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A Suffolk restaurant is demanding a passport to eat from diners to prove they are not from a Tier 3 or 4 area.  Suffolk is currently in Tier 2, which means restaurants and bars can open to customers, though this has led to fears customers will flock to the region from higher coronavirus infection areas. To combat this, one restaurant is now demanding customers prove what postcode they live in.  The Sail Loft is in Southwold, the fashionable resort on the Suffolk coast dubbed Chelsea-on-Sea be...

A PETITION has been launched by frustrated dog owners over a ban on exercising dogs off the lead which is set to be enforced from next month. The Lyme Regis Loving Dog Owners, Visitors & Friends Facebook group is asking Dorset Council not to use a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) from January 1 to enforce a new blanket ban on exercising dogs off the lead on certain beaches in the county. This includes the Front sandy beach at Lyme Regis - which the group believes to be the only safe a...

The Wayfarer Inn at Instow. - Credit: NDC An Instow pub has been fined £4,000 after being issued with four fixed penalty notices totalling £4,000 after breaching Covid-19 regulations.  A statement issued by North Devon Council said following complaints from the public, police visited the Wayfarer Inn on the evening of ‘Factory Friday’ (December 18).  They found breaches of the Coronavirus Restrictions Regulations at the premises and customers were asked to leave.   The sta...

The Wayfarer Inn at Instow - Credit: Google The owner of The Wayfarer at Instow has criticised a ‘heavy handed’ approach by police and North Devon Council after receiving fines for breaches of Covid-19 rules.  Chris Hopkins has disputed the council’s version of events and said the total fines that had been issued were £2,000 for two separate incidents and not £4,000 for four breaches as stated by the council.  Mr Hopkins said the breaches had related to people having a meal w...

A PETITION has been launched by frustrated dog owners over a ban on exercising dogs off the lead which is set to be enforced from next month. The Lyme Regis Loving Dog Owners, Visitors & Friends Facebook group is asking Dorset Council not to use a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) from January 1 to enforce a new blanket ban on exercising dogs off the lead on certain beaches in the county. This includes the Front sandy beach at Lyme Regis - which the group believes to be the only safe a...

A social distancing reminder in Barnstaple. Picture: Matt Smart - Credit: Matt Smart North Devon and Torridge will be faced with further restrictions once the national lockdown ends on December 2. Areas across England will be placed into one of three tiers when the lockdown ends, but the system has been toughened. North Devon Council and Torridge District Council areas will be placed in tier two along with the rest of the county – a level higher than before the national lockdown. The Governme...

Rumours in Boutport Street has been fined for breaching Covid-19 restrictions. - Credit: Contributed A Barnstaple pub has been issued with three fixed penalty notices totalling £3,000 after breaching Covid-19 regulations.  Police and council enforcement officers visited Rumours in Boutport Street on the evening of Saturday, December 12 and found the premises not being run in a Covid-safe manner by the person in control of the premises.   Staff were not checking customers were part of the ...

A: There is no doubt that change is happening and it is important to embrace it, but retail will always be a core function of town centres. It is important that the shift to ‘shopping local’ is embraced. North Devon Council has launched the ‘Live Love Local’ campaign in support of local businesses and to let the public know that they have reopened safely and are ready to welcome them back. It is also important that the sense of community is built upon. If our high streets are to flouris...

Residents are concerned by parking on double yellow lines at Park Hill Road in Ilfracombe. - Credit: Archant Residents at Park Hill Road in Ilfracombe fear lives could be lost thanks to inconsiderate parking. Residents are concerned by parking on double yellow lines at Park Hill Road in Ilfracombe. - Credit: Archant The entrance to their road, a sharp uphill turn off St Brannocks Road, just past the Tyrrell Hospital, has double yellow lines but it is often crammed with vehicles, making access...

Published: 12:11 PM December 16, 2020    There is a phased roll out of Covid vaccination sites in Devon. Picture: Getty - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Plans are under way for Covid-19 vaccination sites in North Devon but the region was not part of the first wave rolled out yesterday (Tuesday, December 15).  The first phase of vaccination centres at GP surgeries in the county saw eight sites announced including Exmouth, Plymouth, Torbay and Okehampton.  These serve the patients at a tota...