The NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group are proposing to cut the number of in-patients beds at community hospitals across Devon to focus on giving more care in people’s homes. They are running a 13 week ‘Future Care’ consultation to find the best areas for community hospital beds. Initially only four options were presented for retaining community hospital beds at Tiverton, Seaton, …

COMMUNITY SELF – HELP SCHEMES As we are all aware Central Government have cut funding to Local Authorities and so Devon County Council and West Devon Borough Council have no option but to reduce its maintenance service we have all been accustomed to. And as residents we are all aware of the growing problem of increasing pot holes and weeds, …

Year 4 school children have been learning about how to care for the environment and as part of this they each sent a letter to the Town Council asking to borrow equipment to help them carry out a litter pick through town. As we don’t have any equipment to borrow we instead gave them a cheque to help pay for …

The bus shelter in the centre of town has been redecorated, it was last done 10 years ago by the youth group Seize the Moment and was now looking a bit tired. A huge thank you goes to the staff at the Co-operative store for donning their overalls and to RGB for donating the paint and equipment.   

              Hatherleigh Town Council is very supportive of the Okehampton Rail Service Initiative which is seeking the reintroduction of a passenger train service for weekdays from Okehampton to Exeter, therefore linking into the rest of the train line network. For many years there has been a Sunday Rover service operating through the summer months …

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