Ottery Town Council will set aside £80,000 for a sports pavilion and a neighbourhood plan in a bid to justify its hefty cash reserves.

Lots of local children enjoyed the summer sunshine in the Byes this week to raise funds for Christian Aid.

Budding photographers have been offered the chance to have their work featured in a new calendar of “heart-warming, funny and nostalgic” donkey snaps being compiled by The Donkey Sanctuary.

THE manager of Sidmouth Garden Centre will hop on a tandem-bike-for-two to help take town college youngsters’ green-fingered exploits on a 245-mile adventure to the Chelsea Flower Show in London.

CONCERNED residents have called for speed bumps or a roundabout to be introduced at the Bowd – despite claims by Devon’s highways chief that accidents there are caused by “driver error”.

A MOTHER daughter team hope their food-based classes for children will help youngsters learn more about home cooking.

Bid to revive alternative employment site

Amateur thespians served up grub by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Felicity Kendal, Keeley Hawes and Philip Glenister.

MEMBERS of Sidmouth Youth Council hope a funding pledge will help their bid for a new shelter at the town’s Manstone skate park.

RESIDENTS have been asked to open their secluded gardens to the public and boost Sidmouth in Bloom.

SID Valley Memory Cafe celebrated its second birthday last week by welcoming guest entertainer James Pellow.

THE death of a man in East Yorkshire has prompted a police plea for next of kin who could be in East Devon.

SIDMOUTH Conservative Club has announced how it plans to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style on Monday, June 4.

SIDMOUTH representatives have called for the forced sale of a privately owned piece of land they say could “unlock” the Alexandria Industrial Estate and end an interest in creating a 12-acre employment site elsewhere.

Save Our Sidmouth petition nets 1,000 signatures .

Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man in connection with an indecent exposure at a railway station.

STUDENTS from Newton Poppleford Primary School celebrated their ‘best ever’ results in the gruelling Exmoor Challenge.

Police across Devon and Cornwall are keen to warn local residents to be vigilant of bogus callers, attempting to gain entry to properties claiming to be workmen.

AN INFESTATION of rats at the Byes has alarmed nearby residents.

Sidmouth’s Cameo Singers will stage a spring concert next Saturday, May 19. Read this and more.