Last November, plans to replace the crumbling Alma Bridge were agreed to: Plans for £750,000 Devon footbridge approved   The designs had been put out… Read More »Work on replacing Alma Bridge to start

Agendas, Papers and Minutes Later this month, the Sidmouth & East Beach Management Scheme Steering Group will be meeting up for the first time in… Read More »Sidmouth Beach Management Plan meetings

Dreaming by the coast: Dreaming, by Jozef Israëls.jpg – Wikimedia Commons . And a perfect summer’s evening listen: . West Country Dreaming Words and Music… Read More »West Country Dreaming @ Radio 3

Improvements and enlargements at West Bay: The small holiday resort of West Bay along the Dorset Coast has needed a lot of protection from the… Read More »West Bay Dorset can manage their beach!

Local and international campaigner Joanna Toole died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash earlier this year – and her contributions are being honoured: RSPCA remembering Joanna… Read More »The Joanna Toole Foundation

Here’s a very successful Oxford bus company doing something a little different:   PickMeUp is an on-demand ride-sharing minibus service. Download the app and tell us where… Read More »Success for the UK’s first on-demand ride-sharing minibus service

The Jurassic Coast Trust is creating a new Partnership Plan – and is asking for the public for input: A new Jurassic Coast plan >… Read More »A new Jurassic Coast plan > initial comments

The body which looks after the East Devon coast is drawing up a new plan – and would like the public to give some feedback:… Read More »A new Jurassic Coast plan > have your say

Yesterday we heard about plans from the new owners of the Drill Hall: BREAKING: Plans submitted for Drill Hall   Today, Devon Live carries more:… Read More »Plans submitted for Drill Hall > the design

There has been a lot of ‘direct action’ in Devon over climate change:   Extinction Rebellion takes over Plymouth city centre Extinction Rebellion takes over… Read More »Climate change and East Devon wildlife > event in Seaton

There have been several ‘reimaginings’ of the Drill Hall over the years: August 2013: Plans for Port Royal: latest on the Drill Hall October 2013: Plans for… Read More »BREAKING: Plans submitted for Drill Hall

The creator of the Gaia Hypothesis was celebrating his centenary at Exeter University last week:   We have been celebrating the 100th birthday of James… Read More »James Lovelock > at 100 > in Exeter

We have a housing problem: George Clarke launches social housing campaign Affordable Housing, rural concerns   But there are ideas and solutions: Self-build housing for… Read More »How to fix Britain’s housing problem by 2029

From the latest New Economics Foundation newsletter:   . Climate breakdown: be more virus David Powell responded to this week’s Met Office report on the… Read More »Doing climate policy in a really different way

This Thursday sees a great show about life at sea at centre stage, as reported in the Herald:   Sidmouth stories told in song, in… Read More »‘Living By the Sea’ > Sidmouth stories at the Folk Festival