblazing partnership between local developer Thakeham and national charity Plunkett UK.… Read More »Cranbrook: making a better job of building a town centre
Looking beyond the countryside idyll… “Balancing farming and family on an organic dairy farm by the coast” [Holly Atkinson, South Devon farmer] . SUPPORTING THE… Read More »Mental Health Awareness Week – and coping in rural areas
“The latest row comes after House of Commons leader Penny Mourdant last week unveiled a guide to help MPs understand eight of the biggest conspiracy theories posing… Read More »Lewes and the 20-minute neighbourhood
Making an ‘age-friendly Sidmouth’ . DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY: When it comes to dealing with the specific issue of dementia in the Sid Valley, there are several initiatives… Read More »Launching ‘Dementia-friendly Sidmouth’
At the Devon County Show: “With lots of opportunities for the audience to get involved, we can’t wait to welcome you in the YFC tent… Read More »“The Green Gamble: will environmental schemes have an impact on food prices?”
Almost 20 years to the day since he first coined the term ‘microplastics’ to describe the microscopic particles littering our ocean, Professor Thompson has been… Read More »Richard Thompson: microplastic revolutionary
. Sidmouth Youth Centre is a central part of life in the Sid Valley, delivered by Young Devon [a young people’s charity in the South West of… Read More »Looking at options for Manstone Youth Centre
As time has passed, he has become more vocal in his documentaries. . Today, Sir David Attenborough, the broadcasting legend turns 98 and extends his Guinness… Read More »Happy Birthday, David Attenborough!