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Elections will take place on Thursday, May 6 - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Bideford East  Annie Brenton - Credit: Labour Party My work in local industry, the NHS and voluntary sector gives me wide experience of local needs. Bideford must get a fairer share of County funding - for Social Care, under-funded schools and the NHS. We need accessible housing for local people and County Council under-used land can provide this. Mending roads for safer cycling and pedestrian use is a priority. Local building developments should consult the community and give jobs to our young people.  James C...

Dutch border police arrested more people smugglers in 2020 The Koninklijke Marechaussee is one of the four services of the Dutch armed forces. Dutch border police arrested 124 people smugglers in 2020, a 40% increase on 2019 when 89 were apprehended, figures requested by the Telegraaf have shown. ‘Most traffickers were arrested in the vicinity of the refugee centre at Ter Apel where some were dropping people off on the doorstep,’ spokesman Robert van Kapel told the paper. Over a third of the arrests took place on the border with Germany. The police did not speculate on why the centre was...