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Lynton House in Barnstaple - Credit: Google Customer Service Advisors at North Devon Council are getting ready to open the office doors to the public again following the closure due to a third lockdown.  From Monday, April 12, Lynton House, Barnstaple and The Ilfracombe Centre will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am - 1pm. The Amory Centre in South Molton will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm and Friday 9am - 12 noon and 1pm - 3:30pm.  Customers will be...

Barnstaple Pannier Market - Credit: Archant The Barnstaple Pannier Market is set to reopen again after a third national lockdown.  General markets will begin again on Monday, April 12, and will run every Monday to Saturday between 9am and 4pm. The market offers a range of items for shoppers from fruit and veg, clothes, toys, and tools.   Barnstaple Town Centre Manager, Hannah Harrington, says: "Im very pleased to announce that we are working towards reopening the market in readiness for the ...

A map of the North Devon Biosphere - Credit: North Devon Biosphere Work being undertaken by the North Devon Biosphere Foundation has been given a funding injection from North Devon and Torridge Councils.  At a meeting of North Devon Councils Strategy and Resources Committee last month, councillors agreed to use £20,000 to support the further development of the Biospheres projects. This decision was made in support of the councils corporate priorities to cherish and protect the environment and...

NEARLY £700,000 has been split between BCP and Dorset Councils to help keep vulnerable children warm and well-fed over the Easter period.

The Astley Media public relations team - Credit: Astley Media Marketing and PR agency Astley Media has sailed into 2021 with a fresh rebrand, exciting portfolio of new clients and a call for more talent to join the team. The full service agency, which won the CIPR South of England Outstanding Small Public Relations Consultancy Gold Award just six years after launching in 2011, and again in 2019, has secured three significant new clients in recent weeks, East Devon Council, the Heart of the Sout...

Published: 9:00 AM March 10, 2021    Mims Davies MP, Minister for Employment and North Devon MP Selaine Saxby, picture taken pre-Covid - Credit: David Hoare Selaine Saxby MP and a number of North Devon businesses recently met with Mims Davies MP, Minister for Employment, to highlight the success of the Government’s Kickstart scheme.  The Government announced a £2 billion fund to high quality, 6-month work placements for young people aged 16-24, who are claiming Universal Credit.  With th...

An artists impression of the transformation of Butchers Row. - Credit: North Devon Council An £11 million regeneration project is poised to breathe new life into Barnstaple’s town centre to make it fit for the 21st century.  Councillors have agreed to financially support the once-in-a-lifetime transformation which is set to be delivered by March, 2024.  North Devon Council will invest £4.4 million to support a £6.5 million funding package from the Ministry of Housing, Co...

Daniel Clark Artist impression of the Ilfracombe housing plans - Credit: Inox Homes Plans for nearly 350 homes as part of the first phase of the major southern expansion of Ilfracombe are set for approval.  Outline plans for up to 750 new homes together with a mixed-use centre, extra care housing/facility and primary school at the huge 187-acre site off Old Barnstaple Road were approved back in 2017.  Now, Inox Homes (Ilfracombe) Ltd’s application for the reserved matters for the applicatio...

Daniel Clark Published: 11:02 AM March 3, 2021    A design for the new North Devon leisure centre set to be built in Barnstaple in 2020. Picture: Watson Batty Architects - Credit: Watson Batty Architects North Devon’s new state-of-the-art leisure centre is still on course to reopen in April 2022.  Construction on the new £15m leisure centre, which will be built next to Tarka Tennis Centre in Barnstaple, has been under way for six months, and councillors last week heard that the build was ...

Devon to be UKs top holiday destination as summer bookings soar Holiday destinations have seen a huge surge in bookings since Mondays announcement 11:16, 24 FEB 2021 Updated Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat launches on a busy beach (Image: Chris Sims/Exmouth RNLI) Following the Prime Ministers roadmap out of lockdown announcement on Monday, people have rushed to book their staycation for this summer, with Devon being the most popular choice. With people being allowed to have self-catering breaks from ...